Amino, leading IPTV set-top box supplier, today announced that it has added yet another national Telco to its list of customers. Telekom Austria, the country's leading telecommunications operator has ordered additional supplies of the AmiNET110 to meet customer demand for its aonDigital TV service. The IPTV package was rolled out to subscribers in March 2006, following a customer-friendly soft launch in December 2005 and offers a flexible range of broadcast and video on-demand (VOD) channels to Austrian homes with DSL connectivity.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Netherlands - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV to their offering.

LYCOS, Inc. a leading entertainment destination for creators and consumers of quality content, and PermissionTV, a rapidly growing Internet television platform, announced they will team up to deliver high quality TV entertainment content to the nearly 25 million visitors to the LYCOS Network of sites.

By the end of 2010, mobile TV broadcast subscribers worldwide will reach 102 million, a giant leap from 3.4 million in 2006, reports In-Stat. Recognizing that using cellular networks to deliver content that millions want to watch simultaneously requires much greater bandwidth than is currently available, carriers are turning to mobile TV broadcast networks, which have a much lower cost per bit for video delivery, the high-tech market research firm says.

Even Technologies Inc., a company specializing in advanced digital image and video coding techniques, announced that the company will be delivering its first end-to-end Internet Protocol television, or IPTV, system to Silver Star Telephone Company in Freedom, WY. The Even Technologies PSI_V solution uses a revolutionary compression technology built on a patented system powered by the Pixelworks BSP-15 Broadband Signal Processor ICs for delivering real-time broadcast television and video-on-demand applications.

The Oldsmar City Council Tuesday night (June 20) voted for consumer choice and competition in the cable-TV market by awarding a franchise to Verizon for its FiOS TV product, to be delivered via its new, all-fiber network.

Streaming21, the world's leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, and Zentek Technology Singapore Pte Ltd ("Zentek"), the world's leader in digital communications, will showcase its real-world successes of residential iTV (Interactive TV) & KOD (Karaoke On Demand) services at BroadcastAsia 2006 (June 20-23) in Singapore.

The global entertainment and media (E&M) industry has entered a solid growth phase and will increase at a 6.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $1.8 trillion in 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2006-2010, released today. New revenue streams are growing rapidly, the growth of physical formats has slowed, and availability of licensed digital distribution now provides consumers alternatives to piracy, the report says.

Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) launches its state-of-the-art IP Based TV (IPTV) technology at BroadcastAsia 2006. ST Electronics’ IPTV solution is unlike other MPEG compressions available in the market today. This solution uses a more advanced H.264 compression technology, allowing reduced demand on the bandwidth at 700 kbps or below, while maintaining the video quality.

Visioneering Corporation, a leading developer and supplier of digital media technologies announced the availability of the Sonata IPTV set-top box (STB) product line that includes four models (Sonata 100, Sonata 120, Sonata 200 and Sonata 200W) for unmatched standard definition or high definition Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) for digital home applications.

IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., the IPTV/IP Video measurement leader, today announced IQVisionProbe, a portable, real-time IPTV/IP Video monitoring and debug tool for field and lab. IQVisionProbe is the only handheld IPTV/IP Video monitoring and debug tool that provides true portability with a decoded video display and ability to detect and monitor MDI (RFC 4445) on video flows. It meets a service provider's need for a portable tool that can detect, decode, monitor and debug live IPTV/IP Video streams from lab to customer premise.

Juniper Networks, Inc. announced that its Service Deployment System (SDX-300) supports CableLabs new PacketCable Multimedia Web Services Interface (WSI) specification. The WSI provides an open interface between application servers and PacketCable Multimedia-compliant application managers, enabling applications to dynamically request resources on a cable providers' network. By tightly integrating the applications with the IP networks that support them, cable operators can create a range of new, customizable services that increase average revenue per user and increase customer loyalty.

Motorola, Inc. announced that the widely-deployed Motorola MediaCipher Content Security System can be extended to protect IP-based video delivered over a DOCSIS- based network. The Motorola MediaCipher IP Content Security System offers cable service providers a seamless migration path to IP video delivery while maintaining the same level of uncompromised content protection they have come to expect from the Motorola security solutions already deployed in their networks.

UTStarcom, Inc. and Kapsch CarrierCom AG today announced a partnership to provide next-generation broadband technology to serve the rising demand for IPTV in Central and Eastern Europe. The companies will debut the new offering at the first IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe, being staged later this week in Budapest, Hungary.

More than 56,000 potential viewers in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington, Winchester and North Reading are a major step closer to having more choice for their cable television services.