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Table of Contents

IPTV WebTV PLATFORMS CONTENTS MARKET

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• Report: Video services market to

top $250B by 2014

By Mike Robuck

• CANTV outlines IPTV plans

• IPTV Project Canvas to be

known as YouView?

• Study: Value-added broadband

living up to its name

• Australia's TransACT launches

IPTV

• Harbin model breakthrough IPTV back to life

• Point Topic: VoIP, Security,

IPTV Bring Promised Value to

Broadband Providers

• Foxtel wants IPTV locked to

Telstra

• Problems for Czech IPTV

• Google TV could be impacted

by net filter

• IP traffic quadrupling by 2014:

Cisco study • TV Not So Everywhere

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• WiFi PMP Gets Internet TV

• New Web TV Series focused

on Social Media, Social

Peephole, to Air Thursdays on

Mingle Media TV

• Tech Companies Vie for Web

TV Market

• Triniti Communication MLM

Prelaunch HD 1080p IPTV

Spirit Mobile Voip Internet

• China Online & Mobile Phone Internet Market - Game, Music,

Video, Shopping, Travel

Booking, Payment, Search

Engine, Instant Messaging &

IPTV

• ABC May Start Online TV

Subs

• Portland entrepreneurs bet big

on Web TV plan

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• Motorola VIP2060 IPTV DVR

• Telstra T-Box takes the fight to

Foxtel, TiVo

• Telemundo Signs Deals with

Digital Platforms

• At Last – Flash Videos On

Mobile

• KPN TV plans Multiscreen

future

• New 4G Wireless Standard

Implemented for the First Time for Live Broadcast

Transmission

• SIGMA DESIGNS

ANNOUNCES NEW 3D

GRAPHICS-ENABLED

MEDIA PROCESSOR

• Singapore Set for Broadband

Ramp

• Telstra pumps network iron for

IPTV launch

• DiGi focused on wireless services

• New iPhone Sized Apple TV

• The Future of PC/TV

Convergence: Opportunities

and Challenges in Online Video

• Bharat Book Bureau Promotes

New Report on Iptv

Applications – Enhanced

Television Applications as a

Battleground for Customer

Loyalty

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• 'U-health,' e-commerce to spark

IPTV growth

• Telecable nabs rights to Canal

Plus

• BBC launches iPlayer for iPad

beta

• Healthcare Digital’s Newly

Launched Media Platform

Promises to Deliver Market-

Driving Technology and

Comprehensive Industry News on a Global Scale.

• Rumor: Hulu On The Xbox 360?

• Sonic Solutions Buy DivX

[Media Streaming And Editor

Company Buys DivX, Gets

Connections With

Manufacturers]

• AT&T and ESPN Bring Fans

Interactive Coverage of the 2010

FIFA World Cup(TM) Across

Multiple Screens • AT&T U-verse TV

• Premier league to test web TV

• Russian Moviedom eTVnet.com

Invites You to Experience

Russian Culture as You Have

Never Seen it Before!

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Report: Video services

market to top $250B

by 2014

By Mike Robuck CedMagazine.com - June 02, 2010

According to a recent report by Infonetics Research, despite the growing threat of over-the-top video offerings, worldwide revenue for video services among cable, IPTV and satellite providers is projected to top $250 billion by 2014.

“Increased competition among video service operators will help keep monthly subscription fees in check, which will offset some of the growth expected from incremental revenue via video-on-demand, digital video recording and 'start-over' services,” said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband and IPTV at Infonetics Research . “However, the biggest threat to revenue growth is the continued rise of online viewing, where users can simply eliminate their monthly TV subscription in favor of streamed programming delivered over the Internet via sites like Hulu and YouTube and aggregating by services such as Boxee.”

The report also found that average revenue per user

(ARPU) for telco IPTV video services in most regions remained lower than the ARPU for cable and satellite services. The report also said that telco IPTV service revenue was projected to grow over the next five years, which would partially offset the loss of revenue from decreasing fixed access lines. Other highlights from the report included:

Operators such as AT&T, Verizon, Belgacom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Iliad and China Telecom are adding video subscribers at a rapid clip, selling them on a combination of exclusive content, higher picture quality and introductory rates that are below similar offerings from cable and satellite service providers.

In North America, the top two providers of video services in terms of annual revenue are Comcast and DirecTV.

In EMEA, Sky is the revenue share leader by far with its presence in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria.

CANTV outlines

IPTV plans State-owned telco CANTV has inked a deal with

China Digital TV for the provision of an IPTV system. Testing of the service is expected to begin in the third quarter of this year ahead of a full launch in early 2011, and looking further ahead CANTV hopes for nationwide coverage and more than 600,000 subscribers by 2015. Under the terms of the deal China Digital TV will provide a conditional access system, a subscriber management system and electronic programme guides. No financial details were disclosed.

IPTV Project Canvas

to be known as

YouView? It looks as if the long-awaited internet television

service working under the code name Project Canvas could get a real title sooner rather than later if reports by the Financial Times are anything to go by. It's suggested YouView may the most popular option in a shortlist of names for the forthcoming IPTV platform.

Heralding a significant partnership between the UK's largest broadcasters and broadband providers, Project Canvas is working towards providing consumers with subscription-free access to a range of TV programming as well as other online digital TV services. Making up the

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team are the BBC, BT, Channel 4, Five, ITV, TalkTalk and Argiva.

It's been suggested the idea for the name YouView has been inspired by YouTube and Freeview and, according to the Financial Times, the name has already been registered with the Intellectual Property Office.

Unfortunately, there's nothing in the way of good news about a hurried launch. Although it's been given the go-ahead by the Office of Fair Trading and initial plans estimated a formal launch before Christmas this year the FT suggests further delays could mean it won't be released until spring 2011.

For more information on Project Canvas and to find out what you can expect from it as an IPTV service you can visit our news archives on the topic, here.

Study: Value-added

broadband living up

to its name Services like voice over IP and IPTV are doing for

broadband service provider bottom lines exactly what those carriers had hoped — adding a big chunk of value-added revenue, according to the latest report from market research firm Point Topic.

