Zodiac Interactive's CEO Brandon Brown will speak at the industry leading TV of Tomorrow event, hosted by Interactive TV Today - the most widely read and trusted news source on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform interactive television.

Brown and other prominent leaders from the interactive TV technology and programming spaces, including top technology officers from CableLabs and Canoe Ventures, will explore the current status--and attempt to predict the future--of the cable industry-backed ETV/EBIF and tru2way standards.

Global IP Solution will host a free pre-NAB webcast covering video calling on the TV. The presenter, GIPS' Vice President Business Development, Larry Golob will discuss the future for service providers to offer video calling on the TV.

The Television is growing into new and expanded places and could function as the PC and telephone. Already Panasonic has announced collaboration with Skype to make voice and video calls. What if you could have that same HD voice and video communication with superior HD voice sound quality and tightly synched video calling capabilities? Imagine the possibilities for content, cable and telcoTV service providers to monetize additional communication services in this way.

O'Reilly Media and TechWeb announce the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, the annual event for designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists building a web for the 21st century. This year, Web 2.0 Expo centers on the theme of "Platforms for Growth," helping businesses choose and leverage the right web platforms for success. Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is May 3 – 6, 2010 at Moscone West.

Alcatel-Lucent says that Ukraine's Velton Telecom will launch a field trial of IPTV services to business and residential subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava. Alcatel-Lucent adds it has been selected as the network integrator, using the Microsoft Mediaroom platform and providing professional services - including project management, consulting, network design, installation, software integration, commissioning, and operations.

SureWest has selected Comtrend's NexusLink as the ADSL2+ solution of choice for a new video services rollout over its copper-based network. SureWest's new IP video service is being marketed as Advanced Digital TV powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, and is available over both its existing fiber-to-the-home and copper networks.

Albis Technologies announces the availability of its next generation set-top box. The new SceneGate STB portfolio provides enhanced HD picture quality while delivering on-demand, interactive and linear TV services.

The SceneGate STBs enables service differentiation for service providers and allows them to offer innovative new services to their customers. The proven hardware and software quality reduces operational costs and customer churn, making services more profitable and reliable. They are perfect for new IPTV service providers introducing new service offerings to their customers or service providers introducing interactive IP based services while leveraging their existing digital broadcasting technology.

Walmart announceed a definitive agreement to acquire VUDU, provider of digital technologies and services that enable the delivery of entertainment content directly to broadband high-definition TVs and Blu-ray players. The deal is expected to close within the next few weeks.

VUDU is a revolutionary service, built into a growing number of broadband-ready TVs and Blu-ray players, that delivers instant access to thousands of movies and TV shows directly through the television. Customers with broadband Internet access and an Internet-ready TV or Blu-ray player can rent or purchase movies, typically in high-definition, without needing a connected computer or cable/satellite service. New movies and features will be added continually, enabling customers to enjoy a product that continues to become more robust long after they have left the store.

KIT digital has signed a distribution agreement with GoTV Networks. This distribution agreement will expand KIT digital’s distribution network in the United States, and meet the growing demand for better video content management and delivery by the major North American mobile carriers.

Under the terms of the agreement, GoTV will be a distributor and sales representative within North America of KIT digital’s VX-one platform to wireless network providers, Internet Service Providers, broadcasters, content owners, and content distributors, for all forms of mobile and broadband distribution, including WiMax, WiFi, datacasting, and other related formats.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "IPTV Global Hospitality (In-Room and In-Flight Entertainment) Markets - 2010" report to their offering.

This hospitality IPTV market report is comprised of In-Room Entertainment and In-Flight Entertainment. This report discloses how large the entire hospitality video market is, what percentage already has Triple-Play or at least video services (Broadcast and on-demand services), and what part of that market is ready to buy (or lease or engage in a partnership) to offer a new or upgraded bundled IPTV service.

The demand for IPTV has shown explosive growth over the last 12 months. Recent research by MRG, Inc predicts that the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide will continue to grow at 31% per year to reach 83 million by 2013, creating a $38 billion marketplace for services alone.

This revolution in the delivery of broadcast content is creating vast opportunities for application developers, content providers and technology companies alike. The IBC2010 IPTV Zone will bring together many organisations and technologies emerging as major forces in this new market and provide the opportunity for them to showcase their capabilities at the heart of the broadcast industry's leading international conference and exhibition.

Motorola has completed the previously announced acquisition of BitBand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Integrated into Motorola's Home business, the acquisition of BitBand will complement Motorola's existing on demand product line which includes the Adaptive Media Management framework for content management and high-performance streaming servers for centralized and edge-based on demand networks. BitBand brings products tailored for IP video and expertise in IPTV solutions, as well as solutions for content delivery networks and Over-the-Top video services. With the addition of BitBand's products, Motorola can offer comprehensive on demand solutions for customers worldwide, addressing a wide range of deployment scales, access networks, video formats and business models.

TVover.net, as a supporting partner of the FT Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference, is delighted to offer you a 20% discount on the advertised registration fees for this industry-leading annual event taking place on 2-3 March 2010 at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel, London.

FT Digital Media & Broadcasting 2010 will gather leaders from the worlds of television, online video, print, gaming, social media, music and advertising to provide cutting edge insights into building business models geared towards finding new and innovative ways of generating digital revenue.

Verizon and HBO announce that Verizon's FiOS TV customers will be the first to gain access to HBOGO.com, HBO's online video destination featuring over 600 hours of HBO programming. Starting tomorrow, FiOS customers who subscribe to HBO will automatically receive free, unlimited online access to HBO programming at any time, from any U.S. location with a broadband connection. These subscribers can access HBO GO with their Verizon FiOS log-in credentials at www.verizon.com/fiostvonline and www.hbogo.com. Customers must subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet.

Netgem and Algeria Telecom announce the launch of SAFIR, the first IPTV service in Algeria. SAFIR is being rolled out on the back of Africa’s largest FTTH fibre optic network and will offer Algeria Telecom broadband customers a compelling mix of advanced digital TV services and a choice of 60 IP-delivered TV channels

Tilgin has won an second important order for IP-technology from TRE-FOR Bredbånd, a Danish fiber operator. Based on Tilgin’s solution, TRE-FOR will enhance its consumer offering with Triple Play services to fiber-connected households within the Profiber network in Denmark.

This new win is based on the breakthrough order of approximately SEK 2 million, earlier announced in mid December 2009. The order value of this second order is approximately SEK 3 million.

TRE-FORs roll-out with Tilgin will impact the other three operators in the Profiber network as well, whose motto is "Fiber to all". This means that all enterprises and institutions and approx. 400,000 people living in the supply area are will be offered a fiber solution.