Verizon is rolling out its Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to customers in Dedham, Marlborough, Medway, Middleboro, and Newton. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon customers here can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to homes in Manhasset.

Verizon customers in Larchmont and Port Chester in Westchester County now can experience high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to homes here.

Verizon customers in Bethlehem now can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to the first community in the Albany area.

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to customers in the Albany County community. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon customers in Cicero and Fayetteville now can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to the first communities in central New York.

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to customers in the Onondaga County community. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

IPTV and Internet TV continued to be frequent headlines this week as additional service providers announce new offerings and...

• Google and IBM both show interest in Powerline Networking
• Internet TV is taking off with CBS announcing a 24 hour news station and AOL/XM Radio partnering to broadcast live concerts
• Cable and Telecom companies continue to battle in the U.S.

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

U.S. Ranks Sixth in 12-Nation Study That Examines the "Digital Readiness" of Nations for Interactive and Personalized Television Services

Next-generation television offerings that focus on interactivity are likely to find widespread success in Spain, the U.K., and Japan, according to "IP Video Services: Analysis and Forecasts," a new study from Parks Associates.

We're glad you are enjoying our detailed list of Internet TV stations and appreciate your feedback. As promised, we're working to improve the experience.

Here's a list of updates:

• We added the Telewest TV stations which includes blueyonder 01, broadsports, broadway, and broadwise. You may have recently read about this via our news report, Narrowstep Creates Multi-Channel Internet TV Solution for Telewest. We recommend checking out blueyonder.
• France has been added along with a number of French-speaking stations
• Major Fix: We became aware that if people using Internet Explorer have the check box "Show Friendly HTTP Errors" checked in their options, Windows Media streams beginning with the mms protocol (mms://) will show a DNS error when redirected. (joy) After several hours of pulling hair, we resolved the error by simply "not forwarding URLs beginning with mms://!" We apologize for all the Windows Media feeds that were not playing because of this weird scenario.
• The Legend will now properly hide and show in Firefox
• Fixed other alignment issues in Firefox such as the search box and navigation bar
• Several other countries will be added this week along with enhancing our current lineup

Now we would like to recommend two Internet TV stations that have impressed us.

• ManiaTV - Move over MTV and make room for ManiaTV. ManiaTV is working to bring back the music MTV started out playing but later gave up on.
• ROO TV - Wow. ROO claims they have over 4000 video clips and we have no reason not to believe them. Their entire web site is blended into the player for a really clean TV guide of sorts. You can watch video clips of music artists, news, sports, entertainment, video games, commercials, and much more.

You can watch video from both stations via our Internet TV guide.

More to come, stay tuned!

September 8-12, 2005
RAI Convention Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The IBC2005 Conference brings together 40,000 professionals from around the world involved in the creation, management, and delivery of entertainment content. The intent is to meet the needs of the creative, business and technical communities in both its indepth coverage of subject material and a variety of different formats that the sessions take.

CEOs and product engineers from leading wireless communications companies in South Korea recently witnessed an historic, first-ever demonstration of a True Software Radio^TM (TSR) receiver that can process radio frequency (RF) signals in the licensed and unlicensed frequency ranges without any of the traditional front-end analog and RF circuitry. As a result of the demonstration the Company is in discussions regarding specific commercial applications in the 6 GHz range. This TSR technology has the ability to revolutionize the communications industry.

ANT plc, a leading provider of embedded browser, content control and user interface software for IPTV and consumer electronics markets, announced that Coship, one of the largest set-top box (STB) manufacturers in China, has licensed ANT Fresco to target global IP STB market opportunities, primarily in Europe and Asia.

Japan's major TV networks are jumping on the Internet TV bandwagon. Nippon Television Network Corp. and Fuji Television Network Inc. announced they will begin to offer television programs on the Internet for a fee.

The move to offer TV over the Internet is a large shift in Japan. Historically, online distribution of TV programs has been limited because of copyright concerns.

In a groundbreaking joint venture that capitalizes on the huge potential of multi-platform live entertainment programming, AEG, a world-leading sports and entertainment presenter; America Online, the world's leading interactive services company; and XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading provider of satellite radio have joined with entertainment and technology veteran Kevin Wall to create Network Live, an AEG, AOL, XM company.

Eagle Broadband, a leading provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and the world's leading satellite services provider, announced today that they have signed a national licensing agreement to resell and make Minerva Network's iTVManager a key middleware option for customers of IPTVComplete ^TM, Eagle and GlobeCast's turnkey solution for broadband providers to deliver high-quality video and entertainment services to subscribers over broadband networks.

Alcatel and Shanghai Media Group (SMG), one of the most prestigious media groups in China, today announced the two companies have jointly set up an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) lab in Shanghai to drive the commercialization of IPTV services in China. The initiative is the first of its kind in China, combining the strengths and expertise of a content provider and a telecom equipment supplier. The lab has become an integral part of Alcatel's Asia Pacific IPTV Solution Center managed by Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel's flagship company in China.