Intel’s Chief Consumer Experience Architect, Brian David Johnson will Keynote TV 3.0 – Innovations in TV & Content Delivery taking place December 7th & 8th in Los Angeles, CA.

Brian is focused on gaining a deep understanding of daily life in homes all over the world and using that knowledge to influence Intel's platform directions, product offerings, investment decisions and strategic planning. For the past two years, Brian has helped develop global research projects gain a better understanding of the ways in which cultural practices are shaping people's relationships to new information and communication technologies.

Roku and the NHL announce that NHL GameCenter LIVE, a subscription service that offers live broadcasts of up to 40 weekly out-of-market hockey games, classic hockey as well as on-demand access to all NHL games 48 hours after broadcast, is coming soon to Roku customers.

NHL GameCenter LIVE provides the most comprehensive access to the NHL regular season, as well as archived and condensed games, highlights, and select games from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup® playoffs. NHL GameCenter LIVE is specifically designed for those avid fans looking for the most robust, in-game NHL viewing experience, as well as for the more than 50 percent of NHL fans that live away from their favorite team’s local television market and want to watch their favorite team play live. Current NHL GameCenter LIVE subscribers can enjoy the service for no additional cost on Roku.

Espial announces that Otelco has launched premium VOD services for its IPTV subscribers in Alabama using Espial MediaBase. Otelco operates ten incumbent telephone companies and provides competitive telephone services in six states, making it one of the top 25 largest local exchange carriers in the United States. Using Espial MediaBase and premium content from Comcast Media Center and iN DEMAND, Otelco is quickly attracting new subscribers and driving revenue for their IPTV service.

Amino secures a contract to provide the Lenox Municipal Utilities communications system with a range of PVR set-top boxes to support the rollout of IPTV services.

Lenox Municipal Utilities provides power, water, and broadband to their community in Iowa. Initially, the company will deploy Amino’s A530 PVR set-top boxes to support a rollout of new IPTV-based entertainment services.

The A530 offers both standard and high definition performance plus a personal video recording function that allows pause, rewind, and a range of trickplay services.

The Internet is most likely to debut in the American living room via a set-top box that is streaming rented content, says a nationwide survey of 3,600-plus consumer electronics retail sales associates conducted by Creative Channel Services.

Recently, the consumer market has seen an increase in the number of manufacturers that offer Connected TV (Internet TV) technology in stand-alone products and as an embedded feature in TVs, Blu-ray players and other entertainment devices. CCS, a retail marketing agency that works with both consumer-electronics manufacturers and retailers to enhance shopper experiences by empowering retail sales associates with product knowledge, commissioned the survey to gain an understanding of attitudes toward the burgeoning technology at retail stores.

blinkx announces a partnership with Amino Communications. Under the terms of the partnership, Amino and blinkx will develop an integrated search, recommendation and personalization solution powered by blinkx technology to be deployed on Amino's hybrid/OTT set-top boxes, including the award-winning Amino Freedom, which brings broadcast, on-demand TV, open Internet and local content together in a single device.

Based on technology that was perfected over 12 years at Cambridge University, blinkx uses a combination of patented conceptual search with speech and image recognition software to understand rich media more thoroughly than any other solution available today. This deep understanding of content enables blinkx to deliver unrivaled accuracy and relevancy in its search, personalization and recommendation capabilities.

Mariner announces that Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago is deploying Mariner's xVu IPTV service monitoring solution to support the expansion of services and the maintenance of service quality for its Blink Entertainment TV service.

The xVu service is used in conjunction with Advanced Digital Broadcasting TR-69 software and enables proactive customer support. This is done by providing complete visibility of customers' TV viewing experiences, effectively monitoring in real time the video and audio performance across the entire network, including in the home, and making that critical customer usage and service performance information readily available.

Latens announce their plans to showcase Latens ECO UI5 middleware with Latens Over-The-Top Video Portal on PC, STB and iPad at TelcoTV 2010.

TelcoTV, which will take place November 9 to 11, 2010 in Las Vegas, offers a unique venue for Latens to showcase their new middleware and OTT offerings. This year's theme, "Profiting in a Multi-Screen World," reflects the industry addressing the changes in consumer behavior with new products and solutions to help operators offer and monetize OTT applications and services.

