Eagle Broadband, Inc. and GlobeCast announced that Home Town Cable has selected the companies' IPTVComplete™ video solution to deliver advanced video and entertainment services over Home Town Cable's state-of-the-art, fiber-to-the-user broadband network to residents and businesses in western Ohio.

ABI Research reports that large cable operators are on the run to migrate. Telephone companies are racing towards "triple play" services and the pressure is causing cable television operators like Time Warner in the US and NTL in the UK are moving to install "next generation network architecture" (NGNA) based on IP (Internet Protocol) technologies.

A new study from ABI Research — "Worldwide CATV Infrastructure Market" — examines this migration, the new services it will enable, and the new revenue streams that it will bring to cable operators.

Okay, so it’s not a possibility today but it will be in the near future. I should be admiring the fact that I am currently writing and posting this article from 35,000 feet in the air rather than dreaming about IPTV delivered to my laptop while in an airplane. And, I am. I believe I’ve instant messaged and emailed every one of my close friends and family to let them know I’m alive in the air and I’m connected!

In his report "IP Television: Business Case Analysis & Global Forecasts," published January of 2005, Hervé Utheza gives an overview of the key technologies and products as well as the business aspects and trends impacting the emerging IPTV market.

Coaxsys Incorporated announced that it has reached an agreement with Power & Telephone Supply Company to act as the first distribution partner for its TVnet network. Power & Tel will offer the IPTV 7000, currently used by more than twenty U.S. telcos, to its network of over 300 customers.

Orca Interactive announced that it has integrated its RiGHTv(TM) IPTV middleware applications with Amdocs IP Convergence Solution for IPTV. The Amdocs IPTV solution combines the Amdocs 6 portfolio of integrated, modular products, enabling service providers to accelerate the implementation of an integrated customer management strategy for emerging IPTV services.

Speaking at the IPTV World Triple Play Forum, Victor Dominguez, DS2's Director of Strategy and Standardization, outlined the reasons why DS2's 200Mbps powerline solution is the only regulatory complaint technology available to transmit high quality digital TV signals around the home.

Shorecliff Communications LLC., a subsidiary of Landmark Communications and a leading media company serving wireless and wireline service providers, hosts the 7th Annual Broadband Wireless World on April 21-22 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Broadband Wireless World is "the leading event for the industry offering practical information affecting daily business strategy, technology selection and network operations focused exclusively on broadband wireless systems for access, backhaul and private networks".

Phil Thompson, executive vice president of product management for mPhase Technologies, will be part of a Light Reading Telecom Investment Conference Thursday, discussing the transformation of network architecture to enable telephone companies to offer Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services.

The IP TV Business Case and Global Forecast 2004 to 2007 was published in April 2004 by Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG), publisher of market analyses of new technologies for the communications industries and market intelligence and strategy consultant. The report identifies opportunities, risks and the development of the IPTV market in Europe, Asia and North America and provides forecasts for IP TV subscriber and revenue growth.

Optibase, Ltd. announced that FPT communications, Vietnam's leading Internet Service Provider (ISP), has chosen the Optibase MGW 1100 Media Gateway to launch a new live television streaming service to its DSL subscribers.

Tut Systems, Inc. announced that Golden Belt Telephone Association of Rush Center, Kansas, has deployed its Astria(R) digital headend solution for delivering IPTV services over their xDSL network. Golden Belt becomes the third telecommunications service provider in Kansas to deploy a Tut Systems digital TV platform.

Coaxsys Incorporated launched its new cable- and satellite-compatible home networking products at the CableNet Pavilion in San Francisco on April 3-5. The new TVnet/C and TVnet/S products are the first solutions that enable home networking over a home's existing coaxial cable while maintaining compatibility with legacy cable and satellite television delivery. These networks deliver full time consistent 100 Mbps with integrated Quality of Service (QoS) over any type or topology of existing coax.

ARRIS announced that the ground-breaking Wideband Data and Channel Bonding capabilities of its Cadant® C4 CMTS with speeds up to 1.28 Gbps and Keystone(TM) D5(TM) Digital Multimedia Termination System (DMTS(TM)) featuring IPTV over DOCSIS will be among the highlights on display at Booth #5452 during next week's NCTA National Show in San Francisco (Moscone Center, April 3-5).

Intellon's HomePlug 1.0 and HomePlug AV ICs provide high-speed network access through existing home power lines. Yes, you heard us right, "network access through existing home power lines."

As service providers such as Comcast, Cox and Time Warner Cable have already discovered, Intellon's No New Wires® installation process for broadband modems and home networking services is non-intrusive, and connectivity is as simple and intuitive as plugging in a standard electronic product for power. Deploying Intellon-based broadband gateways, network adapters, WiFi range extenders, music streamers, security cameras and set-top boxes, increases the self-install rate for new services and instantly lights up every outlet for broadband, voice and video applications.