On September 10 a preliminary program of a series of ЕЕВС 2009 Telecom&Broadcasting International conferences was announced. The conferences will be held within the program "Ukraine on Air" at the largest Ukrainian exhibition for telecommunications and broadcasting from October 21 to 23, 2009 at KyivExpoPlaza exhibition center.

On October 21, 2009, on the first day of the exhibition, the International Workshop Conference "Telecommunications and Broadband Networks" on the prospects of leading-edge technology and telecommunication services, such as LTE, broadband Internet access, mobile Internet access, IPTV services, mobile TV, etc., will be held.

One of the highlights at the Broadcast India 2009 Exhibition this year will be a mini helicopter which can take a load of an ARRIFLEX camera as well as HD and digital cameras, a boon for film makers to shoot on complicated narrow alleys as well as chase sequences.

There are two international companies who will be showcasing their remote controlled mini helicopters at the event.

P+S Technik will be demonstrating their Weiscamm 2K camera which shoots upto 4000 frames per second, an advantage for film makers who are craving to shoot at super high speeds in super slow motion.

The 19th Broadcast India 2009 Exhibition will be held on 29–31 October, 2009 in Hall V - Bombay Exhibition Centre, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai.

Brightcove has rolled out broad support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5 through content delivery services provided by Limelight Networks providing more than 700 customers in 28 countries with turn-key access to enhanced dynamic delivery capabilities for HD-quality online video. Brightcove has also introduced on-demand access to advanced security options for video stream encryption and SWF verification to the company's global customer base.

Market research firm Infonetics Research released its second quarter (2Q09) IPTV, Cable, and Satellite Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report.

ANALYST NOTE

"Slow but steady IPTV and cable video subscriber growth in North America, Europe, and Asia, led by AT&T, Verizon, Belgacom, Swisscom, Telus, and KPN, helped boost the equipment market in the second quarter, particularly IP set-top boxes, middleware, and video content security software. Another significant development this quarter was the US Court of Appeals strike-down of the FCC rule limiting cable video providers from owning more than 30% of the video subscription market. This could pave the way for Comcast to pass the 30% threshold via a merger or acquisition. In a year where growth is hard to come by and corporate valuations are low, we think there could be significant M&A activity in North America in the second half of 2009," predicts Jeff Heynen, Infonetics Research's directing analyst for broadband and video.

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The first HomePNA Summit, set for September 30th - October 1st in Houston, Texas, will host leading broadband service providers from across the globe to outline how HomePNA technology is enabling profitable in-home broadband and entertainment networks. Representatives from AT&T, Telefonica, Digicable, TELUS, Tata Sky, YES, CenturyLink, and Bell Aliant are all scheduled to detail their experience with telecom's next frontier, the digital home. "We're bringing a truly global perspective from telcos, cablecos, and satellite service providers to the important issue of how broadband service providers can deliver new triple play and over-the-top services to enable a profitable in-home broadband experience for their customers," says Bernie Arnason of Pivot Media, a co-producer of the Summit.

BT Vision launches Bolly and Beyond, the UK’s best value on demand service for South Asian films, TV, music and children’s programmes. Viewers have the choice to watch programmes on a pay per view basis or subscribe to the Bolly and Beyond Pack to watch all of the content, for only £6.85 a month.

Bolly and Beyond features the latest Bollywood blockbusters such as Singh Is Kinng with Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and a cameo appearance from Snoop Dogg, Luck with Imran Khan and Sanjay Dutt, and Jodha Akbar with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwariya Rai, as well as golden classics like Anand with Rajesh Khanna, Sumitra Sanyal, Ramesh Deo and the celebrated Amitabh Bachchan.

BBC Worldwide Channels announces a new agreement to distribute BBC World News on Qook TV, KT Corp’s brand for its residential services, such as landline telephony, internet and IPTV, in South Korea. The feed will go live tomorrow, 17 September 09.

With the addition of World News, Qook TV’s viewers will be able to the latest world news including current affairs programmes specifically targeted at the Asian market including Asia Business Report. The channel will be available on channel 353 on Qook TV, reaching an additional 380,000 subscribers in South Korea.

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball announces they signed a two-year agreement with Microsoft to use Microsoft Silverlight 3 to deliver HD live streaming video of professional beach volleyball matches to fans around the world. AVP will utilize its new AVP.com HD Video Player application powered by Silverlight 3 and Internet Information Services Live Smooth Streaming to bring worldwide professional beach volleyball fans a new and unique option for watching their favorite sport.

Altibox has deployed Harmonic's StreamLiner video servers, Armada intelligent asset management, and ProStream 8000 digital mosaic solution. This deployment enables advanced IPTV VOD services and multi-channel mosaic viewing for Altibox subscribers across Norway and Denmark. Altibox is initially introducing this advanced IPTV offering for Norwegian Elite Series football programming with plans to expand to additional sporting events in the future.

In a major victory for Veoh Networks and other online video sites, a federal judge in Los Angeles today threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group. The court’s awarding of summary judgment to Veoh is the latest in a string of decisions against UMG in the case and marks the second time that a federal court has found Veoh’s copyright process to be compliant with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

IneoQuest announces the availability of two solutions that now bring complete monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities for Microsoft Mediaroom, from development and lab trials to full scale market deployment. IneoQuest's new IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Installer Edition enables service providers to easily verify turn-up and investigate issues in the field. In addition, IneoQuest has also upgraded its IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Advanced Edition for greater analysis and troubleshooting for Mediaroom development. With these products, IneoQuest is helping to improve Mediaroom QoS across the entire delivery chain and enable its customers to meet subscriber demands.

AT&T announces the launch of several new enhancements for U-verse TV customers, including Multiview, an app that lets you watch multiple channels at one time; TV Awards and New Shows, an app that helps you stay on top of this season's award shows and season premieres; and a new Media Share feature which lets you stream personal photos and music files from your PC to your U-verse TV. Each of these latest upgrades are now available to every U-verse TV customer at no extra charge.

The IMS Research study IPTV: A Global Market Analysis reveals that 68% of total worldwide IP STB shipments in 2008 were deployed into both the Western European and the North American regions. Globally, IMS Research forecasts that IP STBs will grow at a CAGR of 16% through 2014.

Alticast revealed their latest technology for interactive TV during IBC 2009. Alticast will unveil the world's first single middleware, dual interactive commercialised hybrid receiver, powered by Alticast's Alticaptor middleware. Single middleware driven, dual-interactive hybrid receivers will represent the future of broadcasting services enabling subscribers to enjoy a seamless mix of VOD and catch-up services content through their IP network simultaneously with high-quality linear interactive HD real-time channels via satellite.