GPON market leader Optical Solutions Inc. announced that Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative of Vernon, Texas, has initiated services with the FiberPath 500 GPON system in the first of several competitive fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments planned over the next five years.

Tut Systems Inc. announced that it successfully migrated more than 60 schools in Western New York to an all IP distance learning video network over broadband. Tut Systems supplied BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) with its family of Astria Content Processor (CP) products and on-site video integration expertise for delivery of high-quality, interactive digital video conferencing over a Gigabit Ethernet backbone.

Modulus Video detailed its use of Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. The Modulus ME6000's exclusive combination of Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs, high performance server platform, and a scalable, industrial-strength software architecture is uniquely suited to demanding video tasks. The solution was recently featured by Modulus at the International Broadcaster Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam, September 8-13, 2005.

Broadstream Communications, Inc. ("Broadstream") and Scripps Networks announce that HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, FINE LIVING and Great American Country (GAC) are available through Broadstream's IPTVConnect ^TM Service - the industry's first and most comprehensive IP content distribution platform designed for Telecommunications companies and broadband service providers.

Broadstream Communications, Inc. ("Broadstream"), the industry leader in outsourced IPTV head-end and content distribution and management services, announced that Converged Communications LLC("Converged") has selected Broadstream to provide outsourced MPEG-4 IP head-end, transport and middleware services to support the launch of IPTV services to their customers over their ADSL2+ and Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network in Anchorage, Alaska.

Optibase Ltd. announced that Ireland's first IPTV service provider, Magnet Networks, has chosen to further extend its IP video head-end with Optibase's IPTV encoding and streaming platforms.

This latest order, placed for Magnet Networks, by leading broadband solutions provider and systems integrator Industria, the main contractor on the project, is the third arising from the rollout.

Airgo Networks, Inc. announced its third generation True MIMO chipset with support for data rates up to 240Mbps. For the first time consumers will be able to experience faster-than-wired speeds over a wireless network -- and almost three times the speed of other premium wireless technologies on the market today. This next generation of True MIMO is currently sampling to select partners, with retail product availability expected by late Q4 2005.

Optibase, Ltd., a leading provider of advanced digital video solutions is showcasing an exciting array of new products and technologies that target the High Definition (HD) market and the new MPEG -4 AVC IPTV standard, at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), Booth # 2.249, September 9-11, 2005.

MPEG MovieMaker 200 HD is designed for post-production studios working on video-on-demand (VOD) content and integrators working on high-resolution military simulation or surveillance projects. MovieMaker 200 HD board supports both high definition and standard definition video input, with MPEG-2 compression support at up to 80Mbps. The board digitizes from an array of inputs (file, analog or digital) and will drop files to a host as either compressed or uncompressed data.

Kasenna, the IPTV Company, will showcase its full range of IPTV and video-on-demand (VOD) solutions at the IBC show in Amsterdam on September 9-13, 2005.

Kasenna Solutions in Partner Booths

Highlighting the interoperability of its MediaBase XMP server software, MediaBase server hardware, vFusion network management software, and LivingRoom client application and middleware solutions, Kasenna will demonstrate its products at four locations throughout the show.

i3 micro technology, a leading provider of IP Television (IPTV) and voice over IP (VoIP) products and solutions, and Minerva Networks, provider of open-platform IPTV delivery solutions, announced support with i3’s Mood 300 IP Set-top Box (STB) and Minerva Network’s iTVManager middleware application. The advanced MPEG-4 AVC feature of the Mood 300 and the robust capabilities of iTV Manager, which also supports High Definition, Video on Demand, Personal Video Recording and other competitive features, the combined solution will appeal to IPTV service providers interested in delivering the best possible IPTV viewing experience while minimizing the bandwidth load on the network.

ICTV^TM, creators of HeadendWare ®, the most powerful platform for the delivery and distribution of interactive television programming, and Packet Vision, developers of an addressable IPTV advertising delivery platform, have announced their collaboration on "personalized" TV advertising that is targeted, auditable and interactive.

UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, announced that the company will host an online webinar on IPTV on Thursday, September 15, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern.The webinar will last approximately one hour and will be led by UTStarcom CTO Bill Huang.

In the latest step to help network operators offer internet-based television (IPTV) services, mPhase Technologies announced jointly with Latens Systems a cooperative development and marketing agreement to integrate Latens' conditional access solutions with the mPhase TV+ System.

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with SES AMERICOM to provide design and integration services in support of its new state-of-the-art MPEG-4 Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) based broadcast center. SES AMERICOM, the largest satellite services provider in the U.S., is today launching its IP PRIME service, a groundbreaking, centralized IPTV distribution solution enabling telephone companies to deliver high-end video, along with voice and broadband services over a single DSL line to the home.

Scientific-Atlanta will be working with SES AMERICOM for the launch of its new IP video service, IP PRIME. With the completion of the initial phases of the new network, SES AMERICOM will employ 140 Scientific-Atlanta MPEG-4 Part 10 encoders to deliver the multi-channel standard definition service.