Over-the-top video downloads to exceed 2.4 billion in 2012, says ABI Research
Despite the rosy forecast, challenges remain, including legacy VOD services....
The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV....
NATAS recognizes broadband, personal TV technical achievement
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored winners during the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Jan. 8 in Las Vegas....
AT&T begins replacing 17,000 U-Verse cabinet batteries
The company took the action following four fires apparently caused by exploding batteries since fall 2006....
VeEX licenses Telchemy’s VQmon for handheld test instruments
Telchemy’s VQmon produces accurate quality of experience (QoE) metrics, such as MOS scores, and a wide range of diagnostic data....
Pixelmetrix adds I/B/P frame drop capability to DVStorIP-Gen
The new capability gives STB manufacturers greater visibility into the performance of their products....
STMicroelectronics announces new HD STB silicon with satellite, IP support
The STi7111 will allow OEMs to target consumers moving to HD services and can be used in a hybrid STB, where content is delivered by both a satellite and an IP network....
ViXS Systems debuts HD transcoder, encoder, decoder SoC
The XCode 3290 SoC features real-time MPEG-2 high-definition to AVC HD transcoding....
Widevine DRM secures Adobe Flash video for Gaia Online
Widevine secures the content during streaming and after decryption....
SMPTE program to offer insight into IPTV
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ inaugural event as part of its new Professional Development Academy will focus on the technology of IPTV....
IPTV equipment sales enjoy healthy growth in Q3 ’07, Infonetics Research says
Additionally, the research firm expects to see the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide to reach 65 million in 2010....
FTTH expands in Asia-Pacific region, ABI Research says
However, the strongest fiber-to-the-home activity is occurring in the more developed countries in the region, the research firm says....
The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV....
LG Electronics, Netflix; Macrovision, CinemaNow advance online entertainment options
Separately, each pair last week unveiled plans that will give consumers a greater number of options for streaming high-quality entertainment via broadband connection to their living rooms. ...
DSL Forum approves specs to advance BroadbandSuite 3.0
BroadbandSuite Release 3.0 is an industry toolkit that will address triple-play augmented via VDSL2, GPON and bonded DSL over a QoS-enabled Ethernet architecture....
