AOL and Live 8 stole the show this week for headlines in the news. People around the world can still not get enough of the Live 8 broadcasts which can still be seen, broken up by artist and song, on aolmusic.com.

Meanwhile, MTV is still aplogizing for its always interrupted coverage of Live 8, which was highly criticized for cutting away during Pink Floyd's performance, as well as excessive commercial breaks.

MTV EVP Van Toffler told the L.A. Times that a re-edited version of the Live 8 broadcast is "not the craziest idea." He added, "Knowing what I know now, I probably would have made the decision to go commercial-free."

Wow, no kidding?

Those were the headlines until the world was shocked yesterday with the London bombings.

Our sincerest condolences go out to those in London.

Please note that headlines we do cover will not show up in this listing. Let us know your thoughts.

Sun Shines on IPTV
Light Reading - July 8, 2005
"Sun Microsystems Inc. is aiming to be the latest big networking and telecom vendor to make a splash in the world of IPTV as the company gets ready to go to market with a brand new video server and a pack of eager partners, Light Reading has learned."

Amino wins multi-million pound Russian contract
Business Weekly - July 7, 2005
"Amino Technologies plc, the Cambridge based broadband network software and systems company, has received an order worth just under $5m (£2.85m) from a Russian tier 1 telco for its IPTV set top boxes."

BSNL broadband to get richer with more services
ZDNet India - July 7, 2005
"Broadband customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have a lot to cheer about as they would soon be able to enjoy content rich surfing with access to Internet Protocol (IP) and time shifted television, video-on-demand, voice and interactive messaging and next generation gaming."

Microsoft and France Telecom team up on new devices
International Herald Tribune - July 7, 2005
"Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, said the first fruits of the partnership would be visible in 12 to 18 months. Two of the products under development are LivePhone, a mobile phone with Wi-Fi wireless capability, and Homezone, a device with cellular, Wi-Fi and Voice Over Internet Protocol technologies that the companies expect to evolve into a Windows Mobile-based smart phone."

Microsoft Needs To Reassure Service Providers
America's Network - July 6, 2005
"Microsoft needs to shore up its position with service providers pronto if it doesn’t want the wheels to fall off its evolving IPTV strategy."

366,000 Swedish households have access to IPTV
ZDNet - June 4, 2005
"Sweden is one of Europe's most active IPTV markets. Both Viasat and Canal Digital have made their packages available over broadband Internet in recent months. Viasat is available on broadband provider Bredbandsbolaget's fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network to 300,000 households, 2,300 of which had signed up to the service at first quarter 2005. Canal Digital is available on nine FTTH city networks across Sweden, reaching 66,000 households."

Ballmer denies IPTV glitches
Australian IT - June 5, 2005
"MICROSOFT chief Steve Ballmer has defended the troubled track record of its broadband video software platform, IPTV."

TCL Corp to invest over 100 mln yuan by 2008 in IPTV marketing - report
Forbes - June 4, 2005
"TCL Corp, one of China's largest television and mobile handset makers, is planning to invest over 100 mln yuan in the next three years to market its flat-panel TV sets with Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) features, the China Business News reported."