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...Analysts at Enders, the media consultancy, said illegal subscription “IPTV” services delivered to TV sets through a dedicated app were in effect being enabled by major internet companies — including search...
...Of several people contacted by the FT who admitted to paying roughly £10 a month to use so-called “IPTV” boxes whose offerings include every Premier League match, none reported issues accessing pirate streams...
...But the decline in fixed line revenues is slowing because the loss of traditional phone lines is being offset by the growth of its U-verse IPTV and broadband business....
...Liberty Global’s UPC Netherlands is second with 1.7m TV subscribers, followed by Telco KPN with just over 1m for its Digitenne IPTV service....
...“Ericsson is positioned to be a valuable strategic partner for operators and TV service providers around the world as the IPTV market evolves.”...
...The company provides business communications services such as telephony, networking and video conferencing....
...A standalone box that brings internet video and other services to the TV – something it already sells – fails to get to the heart of the TV-viewing experience....
...The move dealt a blow to Deutsche Telekom, which had launched a much-hyped bid for satellite and cable rights as a complement to the mobile web and IPTV rights it wanted to extend....
...Declines in traditional business services were largely offset by continued growth in strategic business services, and enterprise revenues increased for the first time since the first quarter of 2008....
...At the same time, it is expanding in faster-growth markets such as mobile data, broadband and, through its U-verse IPTV offering, advanced television services....
...“Internet-enabled TVs increase network traffic by up to 15 times compared to conventional IPTVs [internet protocol TVs]....
...Although much smaller than Pace, Cambridge-based Amino has the advantage of being backed by chip maker Intel, and the group used the IPTV forum for the UK launch of its latest box, the Freedom Live Media...
...He realised early on that AT&T’s future lay in wireless communications, its U-Verse IPTV service which he championed and advanced services for business customers based on internet technologies – three areas...
...Mr Shott said it was vital that the new services did not damage the business models of regional newspaper groups....
...With an initial fund size of roughly S$200m, the subsidiary will invest in technology that leads to “quantum changes” in network capabilities and digital content services....
...“In a market dominated by pay services, we are creating the only mass market IPTV [internet protocol television] service that will be subscription-free,” said Richard Halton, YouView’s chief executive....
...The service will be free, financed by ads. There is no target date for the launch....
...Now however AT&T, the US telecommunications group, has rolled out a new free iPhone and Blackberry Torch app that it claims will enable subscribers to its U-verse IPTV service to download and watch select...
...The AT&T executive said upgrading the U-verse service to support higher speeds would not be expensive, particularly compared with the overall cost of deploying AT&T’s U-Verse IPTV and high-speed internet...
...However, the operator is only charging for value-added services such as stock trading on IPTV....
...For Talk Talk, the decision to back Canvas comes as it considers whether to retain Tiscali TV, its IPTV service....
...Next year – through Canvas – it will have IPTV functionality. Canvas will help us get services like iPlayer to every household in the land....
...The new funding will help Dailymotion accelerate its own investment into delivering video to mobile phones and IPTV, in order to counter these new threats....
...“messaging, internet access, e-mail and access to applications and related services.“ AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service also continued to report strong growth adding a net 284,000 new subscribers in the quarter...
...Portugal Telecom plans to bring FTTH connections to 1m households by the end of this year, bolstered by the popularity of Meo, the IPTV (television over the internet) service....
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