Operators looking to deploy IPTV and Video on Demand will benefit from faster, lower-risk implementations that enable them to offer more services to users through a major partnership between Dune HD and Beenius announced today at TelcoTV2012. This will be demonstrated on the Beenius booth (number 105) at TelcoTV.

As part of the partnership, Dune HD’s advanced set-top boxes have been certified by Beenius and are now integrated with Beenius’ Beesmart open, flexible, and feature-rich interactive TV middleware platform. Together this provides an adaptable, integrated and best of breed solution to operators and system integrators, backed by the engineering expertise of both partners.

TVover.net and Echo Communications are giving away 2 free Expo passes to TelcoTV 2012, Ocotber 24-26, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The Expo pass gives you access to Exhibit Hall, Keynotes, and Vendor-Hosted Workshops. For mroe information about TelcoTV 2012 and registration, click here.

Enter to win by emailing us at media@tvover.net with subject line 'TelcoTV 2012 raffle', name, email, company, address and phone number by noon CST, October 21, 2012. The winner will be randomly drawn.

Amino Communications will showcase at TelcoTV 2012 in Las Vegas a new breakthrough version of its Live media gateway that delivers a powerful combination of pay-TV security and exciting Android-based OTT content delivery.

The Live media gateway is the first hybrid/OTT media gateway to be powered by the new Intel Atom CE 5300 media processor. This combines dual core processing power with a range of new enhanced transcoding and encoding capabilities with multi-screen distribution to deliver content seamlessly to TVs, smartphones and tablets around the home.

Now the product has been enhanced – with a secure Linux environment, based on Amino’s proven Aminet software stack, for the delivery of payTV video, and a controlled Android virtual machine to support a wide range of OTT applications and services. The device will utilise the unparalleled hardware virtualisation features available in the Intel CE5300 SoC to run multiple virtual machines at full speed.

Videoconferencing, telepresence and video chat have come of age, and the next big challenge for the video industry is interconnecting the disparate systems and solutions. Sessions at Video World Conference and Expo will delve deeply into this topic – and dozens more – as the event kicks off October 3-5 in Austin, Texas, TMC announced. Video World Conference and Expo is collocated with ITEXPO, one of the world’s largest and best-attended communications and technology trade shows.

In the “Connecting the Pixels – Visual Communication Comes of Age” panel, to be held Wednesday, October 3, at 11 a.m. CST, AVer Information Inc., Blue Jeans Network and Vidtel will collaborate on helping attendees understand their options and find the interconnection path that best matches their company’s needs.

Broadband World Forum 2012 is the world’s largest Broadband event attracting 10,000+ decision-makers from across the globe. Now celebrating its 12th year, the event is the only place to meet the entire broadband industry in one place at one time.

TV apps are predicted to be the next big thing in 2012, the workshops as part of the Apps World event will examine how some organisations are securing a head start in the market. A number of firms are already developing TV apps to aid consumer entertainment, while marketers are drawing up strategies that incorporate the increased engagement expected form connected, interactive TV apps.

TV Connect Global Events and TV Over.Net are teaming up for the Social TV World Summit on 22nd-23rd May in London. We will be giving away 1 free ticket in a raffle competition. For your chance to win, enter by emailing stpehen.scott@informa.com with your name, job title, company, email and phone number by 5pm 16th May 2012. The winner will be randomly drawn.

The impressive speaker line-up at the Social TV World Summit has been handpicked from the leaders of social TV strategies. Karla Geci, Head of Platform Partnerships, EMEA from Facebook will open the conference with her Keynote Case Study on Facebook Driving Social TV Engagement.

The event will also be packed with 50+ speakers, click below to see a list.

StreamingMedia.com announces the fourth annual Content Delivery Summit, co-located with the Streaming Media East Exhibition and Conference. Taking place May 14th at the NY Hilton, this one-day highly focused event is designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration.

Developed and chaired by Dan Rayburn, the summit will include case studies on real-world deployments, demos of new technology platforms and discussions on business model considerations for web acceleration and media delivery.

Connected Texas will bring together key stakeholders from across the state for its first annual Broadband Summit Tuesday, June 5, in Dallas as part of the TIA 2012: Inside the Network event. The summit will focus on spurring technology jobs, innovation, and closing the broadband gap in rural Texas.