The firm’s “Consumer Broadband Value Added Services” report says BVAS revenue grew by 30%, from $39.6 billion to $48.9 billion, during 2009. That’s more than twice the rate — 14% —that sign-ups for broadband lines achieved last year and good news at a time when broadband subscriber growth has been slowing for most carriers.

Basic subscription revenue margins also are dwindling, and Point Topic said the research data strengthens the argument for operators to launch bundled services over their broadband lines.

There were 417 million broadband lines at the end of 2009, compared to about 366 million at the end of 2008, according to Point Topic. Standard subscription revenue from those lines amounted to about $129 billion, so value-added service revenue lived up to its name, contributing an additional revenue boost of almost 38%.

Overall, subscribers to value-added services also were up by about 13% in 2009.

IPTV and VoIP may be the most obvious value-added broadband services, but the category also includes applications like home security, online gaming and content downloads.

Australia's TransACT

launches IPTV Australian telco TransACT (based in Canberra) has

launched its new IPTV service 'TransTV', bundled with a Personal Video Recorder and offering both live and video-on-demand content. The first packages - which include the IPTV service with around 50 linear channels, a broadband connection and a Motorola PVR-capable set-top box - cost between AU$ 75 (US$ 63.50) and AU$ 139 per month. Ivan Slavich, CEO of TransACT, commented that the company has been testing new set-top boxes with PVR functionality for the past six months, adding that Internet apps such as Facebook and Twitter were likely to be included in future iterations. The current Motorola set-top boxes have 150 GB of hard disk space, upgradeable to 320 GB, as well as twin TV tuners. "TransACT's new IPTV solution offers a whole new range of services to our customers, including video-on-demand (VOD), IPTV multicast, enhanced electronic program guide, HD capability, trick play (pausing live TV) and personal video recorder functionality," he said. "We look forward to providing our customers with additional IPTV services and content, including Web-enabled content, which is planned for release in the near future." Channels offered on the service include National Geographic, BBC World News, Cartoon Network, Disney, Discovery and ESPN, in addition to a range of movie channels and on-demand titles.

Harbin model

breakthrough IPTV

back to life If SARFT before continuing strong posture, triple

play will be restricted. This is a common concern in the industry now overall program since its launch triple play, IPTV has become a broadcasting and telecommunications mutual bottom line touchstone. The two sides are still locked in the pilot program, once clamp down on radio and television and even IPTV, triple play resulted in complete stalemate. Staff reporter recently learned from the multi-, triple play pilot program recently presented the third draft of the Panel asked the State Department again revised the original pilot program introduced in May has not completed on time, but the recent efforts of the parties, IPTV’s fate will mark the turning point.

Triple play close to the State Council Leading Group, who said in May before and after the Second Secretary of the Board led by the State Council formed the State Council Leading Group for Triple Play, Film and Television, Ministry of Industry and three research groups, sub- two went to Harbin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, visit IPTV business model. This research, the parties have reached the same basic conclusion-IPTV as a technology and development trend of the industry should be highly positive.

Heavy on the IPTV set the tone of the State Council level, coordinated by SARFT, the Ministry of Industry and the result of mutual compromise, also shows the three are integrated deadlock loused. But since the specific implementation of IPTV services, and the three are integrated pilot programs have a substantial positive, yet to Market Watch.

A number of industry comments on the current impasse, said three are integrated, as radio and television sector is too strong, taking a variety of “sectoral protectionist” measures, have been the original intention of getting away from the triple play, three Network convergence is the industry’s needs, but also the inevitable trend of technology and industry needs more actual business of innovation, not a license and management innovation. IPTV Yetai have found this new situation of China’s management and operation mode, should be encouraged to

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actively start, can no longer repeat the past, radio and television, “one died” embarrassing mistake. Harbin mode Breakthrough

From February Guangxi, Xinjiang IPTV services to be halted, to mid-April, the provincial Radio and Television Bureau of SARFT issued a “41 Man\The authorization to carry out without the SARFT IPTV business district, according to “Internet audio-visual program services regulations” and other regulations shall be investigated according to law, the deadline to stop “illegal” conduct of IP TV services. According to this article, in addition to the current ground has been made eligible for IPTV in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Yunnan Province, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and two provinces 12 cities, including Guangdong, Zhejiang province IPTV users to IPTV services, including telecommunications companies are forced to halt.

IPTV business intensification of conflicts, embodies the work letter, the two departments integrate the three networks broadcasting the issue of conflict of interest. From early April to the end of April, SARFT and the Ministry of Industry issued consecutive two-presented the pilot program were played back to the State Council, which focuses on controversial issues is both the scope and modalities for the pilot business differences. Radio and television department wants its telecom business into the pilot can not be limited to the area, fully open to radio and television; and broadcasting businesses involved in telecommunications, such as IPTV, are limited to pilot areas – which had been strongly resisted the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Industry that the three are integrated in the existing framework of the overall program, IPTV is the only focus of its business.

Increasingly fierce dispute with the Liangbu Wei, the State Council finally sit still. Early in May, led by the State Council, composed of the Secretary of the Second Board research group divided into two teams, an investigation team to Harbin, the other team returned to Shanghai and Hangzhou, which the State Administration of Radio Science and Technology Secretary Wang Xiaojie, after following a team, research Shanghai, Zhejiang, China Man-kwong and a few of the IPTV project.

This research, the parties finally reached on the IPTV service as a new tone: Basic affirmed Shanghai model, particularly in Harbin, Shanghai Media cross-regional, inter-departmental co-development of IPTV in the model; affirmed IPTV’s technology and industry trends; affirmed as a new technology IPTV and triple play

application development model, its connotation and extension can be richer.

In this research, the most certain is that Harbin model, the Shanghai model cross-section of regional development. Shanghai mode that controls the content and broadcast radio and television platforms, telecommunications networks for audio-visual transmission of a typical triple play mode of cooperation with Chinese characteristics, and Harbin is the IPTV broadcasting system to break the regional monopoly, out of Shanghai, the first attempt.

Shanghai BesTV leader explained to correspondents, IPTV project in Harbin,Nike Air Max 2009, Shanghai Media and Heilongjiang Unicom (formerly China Netcom) and Harbin running radio and television to mature, tripartite “harmony” , IPTV users have steadily increased year by year. Since 2003,Nike Air Max 90 Women, when the study began in Heilongjiang Netcom IPTV technology, May 17, 2005 formal cooperation with Shanghai Media Group to start IPTV business.

