It was a relatively quiet week for IPTV and Internet TV.

• Companies continued to report their second quarter results this week.
• Telecom companies won a large battle against the cable companies in Texas.
• Powerline networking continues to show no signs of a short-out.
• Our Internet TV station listing continues to grow.

Here are some other interesting reads...

Reuters Summit-BellSouth plans to launch TV service in 2006
Reuters - August 9, 2005
"BellSouth Corp., the No. 3 U.S. local telephone company, plans a limited launch of a new television service in 2006, BellSouth's chief technical officer said on Tuesday at the Reuters Telecommunications, Cable and Satellite Summit. "

"BellSouth has been testing an Internet-protocol-based system from Microsoft Corp. for television service in lab trials, but has not committed to a broad roll-out to customers."

Drop that remote: Microsoft wants it
Globeandmail.com - August 8, 2005
"What could give Microsoft Corp. a more lucrative franchise than the personal computer? How about your television."

"The world's largest software company has been trying to get a beachhead in the TV industry for more than a decade, without much success. But recent technology improvements and an emerging battle between the telecom and cable industries have created a huge opportunity for Microsoft to pitch its software as the standard platform for a new type of TV coming to the mass market over Internet-based networks."

Microsoft IPTV is still fuzzy but promising
PC World - August 8, 2005
"Several big telecommunications operators and, in particular, the world's largest software maker, Microsoft, hope to sway many couch potatoes to zap their old-fashioned notions about television and tune into the convergence of TV and the Internet."

Telecoms divided over wait for Microsoft Globeandmail.com - August 8, 2005 Broadcast TV will never die
Mark Cuban - August 6, 2005
"As long as there are TV shows or events that can capture audiences in the millions, the only place to deliver those shows live will be on good old fashioned cable, satellite or broadcast or some other broadcast spectrum delivered TV. It ain’t gonna be the net anytime soon. That’s why broacast TV ain’t going away."