As PCCW's IPTV service Now TV nears profitability, PCCW is looking at expansion according to "Hong Kong telco rings the changes with IPTV" by Simon Burns at vnunet.com. The article cites analysts from the research firm Ovum. "PCCW keeps eyeing expansion of its businesses beyond Hong Kong," said Ovum. "Co-operation with China Netcom and several ventures that cater for IT solutions, technical services and UK broadband are some of the examples of the operator's China and overseas strategy."

France Telecom and Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) signed an agreement at MIPTV to allow subscribers of France Telecom's IPTV and broadband platform access to Buena Vista's film library which includes productions from Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films. Users will be able to download movies via Wanadoo broadband access or view films via their set-top boxes with the MaLigne IPTV service.

ZTE Corporation, the fastest growing global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is to install the first IPTV trial for the Beijing arm of China Netcom, the country´s second largest fixed-line telecom operator. This contract will make ZTE one of the largest providers of trial IPTV infrastructure in the world, with a total capacity of nearly 500,000 subscribers and over 200,000 concurrent users in China, Europe and South America.

Creator Capital LImited ("CCL" or the "Company") announces a co-venture between its subsidiary, ETV Channels On Demand, Inc. and Global Sports & Entertainment Group (GSE) for broadband delivery of 127,000 video program titles.

Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for Digital TV, IPTV and mobile and a subsidiary of the multinational media group Naspers, today announced it has joined Coral Consortium<, an industry-wide technology initiative whose goal is to deliver an open, voluntary standard for interoperability between digital rights management (DRM) technologies for consumer devices and services.

Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of digital video solutions for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home and Mobile Entertainment, today announced the immediate availability of SoftStream Digital Media Adaptor (DMA) reference designs running Microsoft's newly released Windows CE 5.0 Networked Media Device Feature Pack.

Juniper Networks, Inc. today announced that T-Com, the fixed network division of Deutsche Telekom AG, is deploying Juniper Networks E-series Broadband Services Routers and T-series core routing platforms to expand and scale its IP network to support its advanced service offerings over VDSL. The Juniper Networks routing platforms will be added to T-Com's existing installed base of Juniper Networks E-, M- and T-series routing platforms, and will provide the scalability and advanced service management capabilities necessary to deliver IP-based video services to a large number of subscribers.

Conax invites you to attend the online seminar on 6 April. Gain a world perspective to decisions made about emerging systems in the digital broadcast space. Take the Conax tour to some of our clients in 60 countries worldwide.

The tour highlights innovations both in terms of security and revenue. First stop is the community of Spitzbergen, the northernmost populated place in the world, where Conax supports Telenor in delivering CA services to the Telenor VDSL operation. Although Spitzbergen is a small community, this is an important operation as Spitzbergen is used as a test bed for technology that will be provided at Norwegian mainland.

SupportSoft, Inc., a leading provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSM) software, will join global industry leaders at this week's IPTV India 2006 conference to share key insights into the successful and profitable delivery of next generation IPTV, VoIP and high speed data services. Ashok Waran, vice president and general manager for SupportSoft, will deliver a presentation entitled, "IPTV: Examining and Implementing Best Practices in India," focusing on support automation solutions that are helping to drive IPTV adoption in a booming Indian broadband services market.

Wintech Digital Systems Technology Corp today released the Video Communication Development Platform (VDP II), a combined hardware/software platform for developing IP-based video conference, videophone, IPTV and other IP-based video systems. The VDP II is based on Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI) DaVinci technology. Wintech will exhibit VDP II at the Embedded System Conference in San Jose, California, from April 4 to April 6, in the TI's Third Party Pavilion.

Looking for laughs? Kickback, relax and have some fun with KyLinTV's hilarious line-up of comedic films. This week, KyLinTV announces the launch of its much-anticipated April Comedy Festival. Have a party and tune in this April Fool's to satisfy the joker in you with hours and hours of entertainment.

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create the first truly global communications solutions provider with the broadest wireless, wireline and services portfolio in the industry. The primary driver of the combination is to generate significant growth in revenues and earnings based on the market opportunities for next-generation networks, services and applications, while yielding significant synergies. The combined company's increased scale, scope and global capabilities will enhance its long-term value for shareowners, customers and employees.