Back in October 2006, the State Council Information Office Vice Director Zhou Hongren special committee and the China Engineering Wu Hequan, in Heilongjiang Netcom IPTV project inspection time, it commended the creation of a triple play the new model. Wu He Quan is also a pilot program of the State Council, three are integrated expert assessment of projects (three are integrated group of experts) of the head. ice melted

In late January under the State Council issued the “triple play on the advance notice of the general plan” (the “article 5 ), the state established by the State Council lead, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Industry, SARFT and other ministries to participate in the work of more than 10 coordination group, and triple play in the coordination group set up under the panel of experts to provide policy advice for the triple play.

Source close to the Group’s sources, integrate the three networks are not talking about want it, that would certainly do that any person, any department can not reverse the trend of things to do, “the State Council again stresses ‘a respect for both obedience’ (subject to national interest, subject to the people’s interests, respect for scientific laws), which is the basic principle on this basis can not be sacrificed for IPTV. “According to correspondents learned that broadcasting and telecommunications in the last communication at the State Council Leading Group of the triple play of basic principles were again emphasized.

BOC said in a research report, China Telecom (00728.HK) Railway Board’s Office, said Pang, the company is currently halted on the previous SARFT’s IPTV service and cable operators negotiate.

Peng Rail said all the SARFT before being halted in many provinces and cities nationwide IPTV service, are with the Shanghai Media Group in cooperation, and Shanghai Media has received its SARFT to provide IPTV services throughout the country authorized. In some of the affected cities, some local telecom operators have threatened to terminate the cable operators to provide Internet access services.

Peng iron expected outcome of the negotiations could be halted before the return to the state. He also mentioned that the integration of telecommunications and cable services, pilot projects are now under the State Council’s arrangements for work in Film and Television and some do not discuss the letter.

On the previous day,Nike Air Max 2010 Women, May 19, SARFT deputy director of science and technology by Wang Lian also attend the “Third Asia-Pacific summit next TV,” stressed the “triple play is not a license each other, You open a IPTV, he opened a VOIP \Wang joint that opened in the fixed-line business Broadcasting dog in the manger, just simply a license may not win, but lose-lose. Wang Lian’s position was interpreted as a Film and Television industry to relax its control of IPTV services.

Shanghai Media 100 as the communication of new product development and business development vice president, Ian has also revealed that millions of IPTV on existing users, 100 Vision is of Jiangsu and Fujian, three-screen integration testing business, Users see a favorite television program information can be sent to the friend’s cell phone. The service will soon be promoting in other pilot areas.

Every indication, though were difficult to focus on the triple play IPTV ice is gradually melting. IP as a technology, in essence, is based on the IP address of transmission service, whether it is the Internet, wide network, or to mobile phones and other mobile communication devices for the carrier’s mobile Internet, are likely to become increasingly broad interpretation of “IPTV”. “This is due IPTV content.” One industry expert said. follow-up standards battle

Broadcasting system the most urgent thing is to expedite the development of cable networks related businesses, such as two-way cable network transformation,

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NGB (China’s next generation of radio and television) program implementation National cable network integration; At the same time, Telecom is also accelerating its broadband Power.

“triple play pilot in this period of two years, radio and television is to telecommunications to parked ‘other’.” Triple play this close to the group of experts who said, “how do people on the development of cable networks, how competition, SARFT has not a clear understanding and specific plans. “

Under the” 5 Man “details, broadcasting and telecommunications have actually defined the way into the business, including radio and television enterprises eligible to operate value-added telecom services, basic telecommunication services, Internet access services, Internet data transmission value-added services, such as internal IP telephone services. IPTV, mobile TV business by the integration of broadcasting and television departments are responsible for control, propaganda department guidance.

Meet the requirements of state-owned telecommunications company in the relevant departments under the supervision of such programs could be engaged in addition to current affairs radio and television programs produced outside the production, signaling the Internet audio and video programs, current event news broadcast audio-visual program services, and to the radio form of public radio and television stations outside the Internet audio and video programming services and IPTV transport services, mobile TV distribution services.

These people said: “Ministry of Industry and SARFT policy should be standardized to meet the licensing conditions for broadcasting, telecommunications companies issued the appropriate permits.” But in two of the three networks reported integration of the pilot program, radio and television would like the scope of telecommunications in the pilot, “suspend” broadcast of audio-visual transmission services involved (including IPTV). Their reason is that radio and television market now do not have the ability to compete.

However, in fact, during the past five years, Radio and TV broadband services has been carried out in the country provinces and cities, especially Shanghai Oriental Cable pass as the representative of a group of fixed-line broadband services, has considerable market . “Radio broadband Internet services do not start from scratch, the concept does not exist to wait.” Telecommunications people in a local correspondents said, “This is obviously against the law of science and the market.”

Chu Ci , the triple play is the focus of the pilot of another conflict, “the standard of competition.” “5 Man,” clearly, to speed up the establishment of national standards meet the triple play by AQSIQ (State Standard Committee) in conjunction with Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Industry, SARFT and Manpower Planning.

This statement clearly emphasized the national standards committee in the standard setting process in the dominant position. But “5 Man” in other words – “in the standard setting process, the priority to protect network information security and cultural security\

Earlier, the national standard for mobile TV standards committee have to start evaluating, SARFT has been strong resistance. Eventually, the SARFT set national standards committee selected TMMB standards through layers of expense, together with the strong push CMMB standard mobile access to the leading position. The industry are worried that if the SARFT before continuing strong posture, triple play will be hobbled.

A senior person on the radio and television correspondents said the current broadcasting systems of several major Internet TV companies, including Hua number, CNTV, etc., are all SARFT the request of industry standards related to Internet TV enacted. Around the triple play of industry standards, the future will have some fierce competition. (END)

Point Topic: VoIP,

Security, IPTV Bring

Promised Value to

Broadband Providers We’ve been hearing for years about how

broadband network operators need to move away from offering “dumb pipes” and instead focus on value-added services to drive up their margins and counterbalance the bucks they are losing to wireline replacement (in the case of the telcos) and DBS and telco TV challengers (in the case of the cable companies). Well, they did. And it’s working.

