DAVE.TV, a global IPTV digital entertainment distribution network, today announces the launch of its Content Publishing Network enabling content owners and publishers, for the first time, to deliver their content simultaneously to the TV, PC, portable and mobile devices all over the world and across multiple service provider networks. DAVE.TV develops IPTV platforms for service providers such as Telcos, CLECs, MSOs and ISPs. DAVE.TV will be exhibiting at the NATPE Conference in Las Vegas January 24-26, 2006 in Booth #748 in the ITA Alternative Upfronts Digital Village.

An open-standard specification providing end-to-end encryption for IPTV and other rich media is now available for public comment from ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance) through Feb. 10, 2006. ISMACryp 1.1 addresses encryption and message authentication services for video delivered via Internet Protocols, including mobile TV, on-demand video services over DSL and cable, and other emerging applications.

NDS Group plc announced that Telekom Austria, Austria's largest telecommunications company, has selected Synamedia, the NDS secure broadband IPTV and VOD solution and architecture.

The NDS Synamedia solution, integrated with VideoGuard content protection and digital rights management, offers Telekom Austria a secure platform for the delivery of multi-channel pay-TV and VOD services to customers using a broadband connection.

SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company, announced today that BellSouth has signed an agreement to trial IP-PRIME ^TM, a centralized, satellite-centric video distribution solution that enables telcos to bundle and distribute hundreds of standard and HD television programming channels with voice and broadband services.

Telecom Communications, Inc. today announced its subsidiary, 3G Dynasty Inc. (3G) will provide China Netcom customers with exclusive, entertainment programming, created and distributed by LIVE ONLINE. As part of the partnership, LIVE ONLINE will become the music and live entertainment programming partner of 3G, and 3G will serve as LIVE ONLINE's exclusive first-window television channel partner. The entertainment channel will become an integral part of TCOM's IPTV China strategy as 3G's internet content provides businesses, including movie productions and formats by combining users of the internet, mobile phones and TVs with theaters through Pay-per-view, Video-on-demand, and Subscription Network Service packages in China.

Digeo, Inc., and Comporium have successfully trialed three in-home IPTV firsts: 1) multi-stream HD DVR on a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, 2) multi-stream SD DVR over DSL, and 3) multi-room distribution of both live and recorded content from an IPTV provider. The trial is being conducted on Comporium's live commercial IPTV system, using Digeo's Moxi™ Media Center, which has already been deployed to more than 250,000 homes nationwide on traditional cable TV systems.

On2 Technologies, Inc., the leader in Flash 8 video encoding technology, and Brightcove, an Internet TV pioneer, announced that Brightcove will offer On2 Technologies' Flash 8 video encoding technology to video publishers participating in the Brightcove commercial preview. Under the arrangement, hundreds of Brightcove commercial preview customers will receive a free license of On2 Flix Pro for Flash 8 to encode their content in Flash 8 video for distribution through Brightcove.

VitalStream, Inc. has added podcasting to its Content Delivery Service product line, empowering VitalStream customers to deliver audio and video podcasts for immediate playback on portable devices and desktop media players.

VitalStream now meets the demands of its customers in the entertainment, advertising, sports and broadcast markets who need a reliable, secure platform to provide podcasts to subscribers. Through MediaConsole, VitalStream's workflow management toolset, content owners can manage and deliver podcasts and other rich media. In addition to IPTV and digital rights management, podcasting is one of the quality, tailored solutions VitalStream provides for its customers with specific streaming needs.

Dentsu Inc. has begun joint discussions with five of Japan’s major broadcasting companies—Nippon Television Network Corporation; Tokyo Broadcasting System, Incorporated; Fuji Television Network, Inc.; TV Asahi Corporation; and TV TOKYO Corporation—aimed at developing a television-like interface that will allow users to easily select and view video content using a broadband Internet connection, and establishing an operating company to promote the distribution of such content. The service will be based on the on-demand, Internet video distribution businesses operated by each broadcasting company, and the new company will consider new service models for both free and premium content.

Brightcove announced the completion of a major strategic financing round, a groundbreaking video content distribution partnership with AOL, and the appointment of Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Chairman of Expedia, Inc., to the Brightcove Board of Directors.

AOL, IAC/InterActiveCorp, The Hearst Corporation, and Allen & Company LLC have joined with existing Brightcove investors Accel Partners and General Catalyst Partners to invest $16.2 million in Brightcove. The investments complete a Series B financing round that will fuel the company's growth and the launch of its products and services.

VitalStream, Inc. has launched VitalStream Professional Services, a core group of technical staff and select industry partners experienced in streaming technologies dedicated to delivering quality, tailored solutions for customers with specific streaming needs, such as IPTV and podcasting.

SkyStream, a leader in IP video delivery solutions, today announced that China Education Television (CETV) will use its media delivery platforms to expand video content distribution, rural Internet service and distance-learning programs to remote areas.

CETV will extend broadband distance learning across the nation using the SkyStream Source Media Router (SMR-26) IP encapsulation solution for broadcasting the educational content at the uplink and Edge Media Receiver and Router (EMR) to receive and distribute the content to its end destination. CETV will also offer video-on-demand and other video services to 25 remote areas via satellite, where broadband services are not currently available.

GlobeCast, a leading global content management and delivery company and subsidiary of France Telecom, has completed the build out of its new Technical Operations Center (TOC) in Miami. The new center is designed to support the company's newly inaugurated IPTV Super Headend, capable of aggregating hundreds of television signals from around the globe in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, and providing IP encapsulation and retransmission of content via satellite for distribution to "local" IPTV headends across North America. The upgrade of the Miami facility is a central component to the company's expanding offer of fully managed content delivery services for emerging IP-based video and rich media.

Kontiki announced the fifth generation of its flagship software, giving consumer media companies and enterprises the industry's most advanced, fully-functioned and secure solution for delivering DVD-quality video across the Internet or enterprise. Demand for Kontiki's field-proven delivery system is increasing rapidly, as consumer media companies seek new ways to monetize their content and enterprises embrace new media-rich methods of effectively communicating with employees and customers.

Called Kontiki 5.0, the new, enhanced platform enables content providers and enterprises to securely publish, protect, deliver and track rich media content at a fraction of the cost of traditional distribution systems, while giving users on-demand access to rich media content. Kontiki is already deploying its platform at some of the world's largest media companies including America Online, Inc. and the BBC, in addition to a number of large enterprises including Avanade.

Expanded Leadership Team Sets Stage for Introduction of Company's New Internet Television Service

Brightcove today announced that About.com founder and Internet visionary Scott Kurnit will join its board of directors; former Lycos General Counsel Andrew Feinberg and former Macromedia Vice President Adam Berrey will also join the company's executive team.

"We continue to add new media veterans who bring experience and vision to Brightcove as we head into to the general release of our Internet TV service in the marketplace," said Jeremy Allaire, Founder and CEO of Brightcove. "We are committed to transforming the distribution of video and TV programming through the Internet, and we have assembled a team that has the skills and experience to make that vision a reality."