As more and more consumers turn to the Internet as a complementary medium to mainstream broadcasting or as a primary vehicle to watch hard to find events, MediaZone has seen strong momentum as a leader in broadband sports and entertainment video services.

In 2008, MediaZone has extended its broadband lineup with the addition of IndyCar Race Control, the most interactive viewing experience for IndyCar fans around the world. The company has also continued its long standing international rugby coverage of annual tournaments and renewed its partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club as the official online broadcaster of The Championships at Wimbledon, which will begin airing online LIVE and On-Demand on June 23.

IP-PRIME and NHL Network announced that NHL’s 24-hour suite of hockey in both HD and SD will be available to IP-PRIME operators across the United States. This announcement represents a key addition to IP-PRIME’s bundle of more than 30 sports channels within its 300-plus SD and HD television lineup.

NHL Network gives viewers unprecedented year-round, 24-hour access to the most complete hockey coverage available today, including news, classic match-ups, documentaries, analysis, highlights and more. NHL Network will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on June 20-21 from Scotiabank Place in Ottawa and will broadcast 75 live games all in HD for the 2008-09 regular season.

IneoQuest has been selected as a member of the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV partner ecosystem to supply advanced quality and service assurance solutions. The collaboration will ensure service providers using the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia software platform can meet subscriber video quality expectations.

Delivering advanced video quality and service assurance systems to hundreds of customers worldwide, IneoQuest's solutions provide a unique multi-dimensional view of the video service quality from the headend to the customer premise, improving subscriber satisfaction while reducing operational expenses. Realizing the critical role that quality and service assurance solutions play in the delivery of IPTV services, Microsoft has established a formal relationship with IneoQuest to deliver best-in-class QoS solutions for service providers using Microsoft Mediaroom.

Amino launches the AmiNET130M, the market’s first 100% digital HD IPTV STB, at the NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas. With HDMI as the only available method of connection to the TV, the AmiNET130M is cheaper and simpler to install than other HD IPTV STBs. As a result, for any service provider whose primary proposition is HD the AmiNET130M lowers the cost of connecting a customer.

The AmiNET130M acknowledges that TV purchasing trends have shifted significantly towards HD-ready flatscreens, and the product complements the AmiNET130 which supports a full range of traditional TV connectors. The AmiNET130M retains all of the other benefits of it’s sister product, including offering service providers the ability to deliver end-to-end digital HD TV as a multicast or on-demand multi-room video experience. Like the AmiNET130, the AmiNET130M supports MPEG-4, allowing channels and services to reach customers over longer distances or when they have lower bandwidth broadband connections.

Digisoft.tv announces the general availability of it's eRental Movie Download Platform. The solution enables customers to download HD and SD movies from an in-store kiosk to a portable storage device for later viewing at home

The new eRental Movie Download platform takes traditional movie rental to the next level by using abundant, increasingly affordable portable memory technology combining ease-of-use with the latest security technology and video compression standards in a patented package. The solution has been developed in conjunction with Video Ezy, Australia and uses best-of-breed encryption and watermarking technologies from Verimatrix.

Earlier this year Video Ezy announced plans which will see the eRental Movie Download platform rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in Australia and New Zealand. Video Ezy has over 1,000 stores and serves over 8 million customers.

Tech Mahindra has entered into a strategic global alliance with Microsoft to address its System Integration requirements for deployments of the award-winning Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia software platform. Through the alliance, Tech Mahindra's solution will provide deployment and integration services for new and existing Microsoft Mediaroom broadband service provider customers to deploy IPTV services, which are expected to gain momentum in the coming years.

The alliance will further empower Tech Mahindra in its quest to implement best-performing IPTV solutions and support cutting-edge technologies in interactive digital television. It will also help Tech Mahindra strengthen its IPTV SI capabilities and give both companies an opportunity to expand into new markets.

Brightcove announces the beta of its next-generation online video platform, Brightcove 3. The beta program provides access to a completely new version of the Brightcove service, which is already used in its current form by major media companies, businesses and organizations worldwide to reach more than 135 million unique Internet users every month.