A new report from Point Topic reveals that consumer broadband value-added services revenue grew by 30 percent last year. The subscriber numbers of such services, meanwhile, increased 13 percent in 2009. The leading services were IP telephony, security, online gaming, IPTV (News - Alert) and online music.

The “Consumer Broadband Value Added Services” report indicates the run rate for such revenues ascended from $39.6 billion to $48.9 billion during 2009. That’s a better improvement than that for consumer broadband lines, which grew 14 percent, from 366 million to 417 million from Q408 to Q409, according to a summary of the report.

“Value-added services, like VoIP, security and IPTV grew more quickly than the number of broadband lines in 2009,” says John Bosnell, senior analyst at Point Topic. “The operators and ISPs are starting to increase the proportion of their revenues that they generate selling add-on services for broadband, and they are doing it successfully at least in revenue terms.”

Of course, the cablecos took the lead with VoIP, given they didn’t have the legacy PSTN in place like the telcos did.

The telcos, of course, have expanded into VoIP as well, but their more high-profile push has been on the IPTV front. Verizon (News - Alert) has been front and center on this, with its fiber-to-the-home-based FiOS IPTV effort.

Foxtel wants IPTV

locked to Telstra Cable TV operator Foxtel has asked the nation's

competition regulator to let it provide what appears to be a new internet video service through its iQ and iQ2 set-top boxes on the condition that customers have a broadband connection with its part-owner Telstra.

Cable TV operator Foxtel has asked the nation’s competition regulator to let it provide what appears to be a new internet video service through its iQ and iQ2 set-top boxes on the condition that customers have a broadband connection with its part-owner Telstra.

Foxtel has long had partnerships with Telstra – the company is 50 percent owned by the telco, with 25 percent each being owned by News Corporation and Consolidated

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Media Holdings. The payTV service’s digital video services are delivered over Telstra’s HFC cable network, as well as over satellite services and via Telstra’s Next G mobile network. But Foxtel has also long had a content sharing arrangement with rival payTV provider Optus.

In a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week, Foxtel asked for permission to provide “a wide variety of content such as movies and television programs from a content delivery network” that would be delivered to subscribers iQ boxes through a Telstra broadband connection.

“Foxtel will only make the proposed service available to persons who have a Telstra BigPond broadband connection,” Foxtel stated, noting that the condition may breach the Trade Practices Act, which — in plain English — prohibits one company from requiring a customer have a relationship with another company before selling them a service.

It is possible that Foxtel wants to supply the content — such as BigPond TV and BigPond Movies — that Telstra will shortly launch to its own customers through its T-Box set-top box. Telstra will only retail the T-Box to its own broadband customers – although the content will also be made available to those with certain brands of televisions which support internet video.

One key stipulation of the deal between Telstra and Foxtel is that those who take up the offer — if the ACCC gives it the go-ahead – will not be charged for data downloads from Telstra’s network for use of the content. This, also, is a feature of the Telstra T-box.

In its submission, Foxtel noted that the current market for the supply of audiovisual content was “highly competititive”.

It noted, for example, that customers could already watch free to air television (including online episodes known as ‘catch-up TV’), DVDs, online video services offered through the TiVo and Apple TV platforms, online video services offered through iTunes, YouTube and the ABC’s iView application, and subscribe to other payTV offerings from rival providers Austar, Optus and SelecTV.

Foxtel also highlighted the imminent launch by Telstra telco rival iiNet of its own internet video service through IPTV specialist FetchTV. And it even noted that online television network joint venture Hulu could come to Australia.

And Foxtel also claimed its new service would encourage competitors to offer similar internet video services to its own, so competition in the market would actually increase due to its Telstra deal.

“As noted above, FetchTV is expected to enter into the Australian market in the very near future and is currently working with iiNet and Internode in order to do so, but is expected to also enter into agreements with a coalition of other, smaller ISPs,” wrote Foxtel.

Problems for Czech

IPTV The Czech Republic’s leading IPTV service O2

TV has run into difficulties, with its subscriber total of 138,000 barely growing in the first quarter.

E15 reports that the platform’s problems are largely technical in origin as it still relies on older copper rather that fibre-optics to deliver its services. In some areas customers now have to choose between digital TV and internet access due to insufficient network capacity.

O2 TV also offers fewer HD channels than most competitors and only a fraction of the platform’s subscribers use its video library. Furthermore, it recently ended a deal that saw it broadcast Czech hockey matches.

O2 TV is operated by the incumbent telco Telefónica O2.

Google TV could be

impacted by net filter Google's upcoming TV software product, Google

TV, could be impacted by the Government's proposed internet filter.

"We do have technical concerns about filtering," Google Australia engineering director Alan Noble told News.com.au. "There is potential to degrade performance. It will also impact not just IPTV but all kinds of web products and services."

"That may well be a consideration in how quickly it's deployed in Australia," he said.

Noble said the success of the product would depend on high internet speeds, and if the filter impacts

performance, as some analysts have predicted, it could severely impact usability.

The company so far has not given any indication of a solid release date for the technology in Australia. It will be released in the US later this year.

IP traffic quadrupling

by 2014: Cisco study Internet traffic will quadruple by 2014, according

to Cisco and its most recent Visual Networking Index study. This finding is consistent with the general view over the years that Internet traffic doubles annually.

Still, Cisco says the latest finding is 100 exabytes higher than the projected level in 2013, or an increase the equivalent of 10 times all the traffic traversing IP networks in 2008.

The growth in traffic will continue to be dominated by video, Cisco notes. After all, the study is titled "Visual Networking Index." But similar to the last year's update, Cisco found that video will exceed 91% of global consumer IP traffic by 2014. Forty-two percent of that video traffic will be 3-D and HD by 2014, with 3-D making up 4%, Cisco says.

Meanwhile, research firm Infonetics found that worldwide revenue derived by service providers and cable companies for IPTV, cable video, and satellite video services is forecast to top $250 billion in 2014.

