Officials with Eagle Broadband, Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced the company began construction of its super head-end and satellite farm at NewCom International in Miami, Florida.

The new super head-end being constructed at NewCom International's Miami teleport will allow Eagle to collect and digitize IPTV content gathered from the more than 30 satellites across North America.

Harmonic Inc. introduced the DiviCom Electra 5400, a third generation MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) standard definition (SD) encoder that further extends Harmonic's market leading multi-service family of compression systems. Delivering up to four full resolution SD channels in a one rack-unit package, as well as simultaneous low resolution content for picture-in-picture (PiP), mobile video services or other applications, the Electra 5400 is ideal for massive deployments of telco/IPTV, satellite and DVB-T services. The new encoder utilizes Harmonic's advanced processing engine to provide best-in-class picture quality and sets a new standard for bandwidth efficiency in SD H.264 with bit-rates more than 30 percent lower than H.264 encoders deployed today.

Harmonic Inc. extended its family of market-leading digital video compression solutions with the new DiviCom® Electra™ 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoder. The world's first multi-channel, multi-service HD H.264 encoder, the Electra 7000 supports up to four full resolution HD channels and can simultaneously create low resolution services for picture-in-picture (PiP) or multi-channel mosaic applications. An ideal solution for satellite, telco/IPTV and cable operators, the Electra 7000 sets a radically improved benchmark for HD H.264 compression performance and video quality. Customers have confirmed bit-rates 20 to 30 percent lower than any currently deployed HD H.264 encoder, and the system has already been selected by five satellite and telco operators in North America and Europe to power their forthcoming HD services.

Harmonic Inc. announced that T-Online France, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, has deployed Harmonic’s DiviCom® Electra 5000 multi-service encoders to power its new Club Internet ADSL-based digital television service. A comprehensive video, voice and data triple play offering that is now available throughout France, Club Internet TV is the first video service to be commercially launched in Europe using the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform. Harmonic's full range of market-leading MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) headend solutions are selected by top tier telco operators around the world—including for the majority of European IPTV deployments to date—to deliver high quality, low bit-rate video services using the existing DSL-based infrastructure.

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.

CCTV uses new TANDBERG MPEG-4 AVC HD professional receiver and award-winning advanced encoding for contribution and distribution

TANDBERG Television announced today that On Demand TV - a joint venture of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp.) and Itochu - will expand its deployment of TANDBERG Television's Mediaplex-20-based video headends to support MPEG-4 AVC technology for its nationwide IPTV rollout in Japan.

Celrun Co., Ltd., the IPTV specializing company, has announced on 4th day, that it determined to enter into Chinese IPTV service market through the supply contract with Totyu Japanese to supply IPTV solution.

Tut Systems, Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, announced that it has contracted with CP-Tel Network Service Inc., an IPTV and telecommunications provider in north central Louisiana, to migrate its high action broadcast channels to Tut Systems' Astria content processor (CP) line of products.

Tut Systems, Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, today announced that it will showcase its MPEG-4 Advanced Video Codec High Definition (AVC HD) compression at the Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA) GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 convention at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL on June 5-7 (Booth #77048). The company believes that its MPEG-4 AVC HD transcoding solution will be a first in the IPTV industry.

SkyStream, a TANDBERG Television Company and leader in IP video delivery solutions, announced that the video encoders in its Mediaplex-20 and iPlex video headends now support Picture-in-Picture (PiP) -- a capability in Microsoft TV's IPTV Edition software platform -- to allow consumers to simultaneously watch multiple streams of video content on a single viewing screen. The new functionality gives service providers increased flexibility to customize their channel offerings and provides consumers more control over their television experience.

Tut Systems, Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, announced that the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) recognized its Astria content processor (CP) MPEG-4 AVC solutions as an InfoVision Award Finalist.

Tut Systems, Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, today announced that Tut Systems was Ranked #1 by Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG Inc.) among video headend vendors for IPTV channels deployed. Tut Systems was the only IPTV headend vendor earning a top ranking in more than one segment by taking top honors in the Global, North American and Rest of World markets.

Optibase, Ltd., a provider of advanced digital head-end video solutions, announced that India's state-owned major telecom, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), will deploy Optibase's IPTV MGW 5100 platforms for its digital head-end that will enable triple play services (video, voice and data) in the Delhi and Mumbai areas. With this deployment, Optibase encoders will be the industry's first to enable large-scale IPTV in India. MTNL is deploying these services targeted at their 3.9 million subscribers along with Time Broadband Services (P) Limited as their video tier partner.

Tut Systems, Inc. announced that it has secured contracts to upgrade existing IPTV headends to MPEG-4 AVC compression technology. The contracts were awarded by triple play pioneers that previously deployed MPEG-2 technology. The upgrades represent the third phase of new technology in the rapidly growing IPTV market that originally deployed MPEG-2 over ATM, followed by MPEG-2 over IP, and now MPEG-4 AVC over IP. The robust architecture of Tut Systems' Astria content processor (CP) has enabled a seamless and cost-effective transition between each stage, all from a single platform.