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HOT BIRD will help Orange extend its television service via satellite to rural France
Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD (13 degrees East) and ATLANTIC BIRD 3 (5 degrees
West) satellites will provide the direct-to-home coverage for the
satellite TV offer planned by Orange (France Telecom). Orange - one of
the world’s leading IPTV providers using xDSL and more recently, fibre
- wants to extend its television offer to areas where the wired network
does not have enough bandwidth, including rural communities.
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Niche VOD and targeted ads could help monetise on-demand
VOD’s time may be approaching, according to ABI Research analyst
Paulhwa Lee, who has highlighted the potential of movie content
targeting niche communities, combined with targeted advertising and
free VOD to deliver the eyeballs needed to generate advertising
revenues. ABI Research also takes heart from the way the viewing
population is growing more accustomed to acquiring media content online.
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CANALSAT boosts ADSL programme line-up and reach with Harmonic encoders
CANALSAT, the leading digital Pay TV operator in France with more than
10.5 million subscriptions, has boosted its ADSL video service with the
help of MPEG-4 AVC based encoders from Harmonic Inc. The company will
use the DiviCom Electra 7000 high-definition and Electra 5400
standard-definition encoders to expand HD and SD programming, and also
extend the reach of services over ADSL.
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Lyse: build a great IPTV service and the money will come...easy as that
Anders Brandt, International Business Development Manager for
Norwegian FTTH provider Lyse, has been telling IPTV News Studio that
making money from an IPTV based multi-play service is easy, providing
you deliver a “top-notch, no fault, high-quality service like we do,
and deliver it beautifully.” He said that if these criteria are met,
operators should dare to ask for good money - and it will come.
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Video debates focus on multi-screen delivery, Internet/TV blending and QoE
IPTV World Forum 2008 hosted three video discussions, two of which are
now available to watch. The first panel - ‘Television without borders’
- looks at technologies and business strategies for multi-screen video
delivery and the possibility of 'blended' Internet/television services.
The second covers Quality of Experience and is called 'Video Quality or
Bust' and begins with the thought that if content is king, is quality
queen?
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Harmonic adds decoding and mobile encoding to DiviCom Electra
Harmonic Inc. has added decoding capabilities to its DiviCom Electra
and Ion encoders with the DiviCom FLEX universal video and audio
decoding module. The DiviCom FLEX solution supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
AVC streams in both HD and SD formats, and supports re-use of incoming
stream information. Platform operators can now decode and re-encode in
the same chassis, saving space and money. Up to four channels of
decode/encode can be supported in one rack unit.
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Envivio adds HD and 3GPP streaming to three-screen encoder platform
Envivio Inc. has added support for HD encoding, plus 3GPP and 3GPP2
mobile streaming profiles for unicast mobile TV, to its 4Caster C4
convergence encoding system. The company claims the product is the
"world’s first to provide video compression for all three screens of
consumer video – TVs, PCs and mobile devices – on a single platform."
The C4 platform will take multiple channels of content and encode them
simultaneously to deliver multiple mobile TV profiles, multiple
Internet TV profiles, or SD and HD IPTV profiles.
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Germany’s PrimaCom wants hybrid cable/IP set-top boxes
German cable operator PrimaCom wants to introduce hybrid IP/DVB-C set-top boxes to its cable network customers. The company will use Motorola/Kreatel set-top boxes running on Linux with the aim of “accelerating the successful penetration of IPTV in this distribution medium.” PrimaCom operates an 862MHz broadband cable network, serves around one million subscribers and offers over 170 TV and radio programmes, plus high-speed Internet and telephony.
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Zon TV Cabo and Telenet lead next-generation cable project
Development of a ‘Next Generation HFC broadband architecture’ is on the
agenda for the ‘ReDesign project’, which has just been launched by two
of Europe’s major cable operators with the support of equipment vendors
and research organisations. The ReDesign consortium says it wants to
develop new technologies that extend the life expectancy of today’s HFC
(Hybrid Fibre Coax) cable networks.
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Orange and UDcast trial Wi-Fi on high-speed trains
Wi-Fi on trains is good news for consumers but could mean more
competition for mobile TV providers if it makes Internet TV a viable
alternative to mobile services. In a trial of hybrid satellite and
Wi-Fi on the French railways, Orange Business Services is the official
project contractor and service integrator for train operator SNCF, and
UDcast has provided its UDgateway satellite-delivered Internet access
solution, which is installed in the Wi-Fi equipment and servers.
