Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of MPEG-4 (including AVC/H.264) systems powering mobile to HD applications, and Medialive, a leading digital content protection company, announced today they are engaging in a technical collaboration to integrate Envivio Mobile Series of encoders with Medialive's content protection technology. The collaboration enables customers of both companies to benefit from the highest security features protecting both digital content and "rights" holders.

KyLinTV, Inc. and LA 18 (KSCI-TV) today announced a multimedia partnership that breaks new ground in the IPTV marketplace, taking a local broadcaster to a national TV audience by way of the internet.

Motorola, Inc. today announced that Sentivision, an innovative provider of cutting edge media technologies and products for digital entertainment, has selected the Motorola VIP series IPTV set-top platform for providing video service to Japanese subscribers.

Greg Demetriades, CEO of WhiteBlox, and Serge Stein, CTO of WhiteBlox, will speak at NAB2006 Tuesday, April 25. The duo will make a presentation entitled "New Tools, New Rules: Making Money Through Integrated Advertising," in conference rooms S108 and S109 at 10 a.m.

The brand new developer lab called "IPTVBox" is a one-stop shop for developing and testing interactive applications for IPTV.

Based on the powerful Sun Ultra 20 Workstation, with its next generation 64 bit AMD Opteron processor, the iTVBox uses the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment combined with DigiSoft's Software Development Kit to create Java interactive applications to run on a variety of IPTV Set Top Boxes and Middlewares.

HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia and one of the fastest growing telecom operators in Germany, has selected Nagravision, the world leading independent provider of open conditional access and integrated solutions for digital TV operators and content providers, to secure the Alice broadband Pay-TV bouquet and VOD offering.

HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia, is using Harmonic's MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video solutions to deliver a range of digital TV services as part of its Alice brand.

Amino, leading IPTV set-top box supplier, today launched its new generation of customer premises equipment. The compact, elegant AmiNET130 supports High Definition, H.264 (MPEG4/AVC) video streams and is modelled on the same award-winning design as previous AmiNET generations.

ANT plc, a leading provider of client software and solutions for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, announced that it is partnering with Quative Limited, a new UK-based subsidiary of Kudelski SA, to launch and demonstrate Quative’s next generation service delivery platform for IPTV at NAB2006, taking place April 24-27 in Las Vegas.

Virage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Autonomy Corporation plc and a leading supplier and visionary in Rich Media Management technology, today announced an extensive range of product upgrades at NAB 2006, the largest electronic media show in the world. Virage will be showcasing these developments throughout the show held between April 24-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. Visitors can see full demonstrations of the whole of Virage's world-leading Rich Media Management technology, including Virage IPTV and VideoLogger, at booth #SL1020.

Siemens Communications Inc. today announced a global agreement making Widevine Technologies Inc. a certified content protection vendor for broadband carriers delivering Internet protocol television (IPTV) services to viewers via the Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment solution.

The Montgomery County township of Worcester became the sixth Pennsylvania municipality to bring its residents a major step closer to choice for their cable television services, thanks to the township board’s vote last night (April 19) authorizing Verizon to offer its fiber-optic-powered FiOS TV.

Anystream, the leading provider of multiplatform publishing solutions to the media industry, today announced that MLB.com uses its Agility software in an automated live webcasting and on- demand workflow to easily and affordably reach new users through a multitude of global syndication partners.

Media Excel, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of its SoftStream IP-STB 3000, an H.264/AVC Internet Protocol Set-Top Box (IP-STB) reference design and evaluation system for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Digital Home Digital Media Adaptors (DMA) applications.

It is not enough for the telcos to enter the video market with only a conventional broadcast TV experience, but must also add value to these services in order to compete effectively against the entrenched cable operators. Customizing the television viewing experience according to subscriber's preference is becoming key to gaining market share in the Internet protocol TV (IPTV) services market.