BTI is a Silver sponsor of the IPTV World Forum, which runs from 25-27 March in London. Now in its fifth year, the Forum is firmly established as the world’s leading event on IPTV and is the must-attend conference and exhibition for Telco, TV and content executives. The Forum was attended by over 5000 executives from 76 countries in 2008. Gary joins over 100 speakers, all of whom are leading international experts from telecoms, cable, satellite and mobile operators and leading content owners.

TANDBERG Television, Sony, Neotion and Strategy & Technology have combined their industry expertise to deliver a VoD solution that enables cable operators to deliver network-based time-shift services and targeted adverts direct to the TV, without the need for an STB.

NXT Stage is where the leading content producers, media executives and digital entrepreneurs will meet to develop key business relationships. It provides the key decision-makers in film, TV, digital content, production and distribution with a market conference and networking forum to discover future trends and digital content.

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SES ASTRA has confirmed its leading role in digitalisation and increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million. ASTRA thus remains the leading infrastructure for digital reception in Germany.

Parks Associates welcomes Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV, Video & Music Business, Microsoft Corporation, as the Keynote speaker for CONNECTIONS Europe Summit, taking place March 31, in Nice, France.

The worldwide market for telco IPTV services will exceed 100 million households by 2013, a CAGR of approximately 38%, according to international research firm Parks Associates. Mr. Pitton's keynote "IPTV and the keys to keeping customers" will address the best business strategies to gain and retain customers in the highly competitive European market for these services.

On March 31, 2009, under official support of Trade and Investment Promotion Section, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv, the International conference “Digital broadcasting technologies of TV content: on the way to 2012. Ukraine and Poland: results, plans and reality” will be held.

The first and the second sessions of the conference attended by representatives of governments of both countries will be dedicated to the current situation in introducing digital broadcasting, as well as the issues of frequency planning.

Dell’Oro Group reportes that the IPTV subscriber base grew by 3.2 million in the fourth quarter to reach 23 million subscribers at the end of last year, nearly double the number at the end of 2007. While Europe, Middle East, and Africa remained the largest market for unit shipments of IPTV set-top boxes, North America drove the market’s revenue growth in the fourth quarter as AT&T and Verizon continued to aggressively promote their television services.

ZvBox announces general availability of its new ZvPro 250, a cost-disruptive product for the commercial market. Upgrading to HD video distribution in hospitality, digital signage and public displays has been very expensive, as existing analog RF infrastructure must be replaced with IPTV digital technology at both the transmission and receiving ends. ZvPro changes all of that: it allows distribution of HD video using traditional methods - simple coax and tuners in the TVs. The enabling technology is the creation of a local HD channel for broadcast on-premise; the ZvPro 250 delivers this capability at a fraction of the cost of existing solutions.

The MPEG Industry Forum in cooperation with the Open IPTV Forum, are presenting a full day MPEGIF Master Class titled “The New World of Digital Television” at NAB 2009, on Sunday, 19 April, 2009 between 10am and 5.30pm in the Las Vegas Convention Centre, Room S228. This unique conference will bring together industry experts representing the most influential players in next generation video entertainment, multimedia and standards-based video delivery.

Belgacom is using central office and customer premises equipment based on Ikanos’ industry-leading chipsets as an integral part of its VDSL2 network infrastructure. Belgacom has deployed Ikanos-based IP digital subscriber line access multiplexers from Alcatel-Lucent and residential gateways from Sagem Communications as part of its fiber-to-the-node infrastructure that reaches homes across the country.

On Demand Group announces details of the VOD and subscription VOD content line-up for the IPTV launch announced by The Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation in February.

OTE's FilmExpress transaction VOD service includes blockbuster movies from major Hollywood studios including Disney-ABC-ESPN Television (WALL-E, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,), Universal Studios (Mamma Mia, The Incredible Hulk), Paramount Pictures (Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), and Warner Bros. (Sweeney Todd, Batman: The Dark Knight), plus a great selection of library titles from the above studios including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Disney-ABC-ESPN Television), The Bourne Identity (Universal Studios), Forrest Gump, (Paramount Pictures), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.). Subscribers to the service can select a movie of their choice for a 24-hour rental period with full DVD-like features including control to pause, fast forward, rewind or watch over again.

Informa Telecoms and Media are pleased to announce that Richard Halton will give an additional Keynote Presentation on the opening day of the IPTV World Forum, held at London's Olympia on 25-27 March 2009

The IPTV World Forum is the world's largest event dedicated to IPTV & IP Video.

As Programme Director of IPTV for the BBC, Richard is responsible for Project Canvas, the proposal to bring internet connectivity to the UK's free to air platforms.

Codetel has selected CopperGate Communications’ HomePNA 3.1 technology for its Claro TV IPTV service. Codetel offers local, long-distance, and wireless voice services, together with advanced data and video services.

Codetel wanted to expand its established services to include video and the media-rich applications of IPTV. It needed a technology that was high quality, extremely stable, efficient, and provided fast and easy installation.

WHAT: Verimatrix enhances the value and security of pay-TV networks with advanced technologies designed to address the content protection challenges of today, and those of tomorrow. The Verimatrix 3-Dimensional Content Security approach provides a framework to enhance operator competitiveness and the consumer experience in the new world of pay-TV. Steve Christian, VP of Marketing, will be available for press and analyst interviews.

On March 31, 2009, within the context of the program “Ukraine on Air”, International conference “Digital broadcasting technologies of TV content: on the way to 2012. Ukraine and Poland: results, plans and reality” will be held in Kyiv.

Under official support of Trade and Investment Promotion Section, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Kiev the International conference “Digital broadcasting technologies of TV content: on the way to 2012. Ukraine and Poland: results, plans and reality” will be held. The conference will give a start to the second year of the program “Ukraine On Air”, which is aimed at the development of digital broadcasting technologies in Ukraine and includes the issues of preparation of Ukrainian and Polish broadcasters to cover the final of the European Football Championship EURO 2012.