Hong Kong-based IPTV content and technology provider BNS has expanded its portfolio of IP-based technology services for telcos with tailor-made solutions for Internet TV, Mobile TV, IPTV for Multi Dwelling Units (MDU-IPTV) and the Enterprise A/V market.

The addition of new solutions to BNS’s original end-to-end carrier grade IPTV technology solution makes IPTV and other broadband services more accessible and affordable for small to medium sized service providers, broadcast studios and campus network operators.

The new IP-based line up of services is completed by Content 360, a one stop shop service which provides content strategy, products and solutions across all media platforms.

TANDBERG Television unveils its next generation solution for switched digital video. The TANDBERG OpenStream Switched Digital Video Solution leapfrogs existing SDV technology providing a massively scalable fully redundant system with seamless failover to ensure the delivery of critical video channels. The OpenStream SDV solution allows cable operators to easily provide, control and manage switched multi-rate (2-20Mbs) digital television video services through an open platform, allowing operators to significantly reduce integration issues and deployment costs. The TANDBERG OpenStream SDV Solution will have its public debut at NCTA’s The Cable Show ’07 (Las Vegas – 7-9th May – booth # 452).

Leveraging the success of the TANDBERG OpenStream Digital Services Platform which serves more than 15 million digital VOD subscribers, the OpenStream SDV Solution allows operators to deploy new services with existing network resources, significantly reducing the cost of providing consumers with a broad choice of desirable programming in multiple formats. Cable operators can mix MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC set-top boxes in the same network using TANDBERG Television switched technology.

Intel Corporation and TANDBERG Television have a collaborated to bridge the gap between the PC and TV with a new broadband television programming solution that provides entertainment programmers with an easy way to develop and deploy broadcast-quality content over the Internet to Intel technology-based devices and PCs, such as those based on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Verismo Networks has announced the availability of its ViPTV platform, an end-to-end broadcasting system. The new service looks to be a competitor to solutions such as NewLion's iPTV service. Verismo Networks will supply a set-top box (no pricing as of yet) to consumers who can then download content to it over their standard broadband connection or stream video content from websites like Google, YouTube, and Yahoo.

The ViPTV service is completing its beta testing, and Verismo Networks is currently looking for content providers interested in creating IPTV channels via the service. Providers can offer their content for monthly subscriptions and pay per view by the end of March 2007.

Entone announced that its Hydra IP video gateway is integrated with Latens' conditional access security system and Minerva's iTVManager middleware platform. This collaborative effort will enable service operators a more efficient and enhanced IPTV solution that can be quickly and easily deployed.

Entone's Hydra IP video gateway enables service operators to distribute video signals throughout the home using existing coax cabling.

Using NeuLion's iPTV platform, Hawaii IPTV will deliver a variety of Hawaii programming, in real-time and on-demand, directly to subscription and pay-for-view consumers anywhere in the world. Hawaii IPTV streams live to television providing a better service than slower download methods. The goal of the Hawaii IPTV service is to deliver the Hawaii experience to Native Hawaiians and Hawaii expatriates living away from Hawaii.

France-based Iwedia, a provider of embedded software for digital television, and UK-based Ocean Blue Software, developer of software solutions for the digital home, announced the certification by the UK Digital Television Group (DTG) of their MHEG-5 V1.06 solution.

The solution is the result of the integration of Iwedia’s Comedia DVB middleware and Ocean Blue’s Voyager MHEG-5 and DSM-CC software. Targeted at set-top boxes and integrated digital television manufacturers, the solution is available in conjunction with a wide range of chipsets.

CodeBaby, a global leader in interactive virtual agent solutions, and Accedo Broadband, a leading aggregator of TV-centric interactive applications, today announced a partner agreement that will see Accedo Broadband marketing CodeBaby's on-device Interactive Customer Care solution to IPTV operators globally.

BitBand and Conklin-Intracom have been selected by several Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) for providing IPTV services to their subscribers. Among these independent telecommunications companies are BTC Broadband, Pembroke Telephone, and Delhi Telephone, providing residential and business services in Oklahoma, Georgia and New York.

IPTV service provider Auroras Entertainment has added Espial's Evo IPTV Service Platform as supported middleware for its IPTV service. Auroras will be offering a complete end-to-end solution for telcos based on Espial's pre-integrated solution that includes both Espial's market-leading Evo Client and Espial's newly launched Evo Server.

The venture capital arms of Motorola Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG are investing in a $16 million round of funding for Ruckus Wireless Inc., a maker of Wi-Fi routers designed to beam TV and other media around the home.

The new financing announced Monday increases the total investment in Ruckus, led by noted Silicon Valley executive Selina Lo, to $30 million since its founding in June 2004.

Ruckus Wireless, credited with pioneering "smart Wi-Fi" technology and systems, today announced that it has been selected by Telefonica O2 Czech Republic to support its newly launched IPTV service. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic will provide Ruckus MediaFlex wireless routers and adapters to subscribers who want to enjoy IPTV and Internet access without having to wire or rewire their homes.

Thomson today announced the launch of its pre-integrated service delivery platforms helping telecom service providers to introduce sophisticated voice and video features over broadband local loops. Combined with video head-end equipments from the company's Grass Valley activity and Thomson's home gateways and set-top box portfolio, this is the first truly pre-integrated solution on the market for quick and easy Triple Play deployment from thousands up to millions of users.

Ruckus Wireless, an innovator of smart Wi-Fi technology and systems, today introduced MediaFlex NG, the industry's first and only carrier-class managed wireless services platform for the home.

Ruckus also announced that it has closed a new round of funding, led by Motorola Ventures and T-Online Ventures, and has been selected by the national telecommunications providers in Belgium and the Czech Republic to supply its MediaFlex system as the "cable-less" solution to reliably extend and distribute IPTV services inside the home

JDSU today announced new IPTV transport stream monitoring capability to its QT-600 Ethernet and triple-play probe, part of JDSU's NetComplete service assurance IPTV offering that is the only test solution on the market to address quality of service (QoS) from the head end into the home.