The ENC-300 is a hardware encoder blade built for 24/7 streaming and real time encoding. The H264 HD encoder series supports input of DVI signals up to 1920x1200, HDMI or HD-SDI. Additionally the ENC-300 supports RGB, analogue Components and Composite, for those applications where many different signals are found and the encoder inputs need to be switched.

The ENC-300 uses only 9W power to encode video and audio signals. Making it ideal not only for fixed installations but also for mobile 4G sports, broadcast contribution and news gathering, since the HD encoder can be powered by a battery.

Visioneering announced the availability of the vPortal IPTV set-top box for unmatched standard definition and high definition (1080p) Internet Protocol Television directly to a home television (Web 3.0) for $99 in OEM quantities.

The vPortal IPTV set-top box provides leading edge functionality for interactive TV, including:

• 420i, 720p, 1080i or 1080p@30Hz (NTSC/PAL) blu-ray quality resolution
• H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10), MPEG-2 and VC-1 video compression
• vPortal software toolset (SDK) for fast GUI set-up and development
• more after the jump

The challenges facing the television/video industry today can be daunting. For many years, competition for subscribers revolved around content, while the network architecture remained relatively stable. More recently, Video on Demand, High Definition, Start Over and other time shifted applications have been widely deployed. This has now been joined by the “TV Everywhere” concept and, of course Over The Top (OTT) Television. In addition 3D is today trying to leap from the theatre into the living room. Every year there is something new to contemplate and for which to potentially plan. Over the years, the MPEG Industry Forum has worked aggressively to bring clarity to the industry’s vision of the future and to advocate for the adoption of standards that accelerate that clarity. This year at IBC this task has become more important than ever as new technologies create new opportunities to make (or lose) money. The 2010 MasterClass at IBC is focused around two areas that will bring technologists and leading executives from operators and content owners around the world to discuss these new opportunities and to share their experience and perspectives.

Turner Broadcasting System announces a new scalable online video solution as part of its agreement with Verizon to launch TBS and TNT as Turner's initial participating networks with FiOS TV Online. That programming is now available with the help of both Adobe Systems Incorporated and FreeWheel.

Adobe provides a secure, seamless and cost efficient method of allowing distributors and programmers to create an endorsed authentication capability that leverages Adobe Flash technology and reach across multiple platforms, devices and content. FreeWheel provides an innovative, flexible ad serving solution to monetize content beyond C3 on programmer sites or distributor portals and complements Nielsen measurement of C3 video (linear, online, VOD) beginning in September. Together, these partners provide a user friendly authentication model that leverages industry standard technologies to allow the industry to move beyond trials and tests to full scale deployment.

theChanner is debuting the first-ever social mobile TV tuner giving viewers access to music channels available on the Internet. The free mobile app lets you discover and enjoy the best music programmed by Internet TV channels around the globe, and share discoveries with your social networks. Be the first to find that breakthrough videoclip and tell your friends!

Envivio has secured $15 million in a mezzanine investment from venture capital and banking sources enabling the company to extend its leadership position in the Video over IP market. Driven by record unit orders delivering unrivaled numbers of video channels worldwide, Envivio is experiencing 100% year-over-year sales growth.

J’son & Partners Consulting has published the results of their comparative research devoted to Russia's regional areas from the perspective of their potential to implement wireless solutions

Central, Northwestern and Ural Federal Districts share the highest potential to widespread adoption of wireless solutions, according to the analysts.

J’son & Partners Consulting believe 3G, HSPA+, Mobile WiMAX and LTE will remain the most popular wireless technologies for the next 10 years.

ViewCast announces that venerable book and digital content publisher HarperCollins has selected advanced streaming media solutions from ViewCast and Adobe Systems Incorporated to power the company's live streaming and video on demand media programming. With ViewCast Niagara streaming media encoders and Adobe Flash Media Server software at the heart of HarperCollins' new digital conference center, the company is equipped with a feature-rich, easy to use streaming media platform for real-time and pre-recorded corporate communication and events.

Pace and 2Wire announce that the companies have reached an agreement under which Pace proposes to acquire 2Wire for cash consideration of $475 million. The consideration includes 2Wire's balance sheet cash at closing, expected to be approximately $55 million.

Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer of Pace plc, commented:

"This acquisition will strengthen our Americas business, extending Pace's US market coverage with entry into the tier one telco market. We have built a strong position in the US with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of US operator requirements. 2Wire's software and gateway expertise will further drive development of our home entertainment convergence strategy. The transaction introduces deep client relationships with important customers including AT&T and further develops our platform to deliver ongoing sustainable growth."

ScandiTV officially launches on August 1, 2010. ScandiTV, based in California, is dedicated to providing the very best entertainment and to increase media and cultural exchanges between Scandinavia and the Americas.

ScandiTV will deliver programming to consumers’ TV sets via IPTV and is committed to bringing the very best in-language television entertainment to the Scandinavian community who reside in the USA and Canada. ScandiTV has secured strategic partnerships with major Scandinavian media companies and will be constantly expanding its line-up of live television channels and video on demand programming. The company will further expand its service to Latin America in the future.

Alcatel-Lucent unveiles a turnkey, compact IPTV solution, powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, that is designed to cost-effectively support networks of between 1,000 and 100,000 set-top-boxes. The solution not only provides high-quality television programming, but also enables new consumer media services through the blending and personalization of web and broadcasting content. This new offer, which uses a single equipment rack, supports more than three times as many households than previous versions of the Microsoft Mediaroom-based IPTV solution.

Cinergy MetroNet is the first customer to use the solution and will begin offering Alcatel-Lucent-powered IPTV services to six cities in Indiana, reaching approximately 50,000 potential customers beginning July 26, 2010.

Sigma Designs announces availability of the first low-cost Microsoft Mediaroom compatible set top box platform based on Sigma's SMP8652 media processor SoC. SMP8652-based set top box designs have completed integration with Mediaroom client software and are anticipated to begin deployment with leading carriers in the second half of 2010.

Microsoft's Mediaroom platform has achieved unparalleled success in establishing the premier solution for IPTV deployments of all sizes. Mediaroom is the world's most deployed IPTV platform, with a global customer base delivering services to more than five million subscriber households. Mediaroom is also enjoying increased deployments in new geographies and segments where the business model demands very low-cost set top boxes along with the high performance required to deliver an increasing set of features and improved user experience.

SnagFilms announces a landmark expansion in its distribution of nonfiction films by bringing its library to a suite of new platforms, including the creation of VOD offerings with Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products, and with Verizon FiOS TV, the converged communications platform. Additionally, SnagFilms' wholly-owned indieWIRE (which focuses on the independent film sector's news and reviews, and is this month celebrating its 14th birthday) expanded its roster of leading film voices, announcing a new blog with legendary director Peter Bogdanovich.

Large Russian end-customers often have to deal with building a telecommunication infrastructure that would help them to manage a significant number of multiple sites. Performance and reliability of networks become the customers' principle requirements in this context.

"IP VPN solutions offered by large Russian telecommunications operators seem to be the most secure choice, – says Igor Vasilenko, IT manager for Adidas Russia. – Such solutions insure communication services of the highest reliability and quality."

IP VPN solutions become even more relevant when it comes to voice traffic and its prioritisation. Implementation of IP telephony based on this infrastructure enables the customer to combine data and voice transfer channels.

UITStor announces its new UEBO consumer electronics line has partnered with PlayOn, a service from Internet TV service provider MediaMall Technologies. The partnership will bring a number of Internet TV channels and video content services to the TVs of UEBO customers via a simple, convenient TV remote control interface.

With the UEBO M200 Media Player, available summer 2010, consumers can play nearly every popular media file format via their TVs and HDTVs with no time-consuming transcoding needed. In addition to allowing you to play and view all of your audio, digital and video files, the media player provides easy access to Internet content including real-time weather, news, Picasa and Flickr content as well as Internet radio stations via Shoutcast. The device even provides PC-Less BitTorrent downloading capabilities to avoid having to leave your PC on or having your PC infested with viruses that sometimes come with the downloaded file. A network-attached storage functionality allows for sharing of content over home networks.