AT&T launches AT&T U-verse Mobile for Windows Phone 7 devices, including the HTC Surround, Samsung Focus, and soon, the LG Quantum. The popular U-verse Mobile app is preloaded so that any AT&T wireless customer with a Windows Phone can download and watch hit TV shows on their device, marking the first time an AT&T U-verse service is available nationwide.

AT&T is making mobile viewing even easier for the holidays with two special offers. Any AT&T Windows Phone user can log-in to U-verse Mobile by Dec. 31 and download and watch free for 30 days. Once the trial is complete, customers taking advantage of this offer will automatically be subscribed to U-verse Mobile for $9.99 per month. Separately U-verse TV customers who subscribe to the U100, U200 and U200 Latino packages can take advantage of a limited time preview to download and watch with U-verse Mobile at no extra cost through Feb. 1, 2011. The preview offer is available to Uverse TV customers on all U-verse Mobile qualifying smartphones.

In 3Q-2010, net subscriber addition in the global pay-TV market increased 2% over 2Q-2010 according to ABI Research’s recent pay-TV market data.

“The global number of pay-TV subscribers reached 692 million in the third quarter of 2010,” says ABI Research practice director Jason Blackwell. “Pay-TV subscriber growth is holding steady in a number of world regions.”

Pay television markets have experienced many changes due to the entry of a number of new television platforms. These new platforms, such as digital terrestrial TV and online video, are stimulating more competition to the traditional pay-TV services. As a result, we are seeing slower subscriber growth in satellite and cable television services. The slow growth in subscribers is notable especially in Western Europe and North America where the penetration rate is high. However, satellite and cable TV growth is expected to remain strong in the regions such as Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Latens and GoBackTV announce details of their partnership for a joint solution for the delivery of IPTV over Cable for small- to medium-sized cable operators in North America.

Together, the combination offers cable operators a cost effective IPTV delivery solution across cable infrastructure. The integrated solution provides cable operators an opportunity to expand their service portfolio and generate more revenue through advanced television services, while also providing an opportunity to reduce costs in the overall TV service for operators delivering over both Cable and Telco infrastructure.

Skitter announces the availability of a new hybrid IPTV/OTT set-top box that delivers live television, over-the-top Web video, digital audio and apps in both high definition and standard definition from a single device. The Skitter Box is the latest edition to the multiscreen deployment capabilities of the Skitter.TV converged OTT/IPTV entertainment services platform. The set-top box will be initially distributed exclusively through Skitter.TV service providers as a part of Skitter.TV entertainment services offerings.

Espial announces the availability of Espial TV Browser powered by Intel set-top box reference platforms based on the Intel Atom processor CE4100 and the recently announced Intel Atom processor CE4200. With the Espial TV Browser, consumers will enjoy the power of interactive, connected and searchable TVs. For Connected TV and set-top box manufacturers, this high performance solution will accelerate their time-to-market.

Amino has won a contract to provide its latest A140 and A540 MPEG-4 set top boxes to the City of Salisbury, North Carolina, as part of a major rollout of IPTV services across a new all fiber network. Salisbury is targeting 10,000 subscribers for its new service as part of a major program to deliver advanced high-speed broadband access, entertainment services and local content to the local community under the brand name “Fibrant”.

For the first time in the North American market, Amino will supply its new A140 and A540 PVR set-top boxes based on the latest STi7105 System on Chip solutions. Amino is partnering with Minerva on the deployment, now underway.

Entone unveils FusionTV, a managed service that provides telco operators with the ability to offer "over the top" content blended with linear HDTV programming. With this offering, subscribers get the best of both worlds -- the timeliness and quality of live television and the flexibility of online media.

FusionTV is a Hybrid TV service that combines linear HDTV programming and OTT media into a single, unified user experience. With FusionTV, linear HDTV is delivered by traditional programming sources such as cable TV, IPTV, or OTA broadcasts. Live HDTV programming is complemented with online media services such as video on demand, music streaming, photo sharing, social media, and other popular web content and services.