Omneon to highlight MediaDeck, MediaGrid at CABSAT 2008
The company will show the products as part of a file-based workflow running under Pebble Beach automation software....
Avinity Systems to support H.264 for RenderCast
The addition of the H.264 codec will provide for rich cinematic user interfaces, lower bit rates and efficient HD support....
Satellite carrier ID effort makes headway, SUIRG president says
IPTV operators that rely on satellite delivery of aggregated video programming to their headends may benefit from the efforts of a group concerned with satellite interference to promote the use of carrier IDs. ...
IPTV adoption in Asia-Pacific region to surpass Europe, report says
Significant growth in the number of broadband subscribers in the region will help to propel IPTV growth in Asian and Pacific countries, says a new report form Bharat Book. ...
Report offers solutions to slow consumer adoption of online movie delivery
The author of a new report from The Diffusion Group says the quality of content and the ability of consumers to interact with such sites in a hassle-free way are two important factors....
The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV....
Four new members sign on to support MHEG interactivity
GPON can increase the line-rate bandwidth of the Verizon FTTP network by four times downstream and eight times upstream....
Verizon begins GPON deployment for FiOS, FiOS TV network
GPON can increase the line-rate bandwidth of the Verizon FTTP network by four times downstream and eight times upstream....
WNC offers WiFi Media Frame with embedded Streaming21 Home Entertainment Services
WNC's WiFi Media Frame can extend digital home applications to multiple locations in the home....
SysMaster releases Tornado M50 set-top box
The Tornado M50 STB supports both H.264 video compression and high definition video....
RealPage to secure multifamily housing IPTV service with Verimatrix VCAS
The Verimatrix Video Content Authority System will secure content delivered from the StarFire headend to apartment homes via RealPage's private, managed IP network....
Microsoft, Broadcom to collaborate on IPTV
The collaboration is intended to ensure Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV client software will run on Broadcom’s BCM7405 system on a chip....
JDSU acquires fiber-optic division of Westover Scientific
Westover Scientific’s products complement JDSU’s existing fiber field and lab and production test portfolio....
Lack of broadband critical mass, content aggregation plague Tier 2, 3 IPTV deployment
While Tier 2 and Tier 3 telcos in the United States face those challenges, Tier 1 providers must contend with scalability issues, says Manish Matta, director of marketing for UTStarcom. ...
52 million worldwide to subscribe to IPTV service by 2012, says IMS Research
Infrastructure upgrades and strategic alliances between major industry players have enabled tier two and tier three telcos to deliver IPTV, according to the researcher....
