The IPTV market is the source of great innovation in terms of Pay TV business models, consumer services, content and go-to-market strategies. It is fuelling technologies that revolutionise television and rapidly move into other digital Pay TV markets - the most obvious being the use of two-way, switched IP networks. And as broadband providers launch and build their video services over the next few years, there will be a constant stream of new challenges, opportunities and solutions.

This maturing market deserves an annual awards event to call its own and now it has one: The IPTV World Series Awards 2008. Our debut awards, hosted at the IPTV World Forum in London in March, will provide a much-needed showcase for the most important technologies and the finest talent in today's IPTV industry.

The IPTV World Series Awards 2008 is dedicated to IPTV. It will be judged by a panel of independent experts taken from the IPTV sector and is open to any organisation that is active in this marketplace including IPTV service providers and technology vendors.

These awards are free to enter.

The awards categories for 2008 are:

1. Best IPTV platform/middleware/application
2. Best IPTV distribution/transport/delivery solution
3. Best IPTV headend & video processing technology solution
4. Best IPTV customer premise equipment technology
5. Best IPTV content protection/rights management solution
6. Best Cable IPTV technology
7. Best Mobile TV technology
8. Best Interactive TV/advanced advertising technology
9. Best Internet TV technology/solution click here 10. Best IPTV test and quality of service/experience technology/solution


Deadline for entries - 14th December 2007