The VNI focuses on the IP traffic patterns of consumers and businesses. Projections are based on Cisco's own analysis and modeling of traffic, usage, and device data from analyst sources. Cisco says it validates this with data provided by service providers worldwide.

Two of the tools Cisco uses in its data compilation and analysis are the VNI Forecast widget and the VNI PC Pulse application. The widget provides customized views of the growth of various network traffic types around the globe, while the PC Pulse application measure the individual impact of desktop and laptop users on IP networks.

The latter application is the source of some controversy, with some believing it gives Cisco a little too much insight into an individual's use of the Internet and IP networks.

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In any event, Cisco found that, by 2014, the amount of global IP traffic per month will be equivalent to 16 billion DVDs, 21 trillion MP3s, or 399 quadrillion text messages. Better opt for that unlimited texting plan from your wireless operator.

The highest traffic generating regions will be North America, Asia Pacific, Western Europe and Japan. The fastest growing during the 2009-2014 forecast period are Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and Central Europe.

In terms of traffic type, Internet video will surpass global peer-to-peer traffic by the end of 2010, ending peer-to-peer's 10 year reign as the largest type of Internet traffic. By 2014, P2P will be 17% of global consumer Internet traffic, down from 36% in 2009.

By the end of this year, over a billion users will be pumping the Internet full of video, Cisco's study found. This poses a threat to video service providers like cable, satellite and IPTV service providers. Infonetics notes that the biggest threat to revenue growth for those providers is the continued rise of online - or "over-the-top" viewing -- where consumers eliminate their monthly TV subscription by viewing streamed programming on the Internet through sites like Hulu and YouTube, and aggregating by services such as Boxee.

So get yer popcorn ready, because by 2014 it will take more than two years to watch the amount of IP video traversing networks every second, and 72 million years to watch all the video crossing the network that year. And consumer IP traffic is projected to grow faster than that from businesses. For 2009, consumer IP traffic represented 79% of monthly total global IP traffic while business was 21%. That will shift to 87% and 13% by 2014, according to the VNI.

Facilitating all of this is a dramatic increase in residential Internet access speeds over the past 10 years, the VNI found. In 2000, the average global residential Internet connection download speed was 127kbps; the current average is 4.4Mbps.

Global IP business traffic will more than triple from 2009-2014, according to the VNI. Business video conferencing is projected to grow by an order of magnitude during that time, almost three times as fast as overall business IP traffic.

Global mobile data traffic will increase 39 times from 2009 to 2014.

TV Not So

Everywhere I might have named it, but we're a very long way

away from the concept I termed 'tv everywhere' back in 2002, which has subsequently been hijacked by media execs the world over (quite flattering that, but royalties would be nicer...).

Tomorrow I'll be at lunch with friends whilst Wales are playing South Africa. The trouble is that no broadcaster is showing this in England, so I can't record it. Oh no.

Likewise, I often look at my catchup schedule and wish I could record the programmes, like I could have done when they were live; but the world doesn't work that way. When they were live I could have recorded them and kept them for years. When they're on catch up I have to be quick and fleeting in my consumption.

And, since I'm a Virgin customer I get passed the dregs from Sky - no HD, no red button, no Sky Anywhere (OK, there's a deal been announced on HD and the online service doesn't work anyway).

Tv everywhere, er, no, Not quite yet...

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WiFi PMP Gets

Internet TV Chino, Calif. - Sungale said its handheld KULA

IPTV is shipping to retailers now in time for dads and grads promotions.

Further, the company has amended its originally plan to offer IPTV channels in three packages, and is now offering access to over 500 IPTV channels subscription free.

The portable KULA TV ($200 suggested retail) includes a 3.5-inch touchscreen and a slim, light-weight form factor measuring a total of 4.3 inches. A fold away Wi-Fi antenna is included to enhance reception range. The IPTV functionality in the Kula includes a menu of selectable online video streaming content arranged by country, language and topic, including: news, sports and finance, Sungale said. The KULA TV has 2GB of internal memory built in to store Music, Video and Photo files and a MicroSD card slot for more storage. A built-in rechargeable battery supports up to four hours of continuous play. The device accepts all popular multi-media file formats including: WMA, MP3, WAV, AAC and OOG, for audio, and AVI, MPEG4, DIVX, XVID, RM/RMVB, DAT, WMV, 3GP, and FLV for video. Supported photo file formats include: JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG. The unit includes clock, calendar and alarm applications. Dealers scheduled to carry the KULA TV include New Egg and buy.com. The company said it's working with additional content providers such as Hulu to stream commercial-TV episodes.

The company also said it's working with Buy.com and New Egg to promote an exclusive online launch for Dad's and Grads before Father's day, the spokeswoman added Kula TV comes with retractable WiFi booster antenna to strengthen a Wi-Fi signal by at least 20 percent. Other features include 2GB of internal memory, a Micro SD card slot for additional memory capacity, and clock, calendar and alarm applications. Its built-in battery supports up to 4 hours of continuous video streaming. It lacks web browser and iNternet radio streaming. The device plays audio files in the WMA, MP3, WAV, AAC and OGG formats. Video can be played back or streamed in the AVI, MPEG4, DIVX, XVID, RM/RMVB, DAT, WMV, 3GP, and FLV formats. Photo can be viewed in the JPG, BMP, TIFF, and PNG formats.

New Web TV Series

focused on Social

Media, Social

Peephole, to Air

Thursdays on Mingle

Media TV Mingle Media TV LIVE Streaming Video Web TV

& Web TV Series Entertainment launches new show focused on Social Media and the world of bloggers with Social Peephole