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IPTV News introduces job search capability
IPTV News, our sister publication at www.iptv-news.com , will soon
provide a job search capability for television/multimedia industry
professionals. The publication has teamed with Digital Industry Jobs to provide a search facility for careers
spanning a range of sectors including IPTV, mobile TV, digital TV,
digital telecoms, VoIP, digital broadcast and broadband. The new portal
will provide access to hundreds of job vacancies.
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Download your copy of IPTV News
The latest edition of IPTV News addresses one of the most important
subjects in the broadband TV sector today - Quality of Experience -
with a special supplement called 'Maximising IPTV Video Quality'. This
issue also contains an update on the IPTV markets in Italy and the UK,
plus an assessment of set-top box and content protection technology
trends. Download your copy by clicking this link.
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Virgin Media outlines new thinking required once 50Mbps is deployed
Virgin Media has achieved 50Mbps downstream broadband speeds during its
DOCSIS 3.0 trial in Kent and has ran into some interesting side-effects
of the enhanced service. Kevin Baughan, Director of Technical Strategy
at the UK cable operator told the Connected Home conference at this
year's IPTV World Forum that most 802.11 WiFi routers in triallist
homes could not handle the speeds, not just in wireless mode but even
using the wired Ethernet connection. PCs were often configured in such
a way that they could not cope with 50Mbps connections either - and had
to be reset.
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BSkyB highlights multi-screen and on-demand credentials
“Technology is not an end in itself - it is a slave to the experience.”
That was the key message from BSkyB at this year’s IPTV World Forum,
where the company was speaking about its multi-screen strategy and the
importance of online video via its Sky Anytime service. The philosophy
was outlined by Griffin Parry, Director of On-Demand at the UK
satellite operator, who added: “We believe in a hybrid distribution
model.”
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IPTV World Series Awards winners unveiled
Results of the IPTV World Series Awards 2008 were announced during the
IPTV World Forum conference/exhibition in London last week. The awards
recognise technology innovation and take into account the relevance of
products to the IPTV market. The winners were:
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Harnessing the Internet to improve broadcast TV services
Amidst the headline themes for last week's IPTV World Forum 2008 there
was an interesting undercurrent surrounding the convergence of Internet
sourced video and applications and classic Pay TV walled garden
environments.
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IPTV World Forum 2008: technologies to help consumers find content
We already have hundreds of channels of digital TV and the private
network long-tail is growing. The integration of online video services
into the Pay TV walled garden environment could increase content choice
further but there is a danger that consumers will be overwhelmed by the
volumes of content and avoid on-demand libraries altogether, or at
least keep using their current favourites - in which case a great
opportunity to enhance their experience has been lost.
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Thomson committed to joined-up services across multiple networks
Thomson highlighted its unified approach to content management and
delivery across multiple platforms at IPTV World Forum 2008, outlining
plans to converge its SmartVision service delivery platform for IPTV
with the SmartVision platform for mobile TV. The result will be a
common management and distribution solution for linear video over 3G
cellular networks, VOD over 3G, DVB-H broadcast TV (mobile), and both
linear and on-demand video over DSL.
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Peter Barrett on user-generated content: you cannot recreate a Botticelli
There is ample evidence that user-generated content will be integrated into the Pay TV environment as a way to earn subscriber loyalty (especially among younger viewers) but Peter Barrett, CTO and General Manager of Engineering at Microsoft TV earns the 'Quote of the Show' award from IPTV World Forum for his dismissal of UGC as a revenue earner. "Baby photos [transferred from the PC to television screen] are important but user-generated content is not going to be a huge driver of business," he told delegates at the London show. "It's a bit like standing in front of a Botticelli [painting] and saying, 'Won't it be great when everyone has access to paint'."
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Record attendance for IPTV World Forum 2008
Last week’s IPTV World Forum 2008 attracted over 5,500 attendees, a new
record for the show, which is also expanding in scope to include
next-generation cable (especially IPTV over cable) and next-generation
satellite. There were more than 150 exhibitors covering everything from
WiFi chips and remote controls to pre-integrated voice/VOD/television
solutions. You can read about some of the most interesting conference
sessions and technologies from this year’s event elsewhere in this
newsletter.
