Microsoft and AT&T announce collaborative effort to use Microsoft PlayReady content access and protection technology to enable shared content and converged entertainment experiences across AT&T's TV, broadband and wireless services. As part of this collaboration, Microsoft intends to add support for PlayReady into its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform, enabling access to PlayReady-based content through AT&T U-verse TV set-top boxes.

Avail Media announces the addition of Dascom Systems Group to the company's growing sales channel partner program, as well as the companies' first joint affiliate customer, Valley Telephone Cooperative of Raymondville, Texas. By partnering with Avail Media, Dascom will now be able to offer its services as a systems integrator for Avail Media deployments for new affiliates as well as those transitioning from other service providers, such as SES Americom's IP Prime platform, from which Valley Telephone is converting its transport solution.

MTS Allstream launches MTS HDTV to residents in Winnipeg. MTS HDTV is the next generation of high definition television, personal video recorder, improved guide features and other TV advancements. MTS Allstream is the first company in Canada to launch a digital television service that includes combined technology from Alcatel-Lucent and the award-winning Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform.

SureWest launched its i2TV interactive video content network created by TellyTopia available only on the SureWest digital TV network in Sacramento. Utilizing i2TV's online portal, TellyTopia provides the technology whereby anyone, including non-SureWest customers, can upload high-resolution video content through the i2TV Web site at www.i2tv.tv/surewest and watch it on SureWest's channel 702. Similar to Web-based video content sites, videos are uploaded for viewing by a mass audience, but in this case content can be created online and viewed on TV. SureWest is the world's first cable provider to launch this unique interactive channel offered by TellyTopia to its subscribers.

SecureMedia has been accepted as a member in the Open IPTV Forum, the pan-industry initiative that was established to take IPTV to the mass market. The Open IPTV Forum's goal is to develop and promote an open, end-to-end specification for IPTV based upon existing technologies and open standards that could help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies and help to maximize the benefits of IPTV for consumers, network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network infrastructure providers.

HIT Entertainment and Sling Media announce a content distribution partnership for a variety of premium programming from HIT Entertainment that, in the coming weeks, will be available on Sling Media's free video entertainment web site, Sling.com. Sling.com will feature videos from a variety of popular HIT Entertainment properties, including Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney, Bob the Builder, and many others.

Envivio introduces Elite Compression a powerful enhancement for its award-winning 4Caster C4 and M2 mobile TV encoders. This new compression tier is tuned to optimize the media playback experience on today's most popular mobile devices. Elite Compression will debut at CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas from April 1 – 3, 2009. It will be available to participants in Envivio’s Mobile Streaming trade up program, which offers discounts up to 35 percent to operators who replace their existing software encoders with the Envivio 4Caster C4 before May 31, 2009.

Smart Digivision MyWay IPTV service is taking full advantage of comprehensive software, systems and services from SeaChange International, the proven leader in IPTV and on-demand television solutions. Customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam, the nation’s largest telco and the world’s 7th largest, and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam are among the first to enjoy the unprecedented depth and richness of MyWay’s on-demand, broadcast and convergence offerings.

JumpTV announces exclusive streaming plans for the 2009 South American World Cup Qualifier Matches, available to consumers for less than half the price of cable or satellite. JumpTV delivers a best-in-class destination to watch the games online while offering a unique opportunity to see the sport's best and oldest rivalries on a global stage. As passion mounts for the rivalry to unfold, the South American World Cup Qualifiers will mark the first time ever that all matches are available live online in high quality. All games will be carried live and on-demand by JumpTV in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

From the beginning of the World Cup Qualifiers 2010, SPORTFIVE has implemented a new Internet TV for soccer fans. Videosport.com is a live streaming and Video on Demand Internet TV dedicated mainly to soccer. It broadcasts live more than 150 matches of the European World Cup Qualifiers 2010.

The matches available are broadcasted live in high streaming quality and available on demand afterwards. Highlights of the best matches are also available.

Amino has signed a global co-operation agreement with ZTE. Amino will provide the full range of its award-winning AmiNET STBs to ZTE, which has over 20 IPTV deployments globally. With a system capacity of more than 1.5 million user licenses and over a million active STBs, ZTE’s IPTV market share is the largest in Asia. Deployments include Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the largest state-owned telecoms operator in India, and PCCW, a major telecom operator in Hong Kong.

Verimatrix announces three significant Russian IPTV operators that have deployed the Verimatrix Content Authority System for IPTV in conjunction with regional systems integrator and reseller CTI. The integrated IPTV platform now powers pay-TV services for Iskratelecom, Tattelecom and Bashinformsvyaz and extends Verimatrix's customer base throughout Russia.

Vestitel has selected Orca Interactive to supply their RiGHTv IPTV middleware platform to underpin their new model based IPTV service. The IPTV middleware will be deployed to replace the existing solution that is powering Vestitel’s current IPTV service and will be the basis for their Partnership model – to which multiple Bulgarian operators have signed up - that will go live at the end of April 2009.

Justin.tv has become a top five online video site, according to Quantcast. Based on global network traffic, Justin.tv attracts 41.4 million monthly unique visitors, more than Hulu (28.1 million) and Veoh (22.5 million). In addition, according to Google Analytics, Justin.tv’s year-over-year traffic has grown by 1,800 percent2.

Blockbuster and TiVo announce they are joining forces to deliver Blockbuster’s vast library of premium digital movie titles directly to the television set via TiVo DVRs. BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand, featuring content to both buy and rent, will be integrated into TiVo Series2, Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL DVRs. The move by two leaders in home entertainment will make it even easier for all broadband connected TiVo subscribers to download Blockbuster’s content and enjoy a complete television entertainment experience on their individual schedules using TiVo, the best and most comprehensive single solution for delivery and simple, intuitive navigation of broadband, broadcast, and cable content – all from one remote control.