Mingle Media TV, is pleased to announce that beginning June 3, 2010 they will be broadcasting a new, live streaming video web TV chat show entitled Social Peephole, from social media marketing maven, Kadi Prescott. Social Peephole will air LIVE on Thursday evenings at 9 PM EST on the social web TV network http://www.minglemediatv.com/SocialPeephole.html, while simulcasting LIVE on the iPhone, Android and other smart phones and automatically archived for replay on-demand. Thirty-something mom of seven, has been blogging for the past six years and has been creating video blogs (vlogs), TV shows, she speaks at conferences, plans and hosts events both online and offline from twitter parties to charity events, encourages women via Twitter/Facebook/email, networks with PR and brands to help them find effective ways to use social media to reach their goals. Prescott also is a publisher of the popular site the Girly Gazette. Mingle Media TV currently produces over 30 hours of live and episodic web TV interactive programming each week. MMTVN's expert content providers creates a social Web TV experience where the show hosts and audience engage in a real-time conversations on topics they are interested in. Advertisers benefit from an integrated ad approach, where the hosts talk about products, which later become meta-tagged content on the internet as part of their sponsorship. “We have always loved Kadi’s passion for women’s issues and her networking ability and nose for news as it relates to the social media arena,” says Stephanie Piche, founder and CEO of Mingle Media TV. “We thought she’d be perfect to host a show dedicated to the growing social media world and help viewers learn what works and what doesn’t.” Watch Social Peephole TV live every Thursday evenings at 9 PM EST at http://www.minglemediatv.com/SocialPeephole.html to view the show and chat live with Kadi and the other members in the audience via text and video chat. To find out more about Social Peephole and Kadi visit her site at

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www.kadiprescott.com or http://www.girlygazette.com. About Mingle Media Online media and live web TV network company, Mingle Media TV executive produces and broadcasts LIVE Video Streaming, IPTV, Web TV Talk Shows with subject matter experts, and social media content providers from authors to bloggers. Topics covered include Lifestyle, Education, Travel, Fashion, Celebrities, Causes, Food, Women’s Issues, Parenting, Baby Boomers, Bloggers, Financial, Relationships, Paranormal, and more. MMTVN also covers Hollywood celebrity and charity events from the red carpet and behind the scenes. Mingle Media's interactive programming creates a social Web TV experience where the audience and show hosts to engage in a real-time conversations during the broadcasts. MMTVN is a marketing-driven company offering unique content-driven campaigns for true brand engagements by wrapping brand messages into programming and packaged with pre/post roll ads that are distributed via widgets, iTunes, Facebook, Twitter, Boxee, Roku, blog posts and portals, as well as other social networking sites. Mingle Media’s sphere of influence reaches a large segment of the female and mom target audience off and online through blogs, websites, Twitter, social networks, radio and TV, businesses, mobile, events and is magnified by word-of-mouth and other channels. For more information, please visit http://www.minglemediatv.com

Tech Companies Vie

for Web TV Market Two start-up companies are challenging Google’s

Web TV with their own approaches to watching television content on the Internet and TV sets, according to Investor’s Business Daily.

ZillionTV is mostly quiet as it is still in trials, but its CEO has said the company could see partnering with GoogleTV, IBD reported. And Sezmi launched in its first market, Los Angeles, in February.

Google (GOOG) introduced its Web TV plans, which turns the TV into a Web browser, on May 20. All three companies are vying for part of the billions in possible revenue this area has to offer, according to IBD.

Apple (AAPL) is another player in the industry that has been trying to develop a system to connect the Internet and TV for years, IBD reported. But some analysts say that Google has the best chance of succeeding in this area because it’s the first well-known system to allow full access to the Internet on a TV set.

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Triniti

Communication

MLM Prelaunch HD

1080p IPTV Spirit

Mobile Voip Internet Triniti Communications International are

headquartered in Canton, OH Triniti a privately-held next-generation digital communications, entertainment, automation and security company operating with a powerful business model that is designed to promote customer education, more personal relationships between customer and company, accelerated and controlled growth, and a much higher customer retention rate than our competition. Our long term vision is to have a Nuclius Home device in every home in the world along with our other digital products and services. We will accomplish this by introducing new and more innovative ways to use digital technology into our everyday personal and business lives. The existing ways are antiquated, biased toward the corporate giants and are not in our collective best interests as consumers. Triniti Communications International will set the new standard for the use of this technology in our lives as we continue to make the constant transition to a completely digital world. Instead of traditional marketing and advertising methods, our Family of Independent Representatives are the voice who will introduce people to Triniti Communications International. The right Network Marketing opportunity coupled with the right products and services mix is the foundation for a virtually indestructible and highly profitable business model that companies who operate under the traditional business model simply cannot compete with. Spirit Mobile Phone Service with Spirit World Service We also have a new no-nonsense, truly unlimited, international Mobile Phone division coming out soon called Spirit Mobile We will soon be unveiling our international wireless phone service for both personal and business

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mobile phone customers that will literally change the way the game is played in the wireless phone service industry, starting at 44.99 unlimited talk and text. Our Premium Digital Products and Services Nuclius HDTV Service Nuclius Home 1080p High Definition Internet Television service (HD IPTV). We are a cable or satellite company's worst nightmare and the end of TV monopolies, high prices, inferior service and old school technology. We will provide our customers with a whole lot more bang-for-the-buck than is possible with these two limited TV delivery platforms. IPTV is an emerging technology at the time this is being written. Both the software and hardware required for broadcasting IPTV is in it's infancy when looking at the "big picture". It is predicted that 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asian-Pacific regions, we will see more hybrid IPTV deployments Broadcast television will still be delivered over-the-air, with specialty channels and on-demand available via a broadband connection." IPTV SET TOP DEVICES will be the first step towards true convergence of everything into a single IPTV platform, and that's where the future really lies, and there want be any borders to this global opportunity call me for details.

China Online &

Mobile Phone Internet

Market - Game,

Music, Video,

Shopping, Travel

Booking, Payment,

Search Engine,

Instant Messaging &

IPTV Research and Markets

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1ded7c/china_online_mob) has announced the addition of the "China Online & Mobile Phone Internet Market - Online (Game, Music, Video, Shopping, Travel Booking, Payment, Search Engine, Instant Messaging & IPTV)" report to their offering.

