From Branislav Pekic Rome With the goal of capturing the 3-4 million Italians that are not satisfied with terrestrial television but do not want to pay for a triple-play package, as of next week, Italian telecom and broadband operator FastWeb will launch a TV-only package for only E20 a month. FastWeb's IPTV offer will include […]

UTStarcom has made a contract to supply its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading integrated telecommunications service providers with more than 46 million customers. UTStarcom’s RollingStream solution will enable Bharti Airtel to offer a new service to its customers consisting of live broadcast television, time-shifted TV and video-on-demand (VoD) bundled […]

Vodafone’s Portugal unit is considering entering the IPTV market and is also contemplating participating in Portugal’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) tender, Jornal de Negocios reported, citing the company’s deputy CEO Antonio Coimbra. ‘Vodafone is ready to launch an IPTV offer in the short term if it decides to do so,’ Coimbra said. Though the company […]

GoBackTV, supplier of digital video headend and edge solutions, has been selected by Marco Island Cable in Florida to augment its video services, following a successful field-trial of multicast cable IPTV using the GoBackTV CMTS-bypass solution.

The number of people using IPTV services increased by 179 per cent in the 12 months to June 30th 2007. Over 8 million people are now connected to telco TV services, according to research from broadband analyst company Point Topic. And for some operators, that means that a significant proportion of their broadband customer base […]

Sony Computer Entertainment Korea plans to launch a service in November that will enable the PlayStation 3 to act as a set-top box to receive telco KT’s Mega TV IPTV service, The Korea Times reported. The partnership – Sony’s first foray into using the PlayStation 3 as an IPTV set-top box – would allow gamers […]

Belgacom and Nokia Siemens Networks have extended their contract for the delivery and integration of an IPTV solution for another three years. Nokia Siemens Networks is also supporting Belgacom's plan to add high-definition television to its existing portfolio of interactive TV services via IP-based broadband lines. Belgacom's total customer base for its Belgacom TV reached […]

Operax, vendor of dynamic resource and admission Control solutions for IP service quality, and Orca Interactive, provider of IPTV middleware and applications, have combined for a solution allowing operators to manage their service expansion while ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) for advanced video and IPTV services. The new solution will enable operators to quickly deploy […]

ITN has signed a deal with IPTV platform Joost to provide its news, entertainment and sports content and a new weekly programme entitled Movie Buff. ITN will keep Joost viewers up to date with all the latest UK, world, sports, showbiz and business news throughout the day. Joost viewers can also tune into weather from […]

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian telecom and broadband operator Wind has reached an agreement with Sky Italia to distribute the entire portfolio of the pay-TV operator on its new IPTV platform. As a result Wind will be able to complete its triple play offer with TV via the internet, while Sky will boost the […]