Motorola Mobility UK Ltd is giving service providers an elegant and cost-effective solution for expanding their service offerings with the new Motorola VIP1853 – an IP set-top with a 'click-in' Digital Video Recording (DVR) module. The Motorola VIP1853 was designed to reduce set-top box deployment costs for operators without compromising on performance by enabling them to choose the DVR capacity for set-tops.

With the Motorola VIP1853, service providers can market a set-top that can be easily upgraded for customers wanting to add DVR capability to their basic box or wanting to expand their recording capacity with an additional or larger capacity module. The flexible design of the Motorola VIP1853 offers a choice of DVR capacity – it has an 8GB DVR module that supports trick play/pause functionality, and hard drive capacity can be increased to 160, 320 or 500GB for full featured DVR functionality.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global IPTV Market 2010-2014" report to their offering.

TechNavio's analysts forecast the IPTV market is to grow at a CAGR of 33.6 percent over the period of 2010-2014. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing broadband access across regions. The IPTV market has also been witnessing an emerging shift from voice-centric to broadband IP-centric segment. However, growing popularity of free IPTV service could hinder the growth of this market.

Key vendors dominating this market space include AT&T, Deutsche TeleKom AG, France Telecom, and Ustarcom.

CleanSlate 2011: Marketing & Media in the Tablet Economy

July 19, 2011
The Westin New York at Times Square, New York, NY, USA



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Digital media research company Futurescape reveals how Facebook and Twitter are now power brokers for the global television industry.

Their ability to create new business opportunities and engage viewers, boosting advertising and pay-TV revenue, gives them a significant and increasing influence over all aspects of television.

The key findings come in the second edition of the Futurescape report, Social TV.

Facebook and Twitter are now power brokers in global TV, through creating new business opportunities for the television industry.

TelcoTV Conference & Expo 2011

October 25-27, 2011
Morial Convention Center – New Orleans, LA, USA



For 10 years TelcoTV has been North America’s largest event embracing the convergence of telecom and entertainment. IP video remains a moving target for many telcos and this year’s TelcoTV sessions will cover a broad range of practical topics, focusing on the business case for video and where/how telecom providers can find profits as well as customers in the competitive video world. The TelcoTV exhibit floor showcases 150 companies representing all segments of the video value chain from content aggregators and OTT video, to broadband access providers and compression technologies plus everything in between. Attendance in recent years has exploded to include not just telcos – but over 20% of the audience pulling from the Cable and Utility markets. For more information please visit http://www.telcotvonline.com/.

CDN World Summit 2011

October 25-28, 2011
Hilton London Paddington Hotel, London, UK>



The 3rd annual CDN World Summit promises to be the largest and most comprehensive CDN event ever.

We are pleased to announce our partnership with BT Wholesale as the host operator and those already confirmed to the stellar line up which will include over 80 speakers.

InfoValue has partnered with Enseo for providing IP-based HD television, HD Video-On-Demand, and full-featured service portals for the hospitality markets.

The partnership between InfoValue and Enseo recently resulted in a 1300 room hotel deployment in downtown Philadelphia. The system utilizes InfoValue’s SuiteTV solution with the Enseo HD3000 IP set-top box. The head-end features a full IP HD channel lineup with over 50 channels of free-to-guest programming and a complete selection of new release HD VOD Hollywood movies.

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MTG has prolonged its exclusive live broadcasting rights to UEFA Champions League football in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, until the end of the 2014/2015 championship in the Spring of 2015. The rights include, but are not limited to, broadcast coverage on free-TV, pay-TV, mobile devices and the Internet.

MTG will broadcast all of the Champions League matches on its free-TV and pay-TV channels in Scandinavia, and will also make them available on its multi-screen internet-based video streaming service Viaplay, which offers live coverage of premium sports events to personal computers, tablets, smart phones and internet-connected TV’s. MTG already holds the exclusive broadcasting rights to the UEFA Champions League until the end of the 2011/2012 season and has broadcast coverage of the championship since 1993.

Agama announces that Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama's complete end-to-end monitoring solution for its managed IPTV service. The installation enables full control and understanding of the service quality from creation to consumption, supporting Netstream in efficient problem discovery and SLA follow-ups with wholesale partners.

Since 2006, Netstream acts a wholesale provider of a managed IPTV service to the telecommunications industry in Switzerland. With the technical IPTV solution from Netstream, telecom operators are given a tailored opportunity to offer digital television services under their own brand; a reliable option for fast and efficient introduction of competitive and high-quality IPTV services. To ensure this, Netstream has now deployed Agama's DTV Monitoring Solution.

Sigma Designs is poised to energize the set-top-box market by unveiling the industry's most advanced platform reference design, enabling an experience only found in devices that are combined with networking gateways. Sigma Designs will add more fuel to the growing market of set-top-boxes by enabling these products to stream high-definition content from the Web, in 1080p, via networking through the AC power adapter, all in a device so small that it fits in the palm of your hand.

Sigma Designs' Ultra-Thin Reference Platform is unlike existing set-top-boxes. This revolutionary self-installable, ultra-thin design doesn't require a power cord; it plugs directly into AC power outlets for easy installation by consumers and uses Sigma's award-winning HomePlug AV with ClearPath for the most reliable networking over the home's electrical wiring. With a state-of-the-art media processor, this new platform decodes multiple HD IPTV streams and connects to a HDTV through a simple HDMI connector.

Vitec this month was honored to receive the City of New York’s highest ratings for vendor performance for its deployment and implementation of Optibase IPTV solution based on EZ TV System and MGW 5100 true carrier-grade H.264 encoding platforms for the New York City Department of Transportation.

The end-to-end Optibase IPTV system deployed in New York City allows the Department of Transportation to exchange video information over its network with a variety of government agencies for instantaneous information sharing and real-time collaboration among agencies during emergencies or critical events.

Pace announces a partnership agreement with Minerva. The worldwide agreement will integrate Minerva xTVFusion middleware technology into Pace's HD set-top boxes, expanding the range of IPTV middleware and technology delivery options available to service providers.

The partnership will allow Pace to offer a pre-integrated end-to-end solution to service providers across its global customer base. It will enable operators to seamlessly integrate IPTV services into the broadcast offering and provide a cost effective satellite and cable television delivery solution across Europe and South America.

OnTrack Communications launches the inaugural conference CleanSlate: Marketing and Media in the Tablet Economy in New York City, July 19th, 2011, with leading technology and media innovators gathering to discuss and explore the opportunities, risks and pitfalls that the new Tablet Economy has to offer.

Sponsored by The Consumer Electronics Association, CleanSlate is a 1-day, groundbreaking and thought provoking BtoB conference designed to explore the rapidly changing world of media consumption and advertising in the new tablet economy.

OnTrack Communications announced that John Kosner, Senior Vice President and General Manager, ESPN Digital and Print Media and Corinne Helman, VP, Digital Publishing and Business Development, HarperCollins Children, will speak at their inaugural conference examining how progressive media, advertising and publishing companies are adapting to and harnessing the power of the tablet.

CleanSlate 2011: Marketing and Media in the Tablet Economy, taking place July 19th, 2011 in New York City, will explore how consumers are absorbing content on the tablet and the innovative strategies that advertisers, publishers and media owners are taking to monetize this new opportunity.