This report titled China Online & Mobile Phone Internet Market - Online (Game, Music, Video, Shopping, Travel Booking, Payment, Search Engine, Instant Messaging & IPTV) provides an in-depth analysis of the present and future prospects of the Internet industry in China. The report has been research at source Globally and China specific and features latest available data. The different parameters this report focuses on are: - Global Internet Perspective - China Present and Future Internet Users - Profiles of Internet Users & Mobile Phone Internet in China - Internet Market and its Market Distribution in China - Basic Internet Resources, Internet Access Place, Online Time, Internet Access Equipment - Number of users in Internet Sectors (Information, Communication, Entertainment and Business Transaction) - Internet Sectors (Information, Communication, Entertainment and Business Transaction) with Present and Future Market Trends This report helps Clients to analyze the Opportunities and Factors critical to the success of Internet enabled or based Industry in China. Some Key Research Highlights: - During 2000 to 2009 the growth rate of the Internet users in the world and China has grown by 399.28% and 1,500% respectively - In 2009,Gansu, Henan, Yunnan are ranked the top three fastest growing market of Internet users with 63.6%, 56.4% and 54.0%, respectively - China overall Internet broadband subscriber will cross 890 Million by 2013 - China Internet market has crossed CNY 290 Billion by 2009 and it is expected to cross CNY 900 Billion by 2012 - In 2009, the number of Chinese mobile Internet users accounting for 60.8% of all Internet users - In 2009 the number of rural Internet users accounting for 27.8% of all Internet users and increased with the growth rate of 26.2%in 2009 from 2008 - In 2009 the rate of accessing Internet through mobile phones and laptops increased by 21.3% and 2.9%

respectively compared to last year 2008 - China Online Gaming market is expected to cross CNY 70 Billion by 2012 growing with a CAGR of 41.5% for the period of 2010 to 2012 - China Online Video market is expected to be around CNY 4.9 Billion by 2012 - Online Music has always been the top Internet entertainment sector, and its utilization rate of 83.5% in the year 2009 - The number of Online Payment user nearly doubled in 2009 to 94 Million from previous year 2008 - The trade volume of the Online Payment market in China was more than CNY 270 Billion in 2008 and it is forecasted to cross CNY 2,700 Billion by 2013 - The Online Stock Trading user in 2009 is more than 50 Million, an increase of 67% over 2008 - China's online advertising market has increased by 21.2 percent in 2009 from 2008 Key Players Analysed: This section covers the key facts about the major players currently operating in the Chinese Internet industry. The key players analyzed in this section include: - Online Gaming: Tencent Holdings Limited, Shanda Games Limited - Online Advertising: SINA Corporation, Sohu.com Inc.

- Search Engine: Baidu Inc, Google China - Online Shopping: Taobao, 360buy - Online Payment: Alipay.com Co., Ltd, Tenpay.com - Online travel Booking: Ctrip.com International Ltd, eLong, Inc.

- Internet Service Provider and IPTV: China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Netcom Data Sources: Information and data in this report has been collected from various printable and non-printable sources like Trade Journals, White papers, Online paid databases, News websites, Government Agencies, Magazines, Newspapers and Trade associations.

Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. World Internet Users 3. China Internet Market An Overview 4. China Internet Data 5. China Internet Information Sector & Communication Sector 6. China Internet Entertainment Sector 7. China Internet Business Transaction Sector 8. Growth Factors for China Internet Market 9. Risk Factors on China Internet Market 10. Key Players Companies Mentioned: - Online Gaming - Tencent Holdings Limited - Shanda Games Limited - Online Advertising - SINA Corporation - Sohu.com Inc - Search Engine - Baidu Inc. - Google China/Hong Kong - Online shopping - Taobao - 360buy - Online Payment - Alipay.com Co. Ltd - Tenpay.com - Online Travel Booking - Ctrip.com International Ltd - eLong, Inc. - Internet Service Provider & Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) - China Telecom Corporation Limited - China

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Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1ded7c/china_online_mob

ABC May Start

Online TV Subs Testing the waters for the next wave of Internet

video services, ABC may be looking to start a low fee/advertiser-supported video service.

A recent survey went out to ABC Internet video customers asking their opinion about such a video service -- one that may be priced around $1.99 and $4.99 a month. It would run fewer commercials than currently exist on digital platforms. Right now with Hulu -- of which Disney-ABC is a partner in, or at ABC.com -- services offer five to 10 episodes or more of a recent TV show free to viewers with commercials.

Some four or five 30-second commercials run in a traditional hour TV show -- which is actually around 43 or 44 minutes of TV programming content on Internet platforms. Typically, some 20 commercials run in a traditional TV airing of an hour-long show.

Under the new pay plan, consumers would get the five latest episodes of current shows -- and the most recent episode immediately after they air in their time zone. Episodes of older ABC shows would also be available, but with far fewer ads than exist now: just 15% of the commercials normally seen for some TV shows via traditional cable/ satellite/IPTV/over-the-air platforms, per a report in High-Def Digest.

Under the proposed plan, if consumers continue to remain on a totally free digital service, they would see the last two episodes of most current shows -- but no shows that are off-air.

Viewers would get about 35% of the commercials that you see on regular television and HD video quality. But they will need to wait until the morning after to access the most recent episode.

An ABC statement says: "In order to better understand our audience as the digital marketplace evolves, we constantly conduct research on a variety of subjects to garner useful insights. We are always interested in learning more about how consumers think about content windowing, subscription options and new digital delivery methods, which may or may not ever come to pass."

Last month, Hulu began testing its own pay-service, which would continue to provide the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox's "Glee," "ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and NBC's "The Office" for free. But for additional episodes, viewers pay $9.95 a month for access to something called Hulu Plus.

Portland

entrepreneurs bet big

on Web TV plan A successful entrepreneur and two well-known

CNN veterans are placing big bets that the future of television is on the Web.

Through MDiTV, launched in April after 10 months in development, they hope to provide programming for an emerging era when laptops and iPads may be as central to viewing habits as flatscreens today.

CEO Robert R. Lazzara, a doctor who previously grew revenue at a group of physician-owned Florida companies to more than $100 million, won’t say how much he has invested to develop a production studio in North Portland’s Left Bank building. He’s seeking $5 million to $10 million in venture funding to ramp up sales and marketing on MDiTV.com.

The company produces short news videos each weekday on current health topics. Recent reports have looked at emerging tools that let patients choose the best doctors, new research on depression and anxiety diagnoses, and the economic advantages of breast feeding.

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PLATFORMSPLATFORMSPLATFORMS

Motorola VIP2060

IPTV DVR

Motorola recently announced that Japan’s major

mobile operator, KDDI, has deployed its innovative high-definition (HD) IPTV set-top to provide enhanced personal media experiences to its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) subscribers.

