TechnoConcepts Inc. announced that it has licensed ANT Software Limited's (AIM:ANTP) browser solution for use in the IPTV set-top box manufactured by its subsidiary, China Jinshlin Techno Ltd. ("Jinshilin"). IPTV set-top boxes provide delivery of digital television programming received from the Internet to conventional television sets.

IntAct, an Amino Technologies public limited company, announced an agreement with Opera Software that will enable IntAct to sub-license Opera's porting technology to its customers. This pre-integration extends the capability of the IPTV client solution available from IntAct, which already offers operators and manufacturers a robust solution after rollouts in approximately 700,000 IPTV STBs worldwide. IntAct is also providing the ability for operators and application developers alike to develop rich and compelling end user solutions, which can be ready for live deployment much more quickly and easily than before. To enable the development of such applications, IntAct will offer Opera specific IntAct Software Development Kits, targeted to give application developers the most complete tool to write interactive TV applications such as EPG, Infotainment, and messaging amongst many others.

TelecomTV is a global webTV site, delivering news, analysis, interviews and panel discussions to over 25,000 decision makers in 150 countries in the telecom and technology sector.

Shanghai event set for record-breaking attendance in September (27-29) Sony Pictures, Fox News, ESPN and Warner Brothers – four of the world leaders in broadcast and content – are to speak as part of a world-class gathering of industry specialists at the IPTV World Forum Asia in Shanghai in September.

"J Golf" and a slew of other sports related programs from one of Korea's top cable channels, JoongAng Broadcasting, will make their North American premier through GlobeVISION's PIE Service, the first on-demand Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service for Asian-Americans and Asian-Canadians. GlobeVISION's deal with JoongAng Broadcasting represents the latest in a long string of top Korean producers and distributors to make their content available through this service.

DAVE.TV, a global IPTV digital entertainment platform and Social Broadcast Network (SBN), today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. DAVE.TV was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial panel based on a set of five criteria -- technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced that it has signed a follow-on contract to deploy its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to China Telecom, the largest fixed-line telecom operator in China. The commercial IPTV network is initially designed to support 51,000 users in Shanghai, which is also the largest city in China with a population of approximately 18 million. The number of broadband users in Shanghai continues to grow at a rapid rate approaching two million subscribers at the end of first quarter of 2006. UTStarcom believes these factors provide a solid foundation for the IPTV market in both Shanghai and China.

Deutsche Telekom and the German soccer league have reached an agreement on the use of the license for the next three seasons: Deutsche Telekom will make consistent use of its rights to create an excellent range of IPTV-based soccer programming for the fans. Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL), the German soccer league, accepts Deutsche Telekom's view of the legal situation, that the rights the company has acquired includes cable, terrestrial and satellite transmission. Deutsche Telekom will not use these secondary rights, however. Deutsche Telekom and DFL therefore held negotiations, the result of which is a decrease in the license fee to reflect the fact that Deutsche Telekom does not make full use of its rights. Deutsche Telekom will be a premium partner of the German soccer league from the start of the 2006/2007 season. In a visual display of this partnership, the company's logo will be printed on the sleeves of the jerseys of the 36 clubs of the first and second German soccer leagues, for example, as well as on the substitution boards. In addition, Deutsche Telekom has an option to continue its sponsorship of the league, initially for the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons, with a further extension option. Deutsche Telekom has therefore sealed its cooperation with the DFL for the long term.

Alcatel today announced that Shandong and Shanxi Netcom, two subsidiaries of China Netcom, have selected Alcatel's IP solution to expand and optimize their metropolitan networks across the Shandong and Shanxi provinces and broaden their IP-based data service portfolio. The Alcatel solution will enable the two service providers to offer triple play services, including voice, data and video, as well as faster, highly reliable Internet access services for consumers and enterprises. The two contracts were won through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel's flagship Chinese company.

Global IPTV subscriptions are expected to jump from two million to 34 million between 2005 and 2010, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60%. According to The Diffusion Group’s latest report, IPTV Update 2006 – The Future of IP Media, North America will experience the most rapid rate of growth during this time period with a CAGR of 78%, followed by Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with a CAGR of 61% and Asia/Pacific with a CAGR of 41%.

Streaming21, the world's leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, announced the availability of 3G Relay Server, a carrier-grade mobile streaming solution that allows mobile operators and content providers to deliver multimedia contents to mobile phone subscribers over GPRS and 3G networks. A variety of video-driven services can be implemented to explore new revenue schemes in mobile services, such as mobile TV news, mobile multimedia entertainment, live sports events, real-time video surveillance, traffic monitoring, and mobile e-learning, etc.

AT&T Inc. today announced a comprehensive agreement with Discovery Communications to deliver all of its U.S. linear TV networks, as well as high-definition and on demand services, as part of the AT&T U-verse TV channel lineup.

Verizon announced that more residents in Long Island's Town of Oyster Bay are now eligible for FiOS TV, offering a true choice for subscription television and on-demand programming via the company's all-digital, fiber-optic network. Verizon is the first company to offer such a communications network, connecting homes and businesses directly to fiber optics on a widespread scale.

Exterity, a specialist in network audio-visual (AV), has signed a systems integrator deal with Lincor Solutions, a provider of hospital bedside solutions. As part of the agreement, Lincor will integrate Exterity’s IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) equipment into its MEDIVista clinical services and patient entertainment system to deliver digital television and radio services to patient bedsides. Lincor and Exterity will target hospital projects around the world.

Analysys International, a leading Internet-based provider of business information about technology, media and telecom (TMT) industries in China, says Baidu's setting foot in the IPTV business is to seek for new business platform and improve its competency in the market.