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IPTV revenues to reach $14 bln by 2012: IPTV service revenues will approach $14 bln in 2012, growing from $694 mln in 2007, according to Strategy Analytics. by AM; Tags: Revenue, IP Television, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Operational Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Finance, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-22
12.3 mln IPTV subscribers worldwide: The number of Internet TV subscribers more than doubled in 2007 to 12.3 mln worldwide. Western Europe, led by France, accounted for 57% of global IPTV subscribers, Informa Telecoms & Media said. China now has about 1 mln IPTV subscribers and Hong Kong already had 1 mln in September 2007,...; Tags: Subscriber, IP Television, TVs, Broadband Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-11
54% of Americans not familiar with IPTV: 54% of respondents to WebsEdge survey were not familiar with the term IPTV or web-based TV, and only a fifth (20%) had seen an IPTV show or program that was not YouTube, though a huge majority (92%) had watched videos on YouTube. by AM; Tags: IP Television, YouTube Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-19
17 mln IPTV subscribers in China by 2011: China did not see large-scale IPTV deployments in 2007. Nevertheless, IPTV could still have a promising future with estimated subscribers exceeding 17 mln by 2011, iSuppli says. by site admin; Tags: China, IP Television, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, site admin; Blog posts 2008-01-09
What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?: What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?Wow....what could iLife compete work be?Just like XP, MS completely abandoned XPMCE after Vista released....they didn't even release SOME backported features for XPMCE. No details on what XPSP3 will bring to XPMCE. Their Windows Live for TV project is Vista media...; Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Media Center PC, Microsoft Xbox, Fiji, XPMCE, IP television, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-12-28

What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?: I've been thinking about Microsoft's quiet reorg, via which the company unified the IPTV, Media Center and HD DVD initiatives into a single organization, known as the Microsoft Connected TV business group. Just munging these three teams together doesn't necessarily mean a cohesive set of Microsoft TV...; Tags: Media Center PC, IP Television, Microsoft Corp., Fiji, Media Center PCs, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-12-28
How Cisco Designed and Deployed IPTV for Global Communications: Cisco IP/TV broadcasts are one of several ways that Cisco Systems delivers multimedia content, some of the others being virtual classrooms and Video on Demand (VoD). In general, Cisco uses Cisco IP/TV broadcasts for providing high-quality, live, or prerecorded information to large audiences of more than 50 people. In contrast...; Tags: VoD, IP Television, Cisco Systems Inc.; Case studies 2007-11-19
IPTV Streaming Provides the Solution to the Demise of Analogue TV Distribution Systems1: IPTV Streaming provides an ideal solution for distribution of television and video channels in the business environment. It provides better quality than conventional analogue distribution and offers the advantages of new services and the ability to reach a wider audience. IPTV is digital - so it is immune from problems...; Tags: IP Television, PROJECTS UK, IPTV Streaming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Marketing; White papers 2007-10-18
Onewave Technologies Embeds Databases to Improve Performance of IPTV Solutions: Onewave Technologies, Inc. wanted to demand for large content information storage (cache >1 million hours of content, node >10 million hours of content) and cater to frequent queries and synchronization, and support insert, delete, and update operations. The challenge was to ensure very high performance, facilitate many concurrent Web site...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, IP Television, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Performance Management, Storage, Databases, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2007-08-01
Podcast: News to know midday: iPhone; IPTV and Microsoft; Crapware: On today's podcast: Apple reveals new iPhone battery information. Microsoft launches new IPTV platform. Do you care if Microsoft is in your TV? George Ou tells you how to get rid of crapware.; Tags: General, News to know; Blog posts 2007-06-18
IPTV chugs along: IPTV chugs along? we want more selection of showsfeatures? who cares. that is just icing on the cake that we need: access on demand to ALL tv shows.i don't have iptv but the offering of shows i have seen is paltry. i want to watch an episode of lost or...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, IP television; Discussion threads 2007-06-18
Photos: Is IPTV software ready for prime time?: Microsoft is introducing the latest version of its IPTV software, and it's finding some big-name companies willing to bet on its technology.; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Microsoft Corp., IPTV software, IP television, software, photograph; Image galleries 2007-06-18
The Evolving IPTV Service Architecture: Service providers are expanding their offerings to include broadband triple-play bundles, unleashing exciting new revenue opportunities with new services such as broadcast and Video on Demand (VoD). This paper examines the evolution of IPTV networking standards, including IMS, and explores how the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture can...; Tags: Network, IP Television, Cisco Systems Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Business Services, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications; White papers 2007-05-01
Delivering Converged Entertainment and Communication Services With IPTV and VoIP Multimedia for Regional Carriers: As regional service providers combine interactive video with voice and data services to form triple-play bundles, will their subscribers be watching IP television (IPTV) or engaging in a new multimedia experience? There is an elegant and cost-effective way to not just deliver a video, voice and data bundle - but...; Tags: VoIP, IP Television, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, Video, Entertainment, Carrier, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing; White papers 2007-04-02
Redefining IPTV With the Sun Streaming System: Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Network Personal Video Recording (nPVR) for an Open Systems World: Offering video services over existing IP networks holds considerable promise in terms of new revenue and business growth opportunities for video service providers. Home video in all of its forms is now a large and growing business, and Video on Demand (VoD), networked Personal Video Recorders (nPVR), and interactive video...; Tags: Video Service, VoD, Network, IP Television, Sun Microsystems Inc., Video, Video On Demand (VoD), Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications; White papers 2007-04-01
Contextual ads seen as IPTV profitability model: You may have heard of Jeremy Allaire. Hes CEO of Brightcove, largely a company that hosts high-quality IPTV shows.Were not talking goofy YouTube content here. Most of the marquee IPTV content on Brightcove is generated by content creators who might have worked out of their garage a year or two...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, IP television, Jeremy, Brightcove; Blog posts 2007-03-21
Interactive ad exec: more precise metrics needed for IPTV profitability: At the 2007 Spring Von Show in San Jose, I sat in on an interesting presentation by Ari Paparo, vice-president of rich media for interactive advertising agency DoubleClick.Ari painted a rather sobering picture of why "huge operational issues," as well as confusion on the part of media buyers, seem to...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, IP television, advertisement; Blog posts 2007-03-21
IPTV and prospects for regional TV stations: IPTV and prospects for regional TV stationsCheck your math JohnGo read what Cringley's been writing about the last few months. The problem with what you're saying is that yes, I'm only using the band width for the Home Shopping Network when I'm watching it but if you're watching Desperate...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, IP television; Discussion threads 2007-03-09
IPTV and prospects for regional TV stations: "French Tuesday" is an event held in various cities around the world on the first Tuesday of every month. The venue changes from event to event, and as the name suggests, is organized by French expatriots in a particular city. It gives me the chance to practice, to a limited...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, NETWORKING, IP television, TV5, French Language, TV Stations, network, broadcasting, TV; Blog posts 2007-03-09
TEO Chooses Scientific Atlanta Platforms for Rapid Launch of IPTV and DVB-T Services in Lithuania: TEO LT, AB Group is the largest fixed-line telephony and Internet related services provider in Lithuania. The company had to meet very strict, immediate deadlines under the terms of the DVB-T license, and Scientific Atlanta's experience, knowledge and the response of their in-region support personnel helped to satisfy the demands...; Tags: IP Television, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., TEO, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications; Case studies 2007-02-19