Scheduled for release this fall and immediately available to selected Brightcove customers, Brightcove 3 is built around the company's vision for increasing video consumption and engagement by introducing a completely new model for incorporating video players and information about videos into the context of Web pages. Brightcove 3 also brings TV to the Web by enabling the delivery of long-form, broadcast-quality content through any website without the need for proprietary software plug-ins. These powerful Brightcove 3 capabilities are unified in a new suite of visual tools for site producers that greatly accelerate the production of video websites.

TANDBERG Television launches its new MediaModeler Content Management System, an advanced solution designed to enable telco operators to increase customer satisfaction and retention as well as monetize their web portals with a compelling online video experience. With the new powerful application tool-kit operators can provide subscribers with a more personalized user experience, and richer search and discovery features, enabling converged services across TVs, PCs and mobile devices. The system will be demonstrated at NXTcomm (Las Vegas, June 17-19, 2008) in booth SU7416.

The online TV market in the UK is developing quickly, as individuals harness the power to determine their own viewing schedule and online activities. More Europeans are using high-speed connections to stream and download TV. The reasons are clear: Now users can decide when to watch TV, they can watch just what they want and they can treat the content like a DVD -- pausing, rewinding and re-viewing.

In 2008, more than 60% of UK homes will have broadband connections, and that figure will rise to 74% in 2012. As a result, online video viewing is also rising and an increasing amount of broadcast and cable television content is appearing online. Add that behavior to the growing Internet population, which will top 38 million in the UK in 2008, and a transformation of the TV landscape is the result.

maniaTV announces the launch of maniaTV Mobile. The service, powered by Transpera's comprehensive mobile video delivery and monetization platform, allows viewers to access online television content from any video-enabled mobile device, and creates additional advertising inventory and enhanced interactive programming options for maniaTV. Select maniaTV Mobile content can now be viewed by going to http://maniatv.com from mobile browsers.

ANT announces that Coship has licensed ANT Galio Browser for use in its next generation IPTV set-top boxes. Coship selected ANT Galio Browser because of its flexible user interface design as well as its advanced, dynamic software engine providing superior presentation and control for next-generation TV applications. The new set-top boxes based on ANT Galio Browser will enable operators, set-top box manufacturers and content developers to deliver compelling user experiences worldwide.

Verimatrix announces the full profile of its comprehensive VCAS for Mobile TV solution to enable operators to deliver a seamless pay-TV service over mobile phones and other mobile Internet devices. Verimatrix will be demonstrating VCAS for Mobile TV at CommunicAsia 2008, booth 3D4-01b.

VCAS for Mobile TV enables pay-TV companies to respond to the growing consumer trend of watching television or video content when and where they want. Triple and quadruple-play service operators can deliver cost-effective mobile services that incorporate robust security and digital rights management without requiring specialist security hardware. The standards-based solution secures video within home media distribution, streaming or downloaded applications and the emerging mobile broadcasting networks.

KIT digital is working with the world's leading sports news agency, SNTV, to produce and package coverage of Euro2008 and the Summer Olympics for global broadband and mobile providers.

Through Kamera, KIT's wholly owned subsidiary, a variety of global media and telecommunications companies have subscribed to SNTV's Euro2008 content package, including Polkomtel (Poland), 3 Austria, Sportal (Germany and Switzerland), Infostrada/Sportsplaza (Netherlands), Tiscali (UK and Italy), Yonhap (South Korea), Viasat (Bulgaria), Dogus Media Group (Turkey) and CBC (Canada). KIT digital's service was launched on June 1st, and runs through the remainder of the tournament.

Backspace has reached a new milestone with the addition of mobile IPTV solutions to their technology offering. Backspace Communications was one of the first movers to develop a complete IPTV broadcasting solution nearly 8 years ago by merging the technology and assets of an ISP and a local television station, and now they are one of the first to offer streaming mobile television capability. Backspace Communications will be demonstrating this solution live at NXTcomm in Las Vegas on June 16-19th.

While there are other solutions out there that allow users to view video on their mobile device, a large percentage of them allow only VoD services. The solution from Backspace however, allows users to watch the same content and programming as they can see on their television set: live television in addition to VoD.

Amino announces its AmiNET130 Set-Top Box has been certified by Minerva Networks. The AmiNET130 has successfully completed both lab and field trials and is now deemed fully compatible with Minerva’s iTVManager 3.x platform.

iTVManager, deployed by over 120 operators worldwide, is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery and management of a broad set of television services, including HDTV, DVR, VOD, music, games, and communication applications.