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Viaccess expects to complete $21 million acquisition of Orca Interactive
Content protection specialist and France Telecom subsidiary Viaccess
has signed an agreement to acquire Orca Interactive Ltd, the Israeli
IPTV middleware and applications provider. The deal is estimated to be
worth over US$21 million and is subject to approval by an extraordinary
general meeting of Orca Interactive.
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IPTV News introduces job search capability
IPTV News, our sister publication at www.iptv-news.com , will soon
provide a job search capability for television/multimedia industry
professionals. The publication has teamed with Digital Industry Jobs to provide a search facility for careers
spanning a range of sectors including IPTV, mobile TV, digital TV,
digital telecoms, VoIP, digital broadcast and broadband. The new portal
will provide access to hundreds of job vacancies.
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Download your copy of IPTV News
The latest edition of IPTV News addresses one of the most important
subjects in the broadband TV sector today - Quality of Experience -
with a special supplement called 'Maximising IPTV Video Quality'. This
issue also contains an update on the IPTV markets in Italy and the UK,
plus an assessment of set-top box and content protection technology
trends. Download your copy by clicking this link.
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Video debates available to download soon
IPTV World Forum 2008 hosted three video discussions, which will be available to view shortly at www.newvideotechnology.net, www.connected-home-news.com and www.iptv-news.com. They covered Quality of Service, content mobility and next-generation cable.
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VOD will reach three-quarters of TV households by 2012, Informa predicts
New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that in 2012, 909
million homes will have access to true Video on Demand (VOD) or
near-VOD (NVOD) technology, equivalent to 78 per cent of the world’s TV
households. These services will generate revenues of more than US$10
billion. The UK is the on-demand leader in Europe, forecast to generate
US$677 million in 2012, with France and Germany following some way
behind.
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BEI and Arqiva provide alternative broadcast switching hub for London
Beers Enterprises Inc (BEI) and Arqiva's Satellite Media Solutions
division have joined forces to launch ‘The London Switch’ - said to be
the UK’s first HD-SD capable video switching service featuring
convenient customer control. The service will commence operations in
July and is designed to provide a cost-saving alternative for local
fibre circuits. Customers are promised unlimited switching at fixed
rates.
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Harmonic provides hybrid cable/IP VOD solution for Multimedia Polska
Polish cable and IPTV provider, Multimedia Polska, has deployed
on-demand solutions from Harmonic Inc. to support its VOD service,
which launched last September. Multimedia Polska is the first cable
operator in Poland to provide VOD. The service is available in six
cities but will be expanded to the entire digital cable subscriber base
by the end of 2008.
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UAE telco selects iPlex headend for IPTV services
du, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) newest telecommunications company,
based in Dubai, has selected TANDBERG Television’s iPlex
UltraCompression IPTV video processing and transcoding system for its
IPTV headend. The company’s multilingual video service includes more
than 15 premium TV packages in 18 different languages from content
aggregators and providers worldwide.
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IPTV World Forum hosts debates on convergence, QoE and next-generation cable
Besides the comprehensive conference programmes covering the future
of IPTV, cable, satellite and Internet TV at this year’s IPTV World
Forum, delegates can witness three public discussions on issues of
great relevance to the television industry. The events, the first of a
series being organised by the ipTV News Video Studio, cover Quality of
Experience, convergence opportunities across multiple platforms, and
next-generation cable.
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CANAL+ turns legacy HD set-tops into DVRs using external hard drives
This week’s ‘Best use of legacy technology’ award (if we had one) would
go to CANAL+ GROUP, which will allow current HD subscribers on its
satellite service to upgrade their set-top boxes into DVRs by
harnessing approved external hard drives, connected to the set-top via
USB. The innovation will be possible thanks to the use of the latest
generation of NDS’s MediaHighway middleware.
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See you at IPTV World Forum 2008
If you are travelling to IPTV World Forum next week, have a safe trip. IPTV World Forum 2008
(March 12-14, Olympia, London) will provide a valuable insight into the
business and technology strategies of media companies using, or looking
to use, IP as the means to deliver video to consumers. The
conference/exhibition is long-established as the leading event for
telecoms-based IPTV and now includes important conference streams
covering IPTV over cable (IP Cable), the multi-platform ambitions of
satellite operators (Satellite 2.0), and video services delivered
direct to consumer over the public Internet (TVoverNet).
