Visitors to Broadcast Asia and CommunicAsia this month will be able to see an ascendant TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL), demonstrating a broader array of offerings for the digital media market. On its Broadcast Asia (#8C2-01) and CommunicAsia (#6F1-12) booths, TANDBERG Television will show its advanced solutions for HDTV, IPTV, on-demand and interactive entertainment. Combining the company's industry leading professional video compression technologies with its latest software solutions has enabled TANDBERG Television to move to the next level and to produce a unique combination of integrated compression, interactive and on-demand content solutions. The result has been a significant growth in the company's global presence and increasing market share in the Asia Pacific market.

Pyramid Research is proud to announce their Webinar "Transforming Fixed Markets with IMS, IPTV and FMC: Leveraging Technologies to Create Successful Business Models" that will be held on July 19th at 11am EST. Guy Zibi, Pyramid’s Director of the CMT Research Group, will host the event, which will bring industry professionals together to discuss fixed communications business models and the trend towards an application-centric world.

In just 3 weeks time – operators, carriers, MSO’s and service providers will gather together at the Hilton Dublin, Ireland, UK to learn how to overcome the latest challenges in the new Triple Play environment.

Join operators, broadcasters and industry experts from across the globe on the 4th & 5th July 2006 as they deliver a compelling mix of real-world case studies from the most successful and innovative players across the value-chain and cover key issues including:

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Optibase, Ltd., a leading provider of advanced digital video solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its IPTV and digital video solutions at Broadcast Asia 2006, June 20-23, 2006 in Singapore. The company will showcase Optibase's flexible model design providing customers with future-proof video solutions to meet the evolving requirements of Telcos and service providers.

Eagle Broadband, Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, will have one of its signature products -- the MediaPro IP5000HD set-top box -- showcased at Computex Taipei 2006, the 26th Taipei International Information Technology Show taking place June 6-10 in Taipei, Taiwan.

During GLOBALCOMM 2006 June 4-7 in Chicago, Ericsson and Sony will jointly demonstrate the benefits of combining IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based personalized TV and Sony’s home network based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards. The combination of technologies based on IMS and DLNA standards will enable end users to access their digital media anywhere, any time.

Broadband and Triple Play Services is back for a 5th successful year. Welcoming over 180 delegates last year, from 19 countries, the Broadband and Triple Play conference gives huge scope for networking with key players in the Triple Play landscape….entirely free of charge!*

Anticipating IPTV operators' need for flexibility and high performance in a rapidly developing new market, Modulus Video introduced its new ME2000 series MPEG-4 AVC encoding platform. The world's first compact (1 rack unit) multi-format encoding platform, the ME2000 series, expands Modulus Video's market leading line of AVC encoders with a system that can be easily switched via a software control between high definition and standard definition video outputs. The new ME2000 will be on display June 5-7 at GLOBALCOMM 2006 in Chicago, McCormick Place, Booth 67091.

Responding to a recent survey indicating a strong need for open standards to drive the IPTV market, the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) is taking the initiative to bring the industry together with a global symposium focusing on end-to-end system interoperability. The June 8 ISMA International IPTV Summit in Chicago will be a rare opportunity for industry leaders at both ISMA member and non-member companies to dialogue on growing the IPTV market by establishing open standards and to influence the future work of ISMA.

Optibase, Ltd., a leading provider of advanced digital video solutions, today announced that it will attend Infocomm 2006, June 7-9 in Orlando, Fla. and present its high-availability IP and digital video solutions for enterprise, distance learning and military markets, including live demonstrations of advanced video solutions for homeland security applications.

THREE DAY ETA CONFERENCE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS TECHNOLOGY & ENTERTAINMENT ISSUES

Starz’s Bob Greene & ClickStar’s James Ackerman Deliver Keynotes

The 5th annual Entertainment Technology Alliance (ETA), collocating at C3, will host an exhibit pavilion that includes Whiteblox, NDS, and Saytam and a comprehensive conference program addressing entertainment and technology issues and trends. ETA and C3 take place June 27-29, 2006 in New York City at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

March 5-7, 2007
Olympia, London

Show highlights:

• The World's Leading IPTV event - with over 5000 people anticipated to attend, and over 200 exhibitors (Over 2000 people, and 80 exhibitors at IPTV World Forum 2006)
• The conference will feature over 30 worldwide telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues
• Leading content players and broadcasters speaking
• IPTV showcase area in the exhibtion featuring service demonstrations from 25 leading worldwide IPTV deployments including
• Industry party in one of London's leading venues - hosted by Fashion TV
• Networking area with over 200 companies exhibiting
• Exhibition only passes available

October 24-25, 2006
Olympia, London

Show highlights:

• Leading worldwide Satellite, Cable, Telco and Mobile operators discussing their vision of the connected home, and how it relates to their industries
• Europe's largest specialist show covering the Connected Home industry
• Showcase area of operators outlining future home and connected home scenarios
• Over 500 attendees expected at the show with exhibition only passes available

September 27-29, 2006
International Convention Center, Oriental Riverside Hotel, Shanghai, China

Show highlights include:

• Asia's leading IPTV event – 3 days featuring over 25 Asian & worldwide Telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues: China Netcom, SMG, NTT, Reliance Entertainment, France Telecom, City Telecom, Biznet Metro, Softbank Broadmedia, PCCW, Korea Telecom, True Internet, KDDI, Chunghwa Telecom, MITV
• Leading Asian content players and broadcasters speaking; ESPN, Warner Bros, FOX News, Sony Pictures
• IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 20 leading Asian worldwide IPTV deployments including; SMG, Chunghwa Telecom, France Telecom, PCCW & China Netcom
• Networking area with over 80 companies exhibiting
• Over 1000 attendees expected at the show - with exhibition only passes available separate to the conference
• Industry networking party hosted by Fashion TV at leading Shanghai venue
• Staying in Shanghai for the weekend - Vist the Formula One Shanghai Grand Prix
• Networking area with over 80 companies exhibiting
• Over 1000 attendees expected at the show - with exhibition only passes available separate to the conference

June 22-23, 2006
Budapest Marriott Hotel, Hungary

Show highlights include:

• The conference will feature over 15 Eastern European Telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues ; T-Online Hungary, Telekom Austria, iNES, France Telecom, THEO LT. AB (Latvian Telekom), Cesky Telecom, Norilsk-Telecom, UPC
• Leading Eastern European content players and broadcasters speaking ; HBO, Channel One Russia, Thema TV, Accedo Broadband, HRT (Croatian Television), Polish Television, Disney, Universal Pictures
• IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 15 leading Eastern European & Worldwide IPTV deployments
• Champagne networking party on the 22 June on board the Princess Zsofia with cruise on the Danube Select industry exhibition with leading 40 IPTV providers focusing on key technologies to aid IPTV deployments in Eastern Europe