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UPC’s Horizon was worth the wait

Horizon is a product that looks like it belongs in 2012 and not 2010

This year’s IBC event lacked a big, overarching theme, or new “wow” topic to get journalists, analysts and market-watchers foaming at the mouth. And that’s no bad thing. It’s the sign of a maturing industry, and as a result, the show retained a healthy focus on improving existing products and trying to get the big things – multiscreen, OTT, hybrid – right. Nevertheless, there was plenty on show that highlighted that the market remains miles away from anything resembling certainty.

Indian state of Goa to get high-speed broadband soon

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Indian telco BSNL is preparing to launch IPTV and high-speed broadband services in the state of Goa, having already installed GPON equipment in 13 of its exchanges, with more on the way.

IP&TV World Forum: Thomas Lind, Technical Sales Support Director at Appear TV

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Telecoms.com talks to Thomas Lind, Technical Sales Support Director of Appear TV at IP&TV World Forum 2012.

IP&TV World Forum: Navin Natoewal, GM – Media Interaction, Philips

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Telecoms.com talks to Navin Natoewal, General Manager – Media Interaction of Philips at IP&TV World Forum 2012.

IP&TV World Forum: Hans M Lauritsen, Sales Director at Triax

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Telecoms.com talks to Hans M Lauritsen, Sales Director of Triax at IP&TV World Forum 2012.

IP&TV World Forum: Derek Coetzee, Chief Technical Officer at Digisoft

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Telecoms.com talks to Derek Coetzee, Chief Technical Officer of Digisoft at IP&TV World Forum 2012.

Sky Anytime+ service now available across UK networks

Sky Anytime+ is available to all HD subscribers via any broadband connection homes via b

UK broadband networks have another large scale streaming service to contend with after Sky flicked the switch on making its Anytime+ service available to all of its customers who subscribe to an HD package, regardless of their ISP. Sky estimates that this will bring the Anytime+ service into an additional five million homes.

VisionIPTV: Delivering content

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Luke Kennedy, product and sales director of VisionIPTV, talks about his company’s CDN, used to deliver content to mobile devices.

Boxee puts the cat among the Pay TV pigeons

Boxee brings it all together

Informa has long believed that the winning video platform will be the one that most conveniently blends a mix of Live TV and OTT into one easy-to-use package for consumers. Conventional logic has always been that this would either come from one of four places: a Pay TV provider, one of the big CE OEMs, Apple or Google. These players are the ones with the clout required to both secure content deals, and to pull off the significant technical integration such a play would require. But at CES, the most compelling vision of this future came from a much more unlikely source: Boxee.

Preparing for the video over wifi revolution

Google has open sourced its WebRTC framework for real time voice and video chat

When Netflix decided to separate DVD delivery from its video streaming service, consumers rebelled. Many dropped both services and the company lost half its value on Wall Street. Trouble like this is commonplace for cable TV and satellite providers, which, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), both consistently rank low in customer satisfaction surveys.

Can Hulu crack Japan’s crowded online video market?

IPTV was found to have shown "exceptional" growth rates

The announcement on Aug. 10 that US online-video site Hulu
was planning to make its first foray into Asia Pacific with the launch of
services in Japan did not come as a particularly big surprise, considering that
Hulu had never made a secret of its international ambitions.

UK moving towards the next generation of ‘super’ HD viewing

Maasranga will deploy an all IP broadcast network

Around 94 per cent of UK households will have a TV set capable of receiving high-definition (HD) programming by 2016, according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media. This compares favorably with the worldwide average of 48 per cent and puts the UK third globally, behind Canada and New Zealand (each with 95 per cent).

Bangladesh to get IP, HD and 3G ready broadcast network

Maasranga will deploy an all IP broadcast network

Bangladeshi broadcaster Maasranga, part of local conglomerate the Square Group, is upgrading its network to launch the first fully IP-based digital, HD and 3G-enabled rich media network in the country.

NBN Co confirms multicast for Oz network

IPTV is coming to Australia's new National Broadband Network

NBN Co, the firm mandated by the Australian government to design, build and operate the country’s new fibre-based broadband network, has confirmed that it will offer multicast capabilities to service providers using the network that wish to deliver television services to their end-customers.

Bulgaria’s EVO installing Fibre-to-the-Home

Bulgarian ISP EVO has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to provide gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology for its upgrade to Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connections.