Verimatrix, developer of IPTV content protection and security solutions, and InfoValue Computing, Inc., experts in providing innovative, comprehensive, high performance video streaming platforms and solutions, today announced an integrated IPTV deployment at a resort in the Caribbean. Guests are now able to watch blockbuster Video-on-Demand (VOD) Hollywood movies at early release windows, along with high-speed Internet access and marketing channels over the resort's IP network.

Opera Software, a global leader in Web browser technologies, today announced its partnership with Industria, a leading broadband communication solutions provider and IPTV systems integrator. Iceland-based Industria will use the fast and feature-rich Opera 8.5 for Devices for its new IPTV software solution, called Zignal. Zignal, with Opera as a part of its package, will provide a wide range of revenue-generating IPTV services on set-top boxes (STBs).

ANT plc, the market leading provider of software and solutions for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, announced today that the company will demonstrate its Galio TV Application Manager and client software at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place 5-8 January in Las Vegas.

In the IPTV Tech Zone at the Sands Convention Center (72241-J), ANT will feature the award-nominated ANT Galio client. ANT Galio is at the heart of the world's premier TV Application Manager, which provides a consistent and extensible platform for the delivery, presentation and control of interactive TV applications and enhanced services. More than 70 percent of the world's IPTV deployments depend on ANT.

On2 Technologies, Inc., and Skype, the global Internet communications company, announced that the beta version of Skype 2.0 -- the newest version of Skype's revolutionary software that allows anyone with an Internet connection to make free Internet calls -- uses On2 codec technology to deliver high quality video. Announced earlier today, the new Skype Video offering allows Skype users to see and send real time video as they Skype with their friends, family and colleagues.

Streaming21, the world's leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its new H.264 streaming solutions & advanced IPTV/Triple-play applications at the IPTV Asia Forum in Hong Kong, using fully integrated IP Set-top Boxes (IP-STBs) including ADB, Foxconn, NUMA, COMTREND, Yuxing and Sunniwell. Visitors will experience live demos of end-to-end IPTV solutions for Live Broadcast, Video-on-Demand (VoD), and Karaoke-on-Demand (KoD) based on the H.264 advanced compression standards.

Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc. announced that it will demonstrate for the first time its comprehensive on demand services solution for IPTV at this week's TelcoTV Conference & Expo in San Diego, Calif., November 9-10, in booth #413.

Latens Systems, a pioneer and leading supplier of dynamic, software-based Conditional Access, announced that Com Net Inc., an Ohio-based company offering advanced telecommunication services to 21 Independent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs), has chosen Latens Conditional Access solutions to secure the delivery of video content through Com Net's affiliates. The Latens CA system will combine with Minerva iTVManager Middleware to provide Com Net with a secure end-to-end IPTV delivery platform.

ANT plc, a leading provider of embedded browser, content control and user interface software for IPTV and consumer electronics, announced that it is working with Micro Network Korea Co. Ltd. for local sales and technical support as part of an expansion into Korea.

ANT recently announced three new customers in Korea who have licensed ANT Galio through the company's relationship with Micro Network: Kaon Media, Homecast and InfoEq.

With millions of potential users of IPTV, service providers are looking for opportunities to speed their time to market with a managed IPTV solution. Motive, Inc. and Thomson will be the first to demonstrate automated management capabilities that help providers accelerate and scale the delivery of new IPTV services, and simplify the user experience for subscribers. The demonstration will debut at the TELECOM '05 show on Oct. 24-26, 2005 in Las Vegas.

Oregan Networks Ltd., a supplier of W3C-compliant TV browsing and media streaming software, has announced that the company has established a direct licensing relationship with one of Europe's largest incumbent carriers.

The commercial roll-out of Oregan-connected next generation Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) by the operator is slated for Q1 2006.

TANDBERG Television delivered revenues of MNOK 476.1 in 3Q05, up 21% compared to MNOK 392.6 in 3Q04 and up 4% sequentially. The gross margin was 56.3%, up from 51.4% in the same quarter in 2004, and up from 55.0% in 2Q05, due to improvements in product mix and solid margins in our traditional technologies. The company delivered operating profits of MNOK 94.7, up 71% from MNOK 55.6 in 3Q04 and up 26% sequentially. Pre-tax profit was MNOK 102.7, up from MNOK 55.5 in the same period in the previous year.

Alcatel today launches two new IPTV applications. The Alcatel 5900 AmigoTV application and the Alcatel 5900 MyOwnTV application will enable service providers to offer personal TV services to their customers. These applications — which combine content delivery, voice services and interaction — are designed to allow consumers to enrich their TV experience with personal and community-of-interest based content. Built upon the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software delivery platform, these user-centric triple play applications will be available in the first quarter of 2006.

To help telecommunications companies reduce the complexity and cost of adding television to their broadband offers, mPhase Technologies has enlisted Magpie Telecom Insiders, an applications software developer, to accelerate the implementation of new Internet-based television (IPTV) services.

At the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) Broadband World Forum conference and exhibition taking place in Madrid, Spain, October 3-6, Lucent Technologies will showcase its advanced IPTV and IP Multimedia services and solutions.

Lucent will demonstrate how its broadband access solutions, combined with Lucent's industry-leading Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, enable wireline, wireless and converged network operators to offer compelling new "blended lifestyle" services that integrate telephony features, Web and TV capabilities in exciting ways and deliver them to consumers or business customers anytime, anywhere.

In the network processor semiconductor chip market, software continues to be a major differentiator for gaining true competitive advantages. This trend revealed itself again with today's announcement that Zhone Technologies, Inc., selected the Agere Systems Advanced PayloadPlus APP300 network processor for use in Zhone's Very-Fast-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL-2) equipment.