The IPTV World Forum is to set a new standard next year as it reaches it’s most successful levels yet.

Being held at the Olympia in London on March 5th – 7th, The IPTV World Forum is anticipating over 5000 visitors, and will host in excess of 200 exhibitors.

A unique conference, taking place in January in Budapest, will focus on both the fixed and mobile regulatory challenges facing the telecoms industry today. With the increasing amount of activity that we are currently witnessing in this area, now is the ideal time to attend IIR’s comprehensive, two-day Telecoms Regulation conference.

Telecom Argentina, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Novis, Telefonica Peru and Telemar – are just some of the leading Latin America and US telcos that are set to speak as part of a world-class gathering of industry specialists at the IPTV World Forum Latin America in Rio de Janeiro early next year.

Calix announced it will host a pre-show workshop on Monday, November 6, at the TelcoTV 2006 Conference and Expo at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas. The workshop will feature four different sessions and provide insight from Calix executives as well as from customers, partners, and industry analysts on the current trends in delivering IPTV services in North America.

New ways of watching television are on the rise, challenging the traditional way of broadcasting. The media consultancy [tbb\*] thebrainbehind therefore invites experts and decision makers from around the globe to discuss these trends at our sixth B2B conference TV Outlook 2007 – The paradigm shift of TV consumption, December 1st 2006, at the Literaturhaus Munich.

Latin America's regulators and operators discuss the issues surrounding IPTV development

Brazil, home to a top ten world economy - and a fast-developing Internet market already approaching 30 million users - will turn its technology attention to the IPTV phenomenon in January, when Rio de Janeiro is the venue for the region's first ever IPTV World Forum Latin America www.iptv-latinamerica.com, 30th-31st January, 2007 www.iptvworldseries.com.

Kagan Research has announced the speakers for its exclusive audio briefing on “Global Multichannel Competition: The Future Of Cable And Satellite Markets In The Face of IPTV, DTT And Over-The-Top Video” to be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006. The 90-minute teleconference will focus on the latest industry data within a larger competitive context, including an in-depth analysis of several white-hot multichannel markets.

To highlight the fact that today's consumers want to be entertained and informed when and where they want, the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stated a new Anytime-Anywhere TechArena at Innovations Plus at the Sands. CES is the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow and will be held in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2007.

The Anytime-Anywhere TechArena is sponsored by Sling Media, makers of the Slingbox, a device that let's you watch your home TV from anywhere. This TechArena will feature content shifting technology companies as well as The Download TechZone, ExpressCard TechZone, IPTV TechZone and Podcasting TechZone.

Sponsors: BigBand, Cisco, Siemens
Host: Rick Thompson, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading
Date: Thursday, October 05, 2006
Time: 12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London

Overview: The emergence of sophisticated home gateways, including next-gen set-top boxes, will force IPTV service providers to consider whether service intelligence should reside in the central office or at the customer premises. This Webinar examines the pros and cons of each option.

To register for the event, visit Light Reading.

SupportSoft, Inc. will discuss at this week's Broadband World Forum the importance of driving business growth through the introduction of new, high value services such as IPTV. SupportSoft's James Morehead will host an interactive session entitled, "IPTV: Turn the Prospect of High Churn into High Earn," featuring industry leaders from FASTWEB, Cisco, Microsoft TV and Belgacom.

The Information & Communications Technology Group at Frost & Sullivan has announced its Exclusive 2006 Quarterly Webinar on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. CDT / 11:00 a.m. EDT.

As the IMS architecture begins to gain mindshare, a few lingering issues remain. The briefing will focus on various topics of the IMS market and technology evolution including the following highlights: strategic and tactical reasons influencing a carrier's decision to embrace IMS, ROI considerations in a typical deployment, IMS services being rolled out (such as mobile video, fixed-mobile convergence and IPTV, among others), ongoing standardization initiatives (including the new A-IMS or Advances in IMS), business models and impact to endpoint clients.

Optical Expo 2006, being held at the Westin Galleria Dallas Hotel in Dallas on September 19 and 20, will provide a showcase for the latest optical networking technologies and solutions. With the combined conference and exhibition, the Expo promises to be the most innovative and informative optical event of the year.

24 – 27 October 2006
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Africa Media and Broadcasting Congress is the only significant broadcast conference in Africa that focuses on all the important and strategic issues of repositioning the business for the emerging consumer. This brings you the ideal opportunity to join a widespread group of industry professionals and network with senior decision makers.

Dow Jones MarketWatch senior columnist and correspondent Bambi Francisco will moderate a live video webcast on September 27, 2006 that will explore the dramatic growth of broadband video and the rapid adoption of the medium by consumers.

Telephony, a Prism Business Media publication for telecom service providers, and pulvermedia announced plans to produce an IPTV pre-conference workshop in conjunction with the upcoming 2006 Fall VON event. Telephony's IPTV Workshop, which will focus on deployments, content and carrier strategies, will take place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, September 11, 2006, one day prior to the opening of VON exhibits.