The Broadband Summit will kick off the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual Conference and Exhibition, TIA 2012: Inside the Network – June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Dallas.

The Telecommunications Industry Association and Parks Associates, the leading international market research and consulting firm focused on the connected consumer and residential technology solutions, have agreed to co-locate the 16th annual CONNECTIONS: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase at the TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference and Exhibition being held June 5-7, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. In addition, Parks Associates will host a "Connected Home Pavilion" as part of the TIA 2012 exhibition and demonstration area.

TIA 2012 and CONNECTIONS are unique industry events. Focused on innovation and thought leadership, TIA 2012 is the annual gathering of the community of technology suppliers that forms the foundation of global communications, which rely on optimized, secure, scalable and sustainable networks. CONNECTIONS combines consumer research, analyst expertise, and industry knowledge to offer the premier event on new business models and opportunities in digital media/content, mobile applications and services, connected consumer electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home systems.

Tony Melone, the Chief Technology Officer for Verizon Communications, will deliver a keynote presentation at the TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference and Exhibition, the Telecommunications Industry Association announced today. Verizon, New York-based communications, information and entertainment services provider, owns the most advanced fiber-optic network; operates America's most reliable wireless 4G/LTE and 3G networks; and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries.

TIA 2012: Inside the Network, scheduled for June 5-7 at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, is a unique industry event uniting a wide range of technology manufacturers and suppliers that form the foundation of the global communications network experience. The goal of the conference is to promote the growth of the telecommunications network by cultivating innovation and thought leadership. The event focuses on emerging opportunities and challenges in the business and technology of the Network.

Connected Nation is again part of the lineup for the Telecommunications Industry Association's premier annual summit and conference, TIA 2012: Inside the Network – June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas.

"As the leading Information and Communications Technology industry group in the United States, TIA actively supports efforts to bridge the 'digital divide' in our country," said TIA President Grant Seiffert. "Our technology supplier members welcome the role of Connected Nation in finding new models and partnerships that bring the benefits of broadband connectivity and services to all sectors of our society. TIA 2012 offers the perfect venue for developing new business opportunities aimed at delivering these benefits."

TIA 2012: Inside the Network will host a Connected Nation workshop on public-private partnerships bridging broadband access and adoption gaps and bringing the enabling technology of broadband to underserved areas across the country. Connected Nation Chairman Brian Mefford was a keynote speaker at last year's TIA conference.

The Telecommunications Industry Association announces that Randall Stephenson, the Chairman and CEO of AT&T, will participate in the TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference and Exhibition as opening day Keynote Speaker. Additionally, Dallas-based AT&T will participate in the event as Opening Night Reception Sponsor.

The TIA 2012 Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for June 5-7 at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, is a unique industry event. Focused on innovation and thought leadership, TIA 2012 is the annual gathering of the community of technology suppliers that form the foundation of the global communications experience.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association for the global information and communications (ICT) industry, today announced that GreenTouch™ will sponsor the Green ICT Demonstration and educational track at TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference & Exhibition. GreenTouch is a consortium of leading ICT industry, academic and non-government research experts dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000.

TIA 2012: Inside the Network will take place June 5-7, 2012 at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. During the event, GreenTouch will showcase solutions and challenges for the telecommunications industry to realize scalable, carbon-neutral ICT networks that will form the cornerstone for affordable and sustainable living.

BroadcastAsia2012 International Conference returns with an impressive line-up of over 80 reputed industry speakers to deliberate on the most critical issues facing broadcasters today. Running from 19th to 22nd June 2012 at the Suntec Convention Centre, the conference agenda foretells the ‘reinvention’ of the broadcast industry as content is re-purposed towards viewers who have become increasingly more mobile and who view content on various devices. Broadcasters are forced to reckon with this fact and gear up to cater to this growing trend.

With this in mind, the BroadcastAsia2012 International Conference will address the multitude of challenges and opportunities broadcasters face today. Speakers representing the various members of the broadcast ecosystem will touch on many inflection points that are occurring as the industry grapples with shifting content as well as moves towards digitisation in terrestrial broadcasting.