For the first time ever, the NFL's Super Bowl will be streamed live online and via mobile phones, the NFL said Tuesday. Super Bowl 46 will be streamed online in addition to the two wild card playoff games on Jan. 7 and the Pro Bowl on Jan. 29. Super Bowl 46 will be held in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012 and is annually the most-watched television event of the year.

The live TV streams will be available via both the NFL's and NBC's websites. Additionally, Verizon's NFL mobile app will also provide live streaming coverage of the game.

According to the NFL, the Super Bowl's Internet TV live stream will offer multiple camera angles, in-game highlights, and live stats they currently offer via their current online options. The online TV streams also feature DVR controls so the user can create and watch instant replays at will.

In the next two years, televisions will represent a surprisingly large opportunity for the implementation of advanced user interface (UI) technologies, and a variety of major consumer electronics brands will be aggressively bringing TVs with varying implementations of gesture, motion ,and voice control technologies to market over the next several product generations.

Due to the evolving need for consumers to interact more conveniently and effectively with technology, makers of televisions will increasingly utilize differing mixes of advanced UI technologies. Though smartphones are commonly considered a natural target for these enhancements, given the pre-existing presence of relevant hardware such as cameras and motion sensors, television sets represent a significant growth opportunity over the next few years.

Western Digital has added streaming movie service VUDU, as well as several additional new sports and entertainment services to the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub media players, adding to the media player family's current content offerings from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Blockbuster, CinemaNow, Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, Facebook and many others. In addition to VUDU, new services include SnagFilms, XOS College Sports, SEC Digital Network, Comedy Time and Watch Mojo.

Apple has emerged as the leading player in the rapidly growing connected TV player market, according to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. According to the report, “Connected TV Players: Another Battlefield in the Smart TV War,” global sales of connected TV players—also known as video streaming or internet TV set-top-boxes—will more than double in 2011, compared to 2010. Strategy Analytics projects that the market will reach almost 12 million units globally this year, with Apple alone predicted to sell nearly four million devices.

While connected TV players have not gained mainstream traction, an increasing number of consumers are buying them, as they offer one of the easiest ways to get Internet content onto the big TV screen. The lower price points of the second generation Apple TV and Roku Box have made them more affordable and compelling to consumers. More than 8 percent of US households now own a connected TV player, compared to 7 percent of European households.

IP&TV World Forum is set to be the best yet in 2012 following the announcement of keynote speakers from MTV, NBC Universal and Sony Network Entertainment. Focussing on the rapidly converging TV market, next year’s event will unite global players in the broadcast arena to provide unrivalled insight into the IP & Connected TV industry.

Now in its eighth year, the conference and exhibition will take place at London’s Olympia on 20 - 22 March. It will provide international networking opportunities with service providers and broadcasters from varied platform backgrounds – Smart TV, OTT, cable, satellite and terrestrial TV – to compare experiences and brainstorm solutions for delivering multiscreen and multiplatform services.

SeaChange has launched a premium TV subscription video-on-demand to subscribers to Cablevision, Mexico’s leading cable provider. The new service will enable Cablevision subscribers to view a wide selection of their favorite premium TV series and children’s programs, blockbuster studio and independent movies and the latest music videos, with the ability to pause, rewind or watch the program of their choice over again – whenever they want.

The launch adds to the transactional video-on-demand service for the latest movies, which ODG launched with Cablevision and which was announced in October. Cablevision’s VOD services are delivered on a platform of SeaChange video back office software and video servers.

Deutsche Telekom has selected Celeno's CL1820 Wi-Fi chip and OptimizAIR technology to power its Speedport W 102 Bridge.

The Speedport W 102 Bridge will enable Deutsche Telekom to distribute its popular "Entertain" IPTV service wirelessly throughout the home to consumers in Germany. With around 140 TV channels, 15,000 titles, 2,500 national and international radio stations, and interactive applications, Entertain is the undisputed leader of the German IPTV market.

With the Speedport W 102 Bridge, German consumers can now enjoy their Entertain IPTV service on multiple STBs, receiving content wirelessly, and share multi-room DVR content wirelessly.

Anevia announces a new WebTV feature for its Flamingo range of IPTV head-end products. The Anevia Flamingo 660 and the recently released high-density Flamingo XL are rack mountable IPTV head-end units. The Flamingo 660 and Flamingo XL capture live TV & radio content from satellite, cable, digital terrestrial and analog sources before streaming it over IP networks to set-top boxes, PCs, or other IP connected devices.

The new Flamingo WebTV feature allows hotels, hospitals, and other hospitality service providers to receive and re-transmit Web-based television content including special interest and foreign language television channels not available locally. The WebTV channels are streamed across the local network as any other channel and can be integrated into existing middleware and mosaic generation platforms.

Amino has sold and shipped its four millionth set-top box. The four millionth device – an M540 PVR IPTV set-top box – will be deployed by Netherlands-based fibre network operator Glashart Media, who have been working with Amino for the last six years.

Amino’s best-selling Aminet range has been installed in more than 85 countries around the world. Since launching its first product to market in 2002, Amino has developed a range of STBs to meet growing demand for IPTV from network operators, hospitality and enterprise markets. From early devices which simply offered standard definition television delivery, Amino has developed a string of award-winning products based on market-leading software development and unique curved styling.