FilmOn.com has created the world’s first premium linear TV soccer channel for the Internet, Football Anytime, whilst the free FilmOn iPad/iPod Player is still scoring big in the European iTunes Charts.

FilmOn.com has licensed content from leading football match producers like the Premiership and the Football Association, IMG and other premium content providers. Football Anytime will feature the best of Club and International football from soccer’s oldest institutions.

Consumer attitudes toward video access are changing, moving away from ownership and rental models to streaming and subscription services, as connected CE and smart TVs proliferate in the U.S. and Western Europe, according to Parks Associates.

Online Video and Internet TV Services: Global Outlook reports that in a six-month period, U.S. online video subscribers spent almost $50 on average for video subscriptions while a la carte video typically garnered less than half that amount. From 2009 to 2010, the number of purchased movie and TV-show downloads dropped by 56% and movie-rental downloads fell by 70%.

Espial announces they’ve been selected to provide an IPTV solution for Vodafone Iceland. As part of the IPTV solution, Espial is providing the following products: the Evo TV Service Platform, the Evo STB Client and the Espial MediaBase VOD platform. The Espial solution will power Vodafone Iceland’s IPTV service which provides broadcast TV, TV on-demand, Catch-up TV and video-on-demand to over 25,000 customers. Vodafone Iceland offers mobile, fixed-line, and ADSL/ IPTV services to both consumers and companies.

Entone and Nordija announce the availability of Nordija's fokusOn widget-based middleware on Entone's family of Hybrid TV devices and digital video recorders. This fully integrated solution offers service operators a more efficient and cost-effective solution that can be quickly and easily deployed for delivering advanced Hybrid TV and over-the-top services.

Entone's Hybrid TV solution supports IP video delivery and traditional terrestrial, cable and satellite broadcast video delivery. The product line includes:

• Kamai - a compact, high performance hybrid/OTT receiver with an entry-level price
• Amulet - a full-featured hybrid DVR with advanced networking options such as Wi-Fi and HomePNA
• Janus - a multi-stream media hub optimized for multi-room environments
• Magi - a DVR that incorporates advanced features specifically for cable operators, including DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS modem, MoCA and up to four digital tuners

CreNova Technology has implemented an Opera-based HbbTV retail strategy across Europe. CreNova is offering set-top boxes that provide TV-watchers additional advanced services, such as video on demand and catch-up TV.

"It is clear that the future of the set-top box relies on delivering services such as catch-up TV and VOD in a user-friendly manner," said Metin Atalan, CEO, CreNova. "HbbTV offers an excellent opportunity to deliver new services in a hybrid environment. We selected Opera, as we found they deliver the best product and highest performance in the market."

Digital Rapids announced that TVBI Company is using a complete range of Digital Rapids solutions to power sophisticated media processing and delivery workflows for bringing TVB content to viewers and distribution partners on four continents. The systems span the critical points in TVBI's workflows including encoding, transcoding, live streaming and business-to-business content delivery.

Exterity announces the launch of its Continued Professional Development certified training programme for Information Technology, Audio Visual, Building Services and Mechanical & Electrical Consultants. The move follows the company’s accreditation to full CPD membership; a positive step forward for the IPTV industry and a great opportunity for consultants to receive expert training about the power of AV over IP distribution.

Amino Communications will showcase a range of enhanced IPTV set-top boxes at IBC 2011 offering OTT capability to deliver a richer, more dynamic entertainment experience for consumers.

All Amino devices – from its Freedom media centres offering OTT functionality to the cable, satellite and terrestrial markets through to the Aminet IPTV range – will now provide operators with the ability to offer a compelling mix of broadcast, on-demand, and content from the open Internet including social media, gaming and applications.

Espial announced that KPU Telcommunications is now delivering premium on-demand video services to its IPTV subscribers in Ketchikan, Alaska using Espial MediaBase and Nokia Siemens Networks IPTV Middleware. KPU Telecommunications is one of three divisions of Ketchikan Public Utilities. KPU delivers some of the most advanced communications products available in the marketplace, including high-definition digital television, video on demand, extensive local television content, broadband internet, business communication systems and local phone service. KPU offers services over an active fiber to the home network capable of up to 1 Gigabit per second speeds in addition to it’s copper based network.

IMS offers an efficient tool for the production, control, recording and publishing of live webcasts with MultiSource-WebCast. The software makes it possible to mix any external or internal media sources such as the video of a speaker and a PowerPoint presentation. In addition, texts, images, logos, banners and much more can be merged at any point. ONE single synchronous media stream is output, which can be encoded in any format, such as Flash, Windows Media, or Real, saved and then published as a live stream on the internet.

Hurricane Irene has come and gone and the Live US Open Tennis Championship will officially be getting underway as scheduled on Monday, August 29 from the The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The event along with Wimbledon, French Open, and the Australian Open are what they call "Grand Slam" Tournaments, and considered to be the four most prestigious events of the year in tennis.

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LiveTennisChannel will be providing Internet TV coverage in which fans can Watch US Open Tennis Online and follow favorite players from now until September 11. The website has covered all major tournaments and will enable enthusiasts to enjoy US Open Tennis 2011 live.

ANT asserted its claim in the multiscreen TV market with the launch of ANT Galio Move. Maximising the functionality of today’s set-top boxes and TV’s, ANT Galio Move combines extended live TV viewing with market leading, companion device TV services, responding directly to the growing demand by viewers for a ‘TV everywhere’ experience.

Industry analysts have stated that seventy per cent of portable device owners use these whilst watching TV. ANT Galio Move enables TV viewers to make the most of their traditional viewing experience, through simultaneous use of ‘second screen’ TV features on a companion device such as the iPad. ANT Galio Move allows users to take the TV experience beyond the living room by streaming live and recorded content directly from the STB or TV via Wi-Fi to their companion device anywhere in the home.

httvBOX is an embedded software solution. It simplifies and unifies access to all types of content including broadcast, on-demand and OTT programs.

httvBOX offers an extensive range of functionalities, including some innovative features such as:

• User based profil UI such as Kids UI
• Personalized Mosaic
• Push VOD
• Catch-up TV
• On-line enhanced EPG
• OTT
• Etc.

Espial announces that the Espial TV Browser is now powering a wide range of consumer devices including Smart TVs, set-top boxes and digital media players. The Espial TV Browser is now commercially shipping in more than 25 languages across the world. To support this global reach, the Espial TV Browser has been optimized to support more than two dozen languages as well as the most popular search, news, video, photo, social and sports sites in dozens of countries.

TV watching has evolved from a handful of channels, to channel surfing — and now to interactive apps that let you watch multiple channels at the same time. AT&T U-verse TV offers Multiview apps that let customers choose from multiple channels or camera angles and watch up to four at once, featuring everything from customers’ personalized channel favorites to sporting events. U-verse customers will soon see special Multiviews for the US Open and the Spanish-language programming package, Paquete Español.