Sony signs deal with BT to offer net calls via PSP

May 25, 2007 - Sony is soon to offer voice and video calls to Playstation Portable (PSP) owners via a wireless internet connection, thanks to a new deal signed with BT.  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and BT have formed a four-year agreement to enable PSP owners to add wireless broadband functionality to their handheld consoles.

BT reclaims position as UK’s number one broadband provider

May 18, 2007 - BT has regained its position as the UK’s largest provider of broadband services, overtaking Virgin Media in the process, and now has 3.66mn customers or 26% of the UK broadband market, according to results announced on May 17th.

Gates announces Vista sales of nearly 40mn in 100 days

May 18, 2007 - Microsoft has sold almost 40mn licenses for its new Windows Vista operating system in the first 100 days of its availability, and has issued an optimistic forecast for the coming fiscal year.

New MRG report forecasts 63.6 million IPTV subscribers in 2011

April 20, 2007 - The steady growth of IPTV subscribers and service revenue continues on an upward trend in Europe and Asia and, to some extent, in North America, according to the new MRG report.

Kasenna, HP and Intel to complete 'one million subscriber' IPTV and Video-on-Demand service benchmark test

April 16, 2007 - Kasenna has teamed with HP and Intel to complete a one-million-IPTV-subscriber benchmark test for broadcast television and bandwidth-intensive Video on Demand (VOD) services.

Interview with Mark Rooney, Head of IPTV, Pace Micro Technology

IPTV, Set- top Boxes and the future of the connected home

Pace Micro Technology is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. From its inception in 1982 as a start-up based in the North of England, focusing on cable modems and software, Pace is now a major player in the global set-top box market. To date Pace has shipped over 27 million set-top boxes worldwide. Amongst other things, Pace has launched DVB satellite and cable services, deployed payTV PVR in Europe and H.264 DVB-S2 set-top boxes, as well as developing IPTV and DTT set-top boxes in the UK.

Harmonic adds new software-based content ingest capabilities for on-demand applications

April 16, 2007 - Harmonic has enhanced its on-demand software solutions to simplify the creation of video assets from live and offline sources with the introduction of the LIVEcut™ scheduler and new functionality on the Ingest Gateway.

New research predicts five percent of UK households will be watching IPTV by 2011

April 13, 2007 - Around 1.5 million households in the UK will be watching TV over an internet connection by 2011, according to a new study published today by the Centre for Telecoms Research.

iSuppli says IPTV rise triggers competitive battle for triple-play services

April 4, 2007 - As the IPTV market begins to ramp up worldwide, the competitive battle over the delivery of triple play is heating up. iSuppli predicts global IPTV subscribers to rise to 103 million in 2011, up from 3.9 million in 2006.

Orca Interactive launches Triple Play services in Greece

April, 2007 – ON Telecoms has chosen Orca Interactive’s RiGHTv middleware for its Greek IPTV deployment.