Tianjin Broadcast & TV Network has deployed a fully redundant cable headend built on the award-winning TANDBERG iSIS 8000 solution, including encoders, multiplexers, and QAM modulators. The system is the first deployment of TANDBERG Television’s next generation MX8400 IP multiplexer in China, and will enable Tianjin Cable to harness the efficiencies of IP as it expands its cable Pay-TV business.

Onstream Media announced several recent corporate actions and business developments, including the termination of the Definitive Agreement to acquire Narrowstep an update on certain cost cutting measures and an update on the Company's pending patent applications.

Dreampark will exhibit at the 2009 IPTV World Forum, March 25-27 in London, and demonstrate how the new Scalable Vector Graphics technology in its Dreamgallery middleware is able to bring the IPTV user experience to a new level.

SnagFilms is providing portions of its video library to Hulu, an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites — all for free, anytime in the U.S., for the launch of the company’s new documentary film section of the service.

Akamai announces the availability of AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Microsoft Silverlight, the service based on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 Smooth Streaming technology, enabling a higher quality video experience for all viewers.

comScore released its January 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that the total U.K. online video viewing audience has grown 10 percent during the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older.

Google is U.K.'s Most Popular Online Video Property

Google Sites once again ranked as the top online video property in the U.K. with 23.7 million viewers (up 14 percent versus year ago), driven by the popularity of YouTube.com, which accounted for 99 percent of all videos viewed on the property. BBC Sites ranked second with 6.8 million viewers, followed by Microsoft Sites (4.3 million viewers), Facebook.com (3.6 million viewers), and Yahoo! Sites (3 million viewers).

Edgeware has closed a $8 million series B round of funding led by new investor, Micron Technology with full participation from Edgeware's Series A investors, Amadeus Capital Partners and Creandum Advisor.

The funds will be used to accelerate Edgeware's increasing presence in the global market. In particular, it will strengthen the ambitions in the North American market where the company already has a number of key customers.

Envivio's Convergence Series video headend has been selected for Türk Telekom’s IPTV project in Turkey. Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster C4 SD and 4Caster HD30 HD MPEG-4 AVC encoders and the 4Manager NMS, to deliver an extensive line-up of standard and high definition channels for its new IPTV service. Envivio will highlight its complete Convergence Series video headend at IPTV World Forum 2009 in London, March 25-27, Booth 312.

More than 500 international delegates from across the globe will converge in Beirut to take part in Arabcom 2009, one of the biggest telecom summits in the Arab World.

Under the Patronage and in the presence of The Minister of Telecom in Lebanon, H.E. Eng. Gibran Bassil, Arabcom 2009 will be held in Parallel with the Arab Telecom Ministers Annual meeting in Lebanon, on 28-29 May 2009 at the Habtoor Grand Hotel , Beirut.

Verimatrix announces that its Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV has been deployed to protect IPTV services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam customers. The state-owned telecommunications operator has embarked on a nation-wide launch in conjunction with Smart Digivision Private, and is planning to serve more than three million IPTV subscribers in 93 cities over the next three years.

Speaking at Cable Congress 2009 during the panel discussion “Universal Service Gateways: Any Service, Any IP Device”, Motorola and Virgin Media will explore a simplified and unified approach to delivering advanced home entertainment services and the delivery of a consumer’s personal media experiences – your content, when and where you want to watch it.

COMSTAR-United TeleSystems is the first customer to deploy NDS Master UI, a highly intuitive user interface that transforms the way content and features are presented on screen and enhances the way users interact with them. Comstar-UTS has also selected NDS IPTV content protection as it aims to become leader in the Russian pay-TV market.

VEVI is preparing to launch its first IPTV venture, DiasporaTV. The new company will offer IPTV service to customers in North America and Western Europe. DiasporaTV expects to start accepting customers in Q2 of 2009. The service will initially offer Albanian channels to U.S. and Canadian subscribers. Unlike traditional television, IPTV is delivered via the Internet.

Mariner announces a partnership with UK-based Endurance Technology, marking Mariner's official launch into Europe. The partnership with Endurance Technology will provide immediate services and implementation support for European customers. During 2009, Mariner plans to establish a base in the UK for a regionally focused business development operation to specifically address the European opportunity.

What: Sigma Systems will demonstrate its fulfillment solutions at IPTV World Forum, spotlighting its Video Solution for IPTV, Triple-Play service fulfillment, and Subscriber Information Service. Also, Sigma Vice President of Product Management Rick Mallon will participate in a panel discussion on "Regulation and Technology: Identifying the Best Future Solutions for Cable."