The number of people who watch broadcast TV programming on the Internet has doubled in the last year, according to a new survey by Altman Vilandrie & Company and Peanut Labs. Despite this growth, clear opportunities exist for cable and satellite providers to grow through smart integration of new technologies like mobile and 3D video, the study found.

"While the study shows the rumblings of seismic shift in consumer video preferences, there are clear opportunities for cable and satellite providers to differentiate versus online video alternatives," said Altman Vilandrie & Company Director Jonathan Hurd, who oversaw the research and analysis. "Providers that can be nimble in adopting mobile video, 3D and other innovations will stem potential defections, especially among younger consumers."

Eurowebtainment is Europe’s leading business-event for interactive Entertainment across the Internet, Telecommunication and SAT/WEB-TV. In 2009 it counted more than 700 business professionals from 30 countries and it has recorded a continuous growing number of international participants. The 18th Eurowebtainment takes place from 10th – 13th November 2010 in Vienna, Austria.

Verizon's FiOS TV customers are now getting more online video content from Time Warner Inc. Once again, the two companies are joining forces to give consumers more programming from the TV channels they love - wherever and whenever they want it.

Following the online launch in June of two other Time Warner channels, Turner's TNT and TBS, three more channels are joining Verizon's growing FiOS TV Online service: Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and truTV. Like TNT and TBS, these new channels will feature a selection of programming available on FiOS TV Online within 24 hours after an episode airs on live television

TVover.net and UBM TechWeb are giving away 2 free passes to Web 2.0 Expo New York, September 27-30, 2010 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, in New York, NY. Enter to win by emailing us at media@tvover.net with name, email, company, address and phone number by August 26, 2010, 12pm CDT. The winners will be randomly drawn.

IMS Conferences will be hosting its third TV 3.0 Conference titled, TV 3.0 – Innovations in TV & Content Delivery, in Los Angeles, California on December 7th & 8th. An expo will be held alongside the conference, affording attendees the opportunity to visit exhibitor showcases and see demonstrations of the latest television products, technical solutions and services. In addition, the TV 3.0 Conference will play host to the Second Annual TV Innovation Awards following day one of the event on the evening of December 7th.

TV 3.0 Conferences provide a forum for everyone in the TV value chain, from equipment manufacturers, operators and technology providers to production studios and advertising agencies, to come together and move the industry forward in ensuring a very compelling consumer experience while maintaining profitable business models for all the players. Register now to take advantage of the early bird discount!

Worldwide shipments of pay-TV hybrid set-top boxes are expected to grow to nearly 87 million units by 2015, as operators adapt to increasing competition within markets with varying infrastructure and regulatory demands. According to the IMS Research report The World Market for Hybrid Set-top Boxes – 2010 Edition, by 2015 hybrid STBs will comprise the majority of STB shipments worldwide.

Much of the strong growth in the next five years will be driven by pay-TV operators in Asia and Europe. Thanks to heavy satellite and cable shipments of advanced HD DVRs, the Americas region led with over 65% of global hybrid STB shipments in 2009, however IMS expects that the two other regions will surpass the Americas within a couple of years. Growth in Asia is expected to be heavily driven by hybrid deployments in China late in the period, and European growth is expected to come most significantly from France, Germany, Turkey, UK, the Netherlands, and others with sizeable pay-TV markets.

Global pay-TV service revenue approached $58 billion at the end of 2Q 2010. This was approximately a 9% increase over the same period in 2009. “The increase in ARPU and service revenue in 2Q 2010 was largely due to the programming packages on offer, with higher prices and more advanced services such as High Definition programming,” says ABI Research’s digital home practice director Jason Blackwell.

The majority of pay-TV service revenue comes from cable TV. It represents approximately 52% of the overall pay TV market, followed by satellite TV and IPTV. The year-over-year growth of cable TV service revenue is quite low compared to other pay-TV platforms. This is due to slower subscriber growth in many of the mature cable TV markets. In addition, cable ARPU is declining in some markets due to high competition from IPTV operators.

The growth of web-to-TV video is happening faster than most people expected. By 2014 there will be 57 million US broadband households viewing full-length online video on the TV, says In-Stat. Revenue associated with this web-to-TV video content will grow from $2 billion to over $17 billion over a five-year period.