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IPTV World Series Awards 2008 – shortlisted nominees announced
The IPTV World Series Awards 2008, in its second
year running, have announced three shortlisted products and services
for each category from a record 100 entries. The winners will be
announced at a ceremony held at 6pm on 12th March at the IPTV World
Forum conference and exhibition (www.iptv-forum.com).
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Pilat Media to demonstrate addressable advertising at NAB
Pilat Media is adding targeted/personalised advertising technologies
to its Integrated Broadcast Management System (IBMS) - its
multi-channel airtime sales, traffic and programme management solution.
The company says it will enable automatic insertion of adverts
according to the household or individual subscriber profile across all
television platform types, including mobile TV. The solution will be
demonstrated at NAB this April.
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IneoQuest offers video network probe for European QAM standards
IneoQuest Technologies, Inc, which supplies quality, service and
revenue assurance solutions for video providers, has announced the
availability of its Cricket video network probe with support for
European QAM standards (as used by cable operators). The company says
the QAM Cricket Video network probe helps ensure a high-quality
subscriber viewing experience, while reducing operational expense.
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See what the Guardian has to say about IPTV
The Guardian, one of the UK's most influential national newspapers - especially when it comes to media - has just published a supplement looking at IPTV, supported by IPTV World Forum and IPTV News. It includes a beginner's guide to IPTV, consumer benefits and the new advertising metrics created by this delivery platform. You can download you copy by clicking this link.
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Download your copy of IPTV News
The latest edition of IPTV News addresses one of the most important subjects in the broadband TV sector today - Quality of Experience - with a special supplement called 'Maximising IPTV Video Quality'. This issue also contains an update on the IPTV markets in Italy and the UK, plus an assessment of set-top box and content protection technology trends. Download your copy by clicking this link.
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Universal edge-QAM boosts BigBand Network shipments
BigBand Networks, Inc. shipped 140,000 edge-QAMs last year, nearly
doubling its total from 2006. The figures were boosted by the
introduction of the company's BEQ6000 universal edge-QAM and a
significant expansion of BigBand Switched Digital Video (SDV)
deployments, including initiation of the company's first SDV
deployments in Motorola set-top box environments.
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IPTV News introduces job search capability
IPTV News, our sister publication at www.iptv-news.com , will soon
provide a job search capability for television/multimedia industry
professionals. The publication has teamed with Digital Industry Jobs to provide a search facility for careers
spanning a range of sectors including IPTV, mobile TV, digital TV,
digital telecoms, VoIP, digital broadcast and broadband. The new portal
will provide access to hundreds of job vacancies.
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DVB-C2 specification should support cable needs for at least 10 more years
The DVB has made a Call for Technologies that can form the basis of a
next-generation cable standard: DVB-C2. The digital TV standards
organisation is hoping the specification will maximise transmission
efficiencies over HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coax) networks to the point where a
DVB-C3 may never be required. The minimum aim is for a new standard
that will serve the cable industry for 10-12 years.
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Video quality is main reason for IPTV churn, MRG study discovers
A survey conducted by Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG) - and
commissioned by IP video quality assurance vendor Symmetricom, Inc -
suggests video quality is critical to the growth and success of IPTV,
significantly affecting customer support calls and customer churn. The
survey was limited in scope (IPTV executives from 12 North American
Tier One and Tier Two telcos) but, if representative of the IPTV sector
as a whole, it suggests a lack of proactive quality control, since most
(90pc) of the respondents were notified about service quality problems
from subscriber calls.
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Orange, Thomson and Sagem launch home network initiative
Orange (France Telecom), Thomson and Sagem Communications have created
a joint venture company to develop and market a software platform that
they hope will enable simple interconnection of multimedia customer
premise devices within a home network. The new company is called Soft
At Home and “is aimed at creating a standard for the interconnection of
equipment within the multimedia ecosystem”. The companies hope the
project will accelerate the adoption of residential digital services
and help network operators differentiate their services more easily.
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IPTV World Forum hosts debates on convergence, QoE and next-generation cable
Besides the comprehensive conference programmes covering the future
of IPTV, cable, satellite and Internet TV at this year’s IPTV World
Forum, delegates can witness three public discussions on issues of
great relevance to the television industry. The events, the first of a
series being organised by the ipTV News Video Studio, cover Quality of
Experience, convergence opportunities across multiple platforms, and
next-generation cable.
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