DISH has improved the DISHWorld IPTV experience by expanding content to computers through a new application, improving its viewing flexibility and by debuting new programming. Launched in May, DISH's over-the-top IPTV international channel service was initially available only on the Roku platform.

In addition to the increased accessibility, DISHWorld launched Family View, a feature that allows customers to watch content on up to three devices at the same time, without the need for multiple accounts.

Expanding its existing content to a total of 72 channels in seven languages, DISHWorld introduced 20 new, live channels.

ivi TV issued a statement of facts today in response to NAB's earlier statements regarding ivi TV's recent Complaint filed in Federal Court.

Commenting on the development, ivi TV CEO Todd Weaver said:

"We understand the NAB's point of view and welcome this opportunity to enlighten them. ivi TV filed a lawsuit, because we were wrongly accused of copyright infringement, an accusation disruptive to our business. We needed resolution of these issues right away. We believe the copyright claims are unsubstantiated and are really just camouflage for trying to stifle innovation and competition. Furthermore, we pay broadcasters in accordance with the law, just like cable.

Bangkok Broadcasting & T.V. Co., Thailand's foremost broadcasting corporation – popularly known as "Channel 7" – announced that on July 8, 2010, the United States District Court in the Central District of California entered a final judgment in favor of BBTV, awarding BBTV $8.3 million in damages for willful copyright and trademark infringement by IPTV Corporation (ThaiTV.tv), BKT Group and its management.

The judgment followed a five-day jury trial in the middle of May 2010 during which the jury unanimously found all the defendants, IPTV Corporation, BKT Group, IPTV Chief Executive Officer – Mr. Ron Petcha, IPTV Owner – Mrs. Tip Petcha and IPTV President – Mr. Noppadon Wongchaiwat, liable for willful copyright infringement and trademark infringement.

Informa Telecoms Media announces the winners of the IPTV World Series Awards.

The Awards were held at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London and were hosted by TV and radio personality, Paul Ross. Ross is the co-presenter with Gabby Roslin on BBC London 94.9FM’s flagship breakfast show and has fronted the police appeals show Crime Monthly for ITV and presented numerous game shows including All Over The Shop and No Win No Fee for the BBC and Jeopardy for Sky One. He is also currently the showbiz correspondent and film critic for This Morning.

The IPTV Awards Gala Evening took place on the first evening of the IPTV World Forum (http://www.iptv-forum.com/) on Tuesday, 23rd March 2010 at 7pm. They recognise excellence in embedded client software or intellectual property across all network types, including terrestrial, satellite, cable, IPTV and mobile. They also cover technologies and services relating to internet-based video over any access network.<

AT&T and Verizon are expected to post double-digit IPTV subscriber growth in their respective third quarter releases, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics.

The firm estimates that Verizon’s FiOS TV customer base will grow 12% in the quarter, exceeding 2.8 million total subscribers. Meanwhile, AT&T is expected to add over 250,000 new U-verse subs, implying a 17% sequential growth rate. A recent report published by Strategy Analytics shows US IPTV growing to 15.5 million subscribers by 2013. This growth, however, will hinge upon the ability of Telcos to articulate the value of IPTV, according to Strategy Analytics.

Global Digital Broadcast, proves itself as a leading player in the international IPTV race by partnering with Verismo Networks in order to launch VuNow into the UK. This partnership furthers GDB's existing IPTV services to the UK, whilst extending Verismo Network’s offerings into the UK and Europe. Under the agreement, GDB secures rights to provide it’s IPTV channels via the VuNow service, to the UK, at launch this September 2009

Harmonic announced that Technology Marketing Corporation has named its Direct-2-Edge cable IPTV solution and Rhozet Carbon Coder universal transcoding software as recipients of the 2009 IPTV Excellence Award presented by Internet Telephony magazine. The Second Annual IPTV Excellence Award winners will be featured in the September 2009 issue of Internet Telephony.

KIT digital continues its strong organic growth by adding a number of globally recognized brands to its customer list in the first half of 2009. The company has expanded its client reach in each of its three regional coverage areas, Asia-Pacific and the Americas) with the addition of brands like PMT and MSN, Tabcorp (Asia-Pacific) and Citadel Broadcasting (the Americas). The new business includes deployments across a variety of industry verticals and consumer "screens" (browser, mobile handset, IPTV-enabled television set), demonstrating the company's device-agnostic approach and the breadth of functionality available through the KIT VX Video Management Platform.

Avail Media has signed on an additional 25 former SES Americom IP Prime customers, bringing the total to 34. West Kentucky Telephone is among the former IP Prime customers that have signed an agreement with Avail Media's video services solution since SES Americom announced that it would stop offering the IP Prime service. The installation of the Avail video service is in progress. With the addition of these new customers, Avail Media now has a significant share of the customers that once used the IP Prime service.

The membership of the Open IPTV Forum has been recently reinforced by the addition of four significant new members. British Telecom, Pirelli, Netgem and ITRI have joined the effort to develop open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV; based on existing technologies and open standards.

Verimatrix has been ranked the global number one provider of IPTV content protection for the sixth consecutive reporting period by Multimedia Research Group. In the analyst firm's latest semi-annual IPTV Market Leader Report, Verimatrix demonstrated its sustained growth in the worldwide IPTV industry, and retained a significant margin in market share above its competitors. In addition, Verimatrix was again the only company to rank in the top four in each region.

CSI Digital is announcing its continued commitment to provide IPTV services to telecommunications providers. CSI Digital has partnered with Power & Telephone Supply to help with these efforts. It was recently made known that SES Americom is ceasing its end-to-end IPTV Solution, IP-Prime, by July 31, 2009. CSI Digital has launched a transition program to assist customers that need to re-acquire programming.

The Open IPTV Forum has again significantly increased its membership. At its meeting in Marseilles in December 2008, the OIPF announced the addition of 8 new members, all committed to help drive the development and publication of specifications for standardized IPTV services. These organisations join the founding members - Ericsson, FT Group, Nokia Siemens Networks, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony Corporation and Telecom Italia - and a host of other IPTV industry stakeholders, to bring the total membership to 52.

Avail Media announced unprecedented growth for 2008. Key milestones achieved this year include:

• 73 commercially launched video deployments utilizing Avail Media's managed video service platform;
• Linear content affiliate base grew by more than 100 percent year on year;
• VOD business grew by more than 300 percent to more than 1 million subscribers; and
• International deployments in Guam and the Caribbean.

KIT digital reported a number of new customer wins across the company's regional offices. From Latin America and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Asia Pacific, KIT digital's continued growth is being fueled by markets where broadband and 3G mobile penetration is growing rapidly, and by the increasingly effective integration of the company's recent acquisitions in more developed markets.