Stream TV IPTV service launches in Russia at The Digital TV Weblog

Thank you to the folks at Informitv.com for pointing out this news item: Sistema Multimedia has announced the commercial launch of Stream TV, Russia's first broadband television service. Stream TV will offer access to over 80 Russian and international television channels and nearly 50 radio services. Channels will include those of Chelsea and Manchester United football clubs in the UK. Subscription charges will start at US$9.95 per month, with the ability to add [...] Read More


Mike Quigley explains IPTV at The Digital TV Weblog

Behind the acronym 'IPTV' lies an expanding universe of communications possibilities. Alcatel's president explains it all.This week in a Business Week article titled "The Real Meaning Of IPTV", Mike Quigley, CEO of Alcatel USA explains some of the basics about IPTV. It's a good place to start for anyone trying to picture what the telco's are up to. Note: I am going to side-step the point that he compares IPTV only [...] Read More


Deutsche Telekom Launches IPTV on Microsoft Platform at The Digital TV Weblog

Woo, woo! T-Com, a unit of telecom operator Deutsche Telekom, announced the commercial launch of its T-Home service. This includes TV services delivered via the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform. The TV service provides more than 100 free and pay channels, including content from German broadcasters ARD, ZDF and RTL, as well as cable channels including Planet TV, The history channel and Gusto TV. The service's video-on-demand feature offers movies from [...] Read More


Xbox Live for TV: IPTV Coming Soon at XboxSpace

Microsoft Lead-Suit Bill Gates just unveiled some new functionality coming to your Xbox 360 in the second half of this year: IPTV. What's IPTV? Well, I'm not entirely clear on that either. Microsoft's definition of IPTV is certainly not the same as mine: user produced video content distributed on the internet. Microsoft's IPTV is something different, and will be part of a service that you buy from your cable provider. Essentially, [...] Read More


India leading the IPTV roll-out at TJ's Weblog

Another good post from Martino today. As it appears India (yes the nation with a very shaky infrastructure) is pursuing a major roll-out in IPTV: "Israel-based IPTV technology provider, BitBand, says that Atlas Group-subsidiary, Atlas Interactive, has chosen its VOD technologies for a large-scale deployment of IPTV on the networks of an undisclosed Indian incumbent telco and in various Indian hotels. In the first phase of the 200-million-Euro project, dubbed netTV, [...] Read More