Ericsson introduces IMS-integrated IPTV middleware
The new Ericsson IPTV solution is an open carrier-class solution designed to drive the future of converged and blended communications and entertainment services...
AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS top regional customer satisfaction rankings, says J.D. Powers and Associates
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Residential Television Service Satisfaction Study, consumers in U.S. regional sectors say AT&T U-verse IPTV and Verizon FiOS TV deliver the greatest customer satisfaction...
The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV...
Survey finds consumers prefer bundled communications services from telecoms
A newly released survey from CFI Group found high rates and poor customer service are the two biggest reasons customers would consider leaving a cable provider of communications bundles...
IPTV vendor tracking report shows uptick for Microsoft SD
Microsoft has ascended to the No. 3 position worldwide in three sectors tracked in the MRG “Global IPTV Market Leaders Report — August 2008.”...
Over-the-top video begins shaking up distribution model
Colin Dixon, director of broadband media strategies for market planning and research firm The Diffusion Group, discusses how efforts like those of Netflix to stream video via the open Internet to home TVs is changing established models...
Amino, Cilution team up on digital signage, IPTV applications
Using a range of models from the AmiNET portfolio of STBs, Cilutions has deployed several systems in markets ranging from car dealerships to clothing retailers...
Microsoft inclusion of MHEG-5 in Windows Media Center TV pack draws praise
Including MHEG-5 in Windows Media Center TV Pack expands the media application’s support for interactivity and VOD service navigation...
ViewCast introduces Niagara Pro II encoding appliance
Niagara Pro II captures, encodes and streams video and audio over the Internet and mobile networks for live viewing and video-on-demand applications...
Tilgin unveils Full Service Routing for lineup of home gateways
Available to all Tilgin home gateways, Full Service Routing enables service providers to deploy value-added services within the home...
Jungo adds fast channel switching to OpenRG residential gateway software
This solution enables service providers to enhance the consumer IPTV experience by improving the channel-switching performance of broadband access equipment...
Harmonic adds distributed transcoding to Rhozet Carbon Coder 3.0
The feature allows long transcoding tasks to be split into segments that are distributed to multiple machines for processing....
Edgeware unveils Reflex 2x Web TV server
The flash memory-based Reflex 2x reduces collocation, power and rack space costs for content delivery networks and service providers....
Open IPTV Forum nears release of specifications
Meeting in Berlin this month, the Open IPTV Forum said it had finalized system and protocol specifications, which will be publicly available in November...
AT&T one day to tie iPhone to U-verse TV
A report last week says AT&T envisions a variety of applications, including downloading content from U-verse TV DVRs to the Apple iPhone...