"The over-the-top video market represents a new distribution channel for digital entertainment. Content producers want to market premium video content directly to the consumer," says Keith Nissen, Principal Analyst, In-Stat. "However, they have not yet decided the best way to monetize OTT video content and how to manage the OTT opportunity in context with their legacy distribution partners."

STRIKEFORCE selectes Ooyala's end-to-end video platform to power its online video. STRIKEFORCE will use Ooyala to publish and distribute live and on-demand video on their site. Ooyala's powerful video platform lets us create an immersive experience that captures the excitement of mixed martial arts," said Andrew Ebel, STRIKEFORCE Director of Business Operations. "We wanted to create a multimedia portal where fans could connect and catch their favorite fighters in action. Ooyala made it easy for us to deploy a high quality video experience quickly and easily."

The multimedia portal includes pre- and post-fight video of STRIKEFORCE fighters, giving fans an up-close and behind-the-scenes look at action outside of the ring. This powerful content will help STRIKEFORCE grow its brand and strengthen fan adoption.

Worldwide pay-TV subscribers totaled 688 million at the end of the second quarter of 2010. “Subscriber growth is fastest in IPTV platforms, while cable and satellite platforms have the most stable growth rate, says Jason Blackwell, practice director, digital home at ABI Research. According to the latest market data, overall pay-TV subscriptions are expected to reach 854.5 million in 2015, with a 5.7% CAGR from 2010 to 2015.”

Verimatrix announces an integrated NevoTV deployment at The Dominican Hotel in Brussels. Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV has been fully integrated with NevoTV, an IP-based solution that delivers voice, video, and data services through TV to the hospitality and real-estate management markets.

Nevotek, operating in all major markets around the globe, utilizes a super IPTV head-end architecture with a centralized management system. Nevotek has integrated VCAS for IPTV with the NevoTV platform to ensure rights to premium, early release window content attractive to the hospitality industry. The solution efficiently manages the VCAS software-based encryption techniques at the head-end and exports secured on-demand content to their hotel customers. The Dominican now manages a single IP-based network for in-room entertainment, telephone and wireless broadband services throughout the hotel. For more information on the menu of services that The Dominican Hotel offers, watch the video here.

On August 2 Deutsche Telekom has launched the Interactive TV Award 2011. It’s the third time that Deutsche Telekom invites external professionals to present their ideas and concepts on the television of tomorrow. Under the motto “Television in tune with our lives”, the contributions should take the development of Entertain, the IPTV offering from Deutsche Telekom, further forward in consideration of our connected lives and work. Deutsche Telekom would like to engage in open discussion with entrants – irrespective of what prize they win and beyond the competition. For the best, there are cash prizes worth a total of € 135,000.

With AT&T U-verse, not only can you schedule DVR recordings on the go from your smartphone, you can now also download and watch popular shows on the BlackBerry Torch, which is available only for AT&T customers starting today in AT&T stores and online.

AT&T launches U-verse Mobile for the BlackBerry Torch smartphone, an app that lets customers take their U-verse TV experience with them, wherever they go. AT&T is the first TV provider to offer an integrated mobile app that allows you to both manage your DVR and download and watch select shows. U-verse Mobile is available today on BlackBerry App World, and is another example of how AT&T delivers more value to U-verse TV customers with continued service enhancements and innovative apps.

Akamai and Brightcove announce a wide-ranging alliance to drive quality, performance, and innovation in the online video industry. The agreement between the companies is designed to bring together two of the most widely-used cloud-based platforms for professional online video to create a powerful, end-to-end offer that makes high-quality video publishing and distribution easily available for businesses and organizations of all sizes. Brightcove will provide the Akamai HD Network as a bundled component of the Brightcove online video platform service.

BigBand Networks will demonstrate managed IP video delivery using BigBand vIP PASS to enable cable operators to deliver and monetize video to IP-enabled consumer devices in the home leveraging existing network infrastructure as part of the CableLabs Innovation Showcase, which takes place during the CableLabs Summer Conference, Aug. 15-18, 2010, in Keystone, CO.