Alcatel, Amdocs, and China topped the IPTV headlines this week.

Here are some other headlines we found newsworthy.

Please note that headlines we do cover will not show up in this listing.

PBS and BBC Move Forward With Internet-TV Projects
TechWhack - August 2, 2005
"The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) have disclosed plans to launch Internet-only programming, starting this September. The PBS Internet TV show, dubbed ‘NerdTV’, is touted as the ‘funniest’ show on TV with the 'nerdiest people in high-tech'. BBC is going to offer feature films over the Internet – as well as one-week old broadcasts of its news and public affairs programming."

Internet-based TV starts making inroads
CNN International - August 2, 2005
"IPTV is a young market in Europe. France's Free Telecom and FastWeb in Italy among others offer services, while big telcos in France, Sweden and Spain are beginning to offer IPTV on a small scale."

"British telecommunications giant BT, which dominates the telecommunications market in the UK, is expected to push the IPTV market along in Britain next year when it launches its own service."

BPON or GPON? Keeping your Focus on a Moving Target
Converge! - August 2, 2005
"Virtually every telephone company building triple-play voice, video and data infrastructure knows this predicament. Over the past decade, the competitive environment, content requirements, and available access network technologies have refused to sit still, keeping the target infrastructure investment on the move. Choices continue to multiply, from ADSL to ADSL2 to Fiber to the Curb (FTTC) to Fiber to the Premise (FTTP), augmented by emerging Wi-Fi and WiMAX technologies."