AT&T touts macro-economic defenses
By: By Ed Gubbins
AT&T countered widespread fears of slow economic trends with growth in first-quarter profits aided by its wireless and wholesale businesses...
AT&T teams with Cisco on managed telepresence
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T will soon become the first major telecom operator to launch a managed telepresence service, teaming with Cisco Systems to enable a wider range of businesses to do high-end video conferencing by eliminating the major upfront capital expense and enabling users to connect in the network with other subscribers...
MediaFLO goes live in San Diego
By: By Sarah Reedy and Kevin Fitchard
Qualcomm filled a slightly embarrassing hole in MediaFLO network coverage today, announcing that the broadcast TV service has now officially launched in its hometown San Diego...
NAB: Independents not without IPTV options, vendors say
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--IPTV equipment vendors are sympathetic to the plight of independent telcos who pioneered deployment of the technology and now say they are having trouble getting advanced features. Some of those who were present here this week say there are options, however...
NAB: Securing the future of IPTV
By: By Sarah Reedy
LAS VEGAS – Layers of security protection for IPTV may have a place in doing more than just deterring content thieves. Measures like deep packet inspection (DPI) and digital rights management (DRM) – once somewhat controversial – are now key elements in maintaining relevancy and taking IPTV across all three screens, industry executives said today. ...
NAB: Mobile TV’s Three ‘Megatrends’
By: By Sarah Reedy
Among an array of standards for mobile television, the FLO Forum had a presence at the NAB show this week promoting Forward-Link Only (FLO) as the standard of choice to expedite the mobile TV market....
NAB: Is network-based DVR an IPTV savior?
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--There is a small groundswell of support among U.S. IPTV players to see network-based digital video recording become part of the video ecosystem, enabling high-definition content to be more easily delivered over bandwidth-constrained copper networks...
NAB: Independent telco exec tells IPTV cautionary tale
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--Phil Erli was an early IPTV convert. The executive vice president of Georgia-based ILEC Ringgold Telephone Company has been “doing” IPTV for five years, deploying well ahead of AT&T and other major global carriers. But as he told a NAB audience Monday, real-life experience has made him somewhat cynical about IPTV’s real-world prospects...
NAB: Top telcos want closer ties with broadcasters
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--The top content executives at the top two telcos-turned-video-distributors would like to partner and cooperate more with broadcasters and content developers...
NAB: Amino ranked world leader in pure-IPTV set-tops
By: By Sarah Reedy
LAS VEGAS--IP-centric set-top box (STB) manufacturer Amino has taken the position of top worldwide vendor in the pure IPTV STB market, according to rankings from ABI Research...
NAB: MobiTV enhances mobile content delivery
By: By Sarah Reedy
LAS VEGAS--IP-centric set-top box (STB) manufacturer Amino has taken the position of top worldwide vendor in the pure IPTV STB market, according to rankings from ABI Research. This is the third consecutive year that Amino has taken first place in ABI’s rankings, however, the distinction between pure and hybrid STBs is relatively new to the industry...
NAB: Building B lifts a veil
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--A few weeks ahead of its long-anticipated formal coming-out, video wholesaler Building B let one interesting bit of information out yesterday...
NAB: Sun scales down video streaming
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--Sun Microsystems today announced an expansion of its Streaming System video portfolio, adding small to mid-scale streaming of television and IP-based video to create an IPTV that can scale from 100 to 160,000 simultaneous streams...
Craig McCaw looks to the heavens
By: By Kevin Fitchard
ICO Global satellite launches today, kicking off first hybrid terrestrial-satellite mobile TV service...
The high-def boardroom
By: By Sarah Reedy
LifeSize has taken the price point for high-definition communications lower than ever before, unveiling what it calls the world's smallest and most integrated HD camera/microphone system...
Serving the 'rural, white-collar' crowd
By: By Rich Karpinski
One Vermont telco is using copper and fiber options to improve services for its eclectic customer base...
In the spotlight: DVB's Peter MacAvock
Mobile television is a topic attracting global attention, but not a lot of traction to speak of, yet. DVB executive director Peter MacAvock spoke with associate news editor Sarah Reedy about what’s holding back digital TV services and what will drive them forward...
Beyond local access
By: By Dawn Bushaus
As Independents roll out IPTV services, they are finding that producing their own television programs can help them stand out from the competition...
BUYER'S REMORSE STRIKES IPTV PIONEER
By: By Dawn Bushaus
PTCI is so frustrated with equipment cost and performance that it's overbuilding with HFC...
Beyond local access
By: By Dawn Bushaus
As Independents roll out IPTV services, they are finding that producing their own television programs can help them stand out from the competition ...
Blockbuster’s movie-streaming move
By: By Sarah Reedy
A set-top box (STB) for streaming video from the Internet is Blockbuster’s latest rumored plans to ensure relevancy in an Internet-dominated world, but it might not make a dent in the long run, according to Insight Research President Robert Rosenberg....
Level 3 aims to make long-tail content cost-effective
By: By Carol Wilson
Level 3 Communications today announced a new aspect to its Content Delivery Network that makes it more cost-effective for content owners to distribute a broader array of content, including the so-called “long-tail” niche content that has its own challenges...
Microsoft alum launch 180Squared
By: By Sarah Reedy
After a year operating in stealth mode, a team of former Microsoft Mediaroom architects today officially launched their middleware services startup, 180Squared, with a framework for the integration of existing billing/operational support system (B/OSS) applications and third-party software....
Auction winners lay bare 700 MHz plans
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Verizon outlines how open-access, LTE and new spectrum fit together. AT&T plans Evolved HSPA and later LTE. Google comes clean. Cyren Call fights back...
Study: Online won’t replace traditional TV anytime soon
By: By Carol Wilson
The latest edition of an annual survey on “The Battle for the North American Couch Potato” indicates the online viewing of video content is not going to supplant broadcast and cable/satellite/IPTV delivery of video into the TV set anytime soon, if ever. ...
