Vestitel has selected Orca Interactive to supply their RiGHTv IPTV middleware platform to underpin their new model based IPTV service. The IPTV middleware will be deployed to replace the existing solution that is powering Vestitel’s current IPTV service and will be the basis for their Partnership model – to which multiple Bulgarian operators have signed up - that will go live at the end of April 2009.

Dreampark announces its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and ISP provider Magnet Networks has upgraded their existing middleware solution to Dreampark's Dreamgallery, further strengthening the company's position as the leading IPTV middleware provider in Europe.

Magnet Networks has chosen to change their current middleware solution to Dreamgallery after an extensive selection process that tested its speed, flexibility and user-friendliness.

Dreampark will exhibit at the 2009 IPTV World Forum, March 25-27 in London, and demonstrate how the new Scalable Vector Graphics technology in its Dreamgallery middleware is able to bring the IPTV user experience to a new level.

Conklin-Intracom has achieved the status of Systems Integrator for Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group (“SPVTG”). This distinction adds significantly to the growing selection of ecosystem partners which enable Conklin-Intracom to provide innovative and robust end-to-end IPTV solutions.

AccessKey announces the last phase of the company's IP Set Top Box is underway. Once this last phase is completed, AKYI's full IPTV end-to-end solution system will be ready for market. The completion of this final phase is approximately 45-60 days. The Company has completed and tested all of the USB security communications and accompanying firmware, secure support servers and associated databases. In regard to Verimatrix, Macrovision and its kernel (which is custom tuned for all of our stream handling and communications with our secure USB device), the Set Top Box is tested and ready.

Motorola announces the Motorola IPTV Ecosystem Integration and Support Service, a suite of services to help service providers cost-effectively design, deploy and integrate IPTV systems. The IPTV services suite is the latest addition to Motorola's comprehensive IPTV portfolio, which is designed to help service providers quickly roll out new products and services.

Ericsson extends its TV offering with the world's first IMS integrated IPTV middleware. The company's open, standards based, end-to-end IPTV solution supports ease of integration and delivers vendor choice for operators.

Leading TV technology providers have integrated their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new Ericsson IPTV solution, an open, carrier-class solution that is designed to drive the future of converged and blended communications and entertainment services.

IPTV Network Services has successfully deployed the Latens ECOsystem to enable its IPTV offering. Latens ECO provides IPTV Networks with a single platform comprising next generation middleware and Latens’ highly regarded Conditional Access for the secure delivery of advanced content services.

The affiliates of IPTV Network Services have been offering state-of-the-art telecommunications services in the state of Utah for more than 50 years, providing local, long distance, high-speed Internet, and other business services to over 45,000 residences and businesses in many counties.

Content-House is using Kasenna MediaBase video server software and Kasenna LivingRoom middleware to deliver video-on-demand services to telcos and their customers across the country. For the first time, the new service will bring and on-demand content to hundreds of thousands of Russian households.

Content-House enables Russian ISPs to offer branded IPTV services without having to deploy or develop the infrastructure and expertise to provide them. Content-House is compiling and managing all of the system's content in its Moscow facility, and makes IPTV service available via custom-branded interfaces for each broadband carrier using Kasenna LivingRoom and MediaBase servers in multiple regional locations. To offer the IPTV service, broadband providers can simply connect their customers to one of the regional solutions.

Digisoft.tv announces the general availability of it's eRental Movie Download Platform. The solution enables customers to download HD and SD movies from an in-store kiosk to a portable storage device for later viewing at home

The new eRental Movie Download platform takes traditional movie rental to the next level by using abundant, increasingly affordable portable memory technology combining ease-of-use with the latest security technology and video compression standards in a patented package. The solution has been developed in conjunction with Video Ezy, Australia and uses best-of-breed encryption and watermarking technologies from Verimatrix.

Earlier this year Video Ezy announced plans which will see the eRental Movie Download platform rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in Australia and New Zealand. Video Ezy has over 1,000 stores and serves over 8 million customers.

Amino announces its AmiNET130 Set-Top Box has been certified by Minerva Networks. The AmiNET130 has successfully completed both lab and field trials and is now deemed fully compatible with Minerva’s iTVManager 3.x platform.

iTVManager, deployed by over 120 operators worldwide, is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery and management of a broad set of television services, including HDTV, DVR, VOD, music, games, and communication applications.

Minerva added ten more IPTV wins in North America, including Mt. Horeb Telephone in Wisconsin, Tullahoma Utilities in Tennessee, and GTA TeleGuam in Guam. With IPTV platforms delivering a superior user experience, HD/PVR set-top boxes now readily available from multiple vendors, and early adopters enjoying rapid subscriber penetration, more network operators are entering the market and preparing to launch triple-play initiatives. Minerva is taking advantage of this market momentum by providing a proven middleware platform that allows operators to launch television services very quickly and compete effectively against incumbents while minimizing infrastructure and operating costs.

Motorola introduced its Motorola Netopia 7000 Series VDSL2 Gateways. The 7000 Series gateways are designed to deliver high-speed data and IPTV services over ultra-broadband networks that are easy for service providers to install and manage. Through the use of advanced VDSL2 technology and Motorola’s industry-proven embedded routing software, these new gateways are ready for the extreme demands of next-generation service offerings such as HDTV.

The Motorola Netopia 7000 VDSL2 Gateways are available in three different configurations in order to address the worldwide demand for VDSL2 technology. By offering solutions based on Broadcom with PhyR, Conexant and Ikanos Communications chipsets, Motorola can support the wide variety of network configurations that are being deployed by the world’s largest service providers.

Kasenna announces that Telefonia Bonairiano has selected Kasenna LivingRoom middleware and MediaBase video servers. The new video service, called "mitv" is the first IPTV service in the Caribbean island of Bonaire, and is considered to be the showcase model for Telbo partner telecom companies that serve an additional 24 countries.

Telbo's "mitv" service is an integral part of its triple play video, voice and data offering. The carrier is using Kasenna's LivingRoom middleware and MediaBase video servers to deliver an array of video services, including 40 basic and premium video channels (including HBO, Discovery and Fox), Dutch Public Channels (Nederland 1, 2 and 3), as well as international, sports, action, and premium movie-oriented packages. Movies and other content will be delivered via VOD as well as PPV.

Video Ezy announces the selection of Digisoft’s IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of the Video Ezy Electronic Video Rental service which will be rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in Australia and New Zealand. Video Ezy has over 1,000 stores and serves over 8 million customers.

The main components of the Video Ezy Electronic Rental include an In-Store Kiosk with Movie library, Branded USB or iPOD type storage system and In-Home Java Set top Box. The Consumer simply plugs the USB or iPOD into the kiosk to select movies to rent for later playback on the Java Set top box. The set top box software developed by Digisoft enables new revenue streams, and removes the dependency on traditional middleware, creating a lower cost of ownership and faster return on investment for Service Providers.