Well, we tried something different this week with the IPTV headlines. Rather than waiting till the end of the week to share some interesting headlines, we have been posting them as we come across them throughout the week. This way the content gets categorized into our system and provides more "real-time" coverage.

One story we didn't cover was AT&T's warnings to several large companies including Apple on patent infringement. AT&T is claiming ownership to several patents that are essential components of MPEG-4 and asking companies using the technology to obtain licenses. Our question is what kind of impact does this have on those companies?

If you haven't already, read about TANDBERG Television's aquisition of SkyStream.

BusinessWeek featured an interview with Mike Volpi, who is a senior VP and general manager of the routing and service-provider group at Cisco. Read Cisco on IPTV: "When, Not If".

Here are some other interesting articles:

Cultural Divide in Traditional TV, Internet TV Advertising

How Janice Lee Helped Make PCCW the Leading Provider of IPTV