The VIP2060 supports 1 Gbps ultra high-speed optical fiber broadband connections and includes an electronic program guide (EPG). It is a flexible, IPTV set-top with a built-in 500 GB HDD to support DVR functionality. The standard quad tuner will let you watch and record IPTV programs provided by KDDI as well as terrestrial and satellite broadcast services. With Motorola’s VIP2060, you can enjoy a comprehensive package of advanced media capabilities such as simultaneous recording, delayed playback, time-shifted viewing, trick play DVR capabilities and transcoding of MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 AVC video.

The Motorola VIP2060 IPTV DVR is all set to be launched in Japan on 2 June.

Telstra T-Box takes

the fight to Foxtel,

TiVo

Telstra has launched an assault on TiVo and even

its own pay TV operator Foxtel with an IPTV set-top box that can pull down a range of internet content and record live TV.

The Telstra T-Box, available later this month for $299 outright with no ongoing subscription, is an ambitious foray into the now crowded set-top box world that will let BigPond customers watch seven BigPond TV channels and download movies on-demand, directly to their TV.

It also works as a personal video recorder and includes a 320GB hard drive, allowing users to record, pause and rewind live TV through twin HD tuners.

The box will enable BigPond to extend its tentacles further into Australian living rooms and compete head-on with TiVo, Foxtel (which Telstra half-owns) and the new Fetch TV IPTV box that is being sold through competitor ISPs including iiNet.

It will also compete with the online video stores operating on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games consoles and comes after Telstra also signed deals to have its content available on LG and Samsung internet-enabled TVs.

Microsoft announced recently that it had partnered with Foxtel to deliver a cheaper Foxtel service over the internet to Xbox 360 owners. Like the T-Box, this will allow users to access a range of TV channels and video on-demand services.

The T-Box TV channels are heavily centred on sport, thanks to Telstra's exclusive rights to AFL, NRL and V8 supercars. A 24/7 news channel will also be offered, operated by Sky News.

BigPond customers will be able to access all of the content without eating into their monthly download quotas.

Chris Taylor, director of Telstra's media division, said down the track the company was looking to deliver pay TV channels, similar to that offered by the Fetch TV box, which provides access to 20 IPTV channels.

"The competition like Fetch are delivering third-party pass through channels like National Geographic and Disney ... we will look at that and are continually talking to all of the distributors," he said.

Despite this, Taylor insisted that the T-Box was not a competitor to Foxtel.

"Foxtel is Telstra's premier pay TV offering - this is pitched at the 70 per cent of people who don't currently have the dollars to take Foxtel," he said.

Foxtel isn't buying that line, saying in a statement that "a number of new competitors" were entering the market, "including the new Telstra T-Box".

"We welcome the competition. It makes us sharper and stronger, and it's genuinely good for consumers as we constantly invest and innovate to ensure we keep evolving and offer Australians what they want," a Foxtel spokeswoman said.

Seven-owned Hybrid Television Services, which makes the TiVo, recently announced that it was the first PVR maker to offer the ability to timeshift any free-to-air

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3D broadcasts and offer 3D content on-demand for download over the internet.

Taylor said 3D was not on the cards for T-Box "in the first instance" but HD movies would be offered by the end of the year.

Right now there are over 1300 movies available to download on the box but Taylor said this would expand to 2000 by the end of the year. Movies start at $3.99 and while many big studios are represented, Telstra has not yet clinched deals with Universal and Fox.

"It would probably be 70 per cent of [the range] you would get in a video store now," Taylor claimed.

Telemundo Signs

Deals with Digital

Platforms MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional has closed deals

in a number of territories for its programming to broadcast on IPTV, mobile, VOD and DVD, among other platforms.

In Spain, Telemundo inked agreements with Orange and ONO for Beautiful, but Unlucky for subscribers of the transactional video-on-demand platform (TVOD). In Mexico, Telemundo's content is being distributed through microsites on esmas.com and also through mobile campaigns. The microsite for Without Breasts There is No Paradise accounts for 50 percent of the total online traffic of all Telemundo properties in Televisa’s Interactive Media. The telenovela is also being promoted through a mobile campaign called “Perfect Breasts,” in which subscribers pay a fee for wallpapers, previews and advice for women on how to take care of their breasts. In the Dominican Republic and Peru, Falling Angel and Beautiful, but Unlucky’s content is being monetized through recurring SMS subscriptions, which allow subscribers to receive text messages with trivia, gossip and recaps of the telenovelas.

Luis Daniel Capriles, the VP of sales for international digital media, commented, “Telemundo Internacional’s digital-media distribution is strongly growing. Currently, we are monetizing content over VOD, web TV and mobile platforms in top countries around the world. Through the distribution of digital media we promote

through various platforms our telenovelas airing on free TV, and in some cases such as the 'Perfect Breasts' campaign we can create social awareness which is part of our responsibility as a corporation.”

At Last – Flash Videos

On Mobile So, finally, we have Flash video on a mobile

device. Here's a VidZapper channel running on the Nexus One with Android 2.2:

Unfortunately, everything you heard about Flash

and video was true. The 800Kbps file running through the VZPlayer ( a Flash app) runs at a couple of frames per second on a good WiFi connection (whereas it plays fine on the equivalent Android app). The processor simply can't cope with decoding H.264 and Flash at the same time.

Still, it's a step in the right direction.

KPN TV plans

Multiscreen future Dutch incumbent KPN has added 36,000 new

IPTV customers since the launch of a marketing push on its Interactieve TV service. The total number of subscribers is now 150,000.

For next year, KPN plans to roll out a multiscreen service, said Marco Visser, director consumer marketing at

KPN. “This will include TV to PC as well as TV on the mobile over our HSDPA network.” He gave no further details of the future service, “this will have to wait until we actually roll out the products,” he said.

At the moment, KPN also operates a DVB-H multiplex, which has attracted “tens of thousands of subscribers.” The future of the service is uncertain, as there are very few handsets available with DVB-H tuners. “We have yet to make a decision on the future of the network,” said Visser.

KPN’s current big marketing push for its IPTV services is concentrating on three major selling points: pausing live TV, providing catch-up TV services and a wide VOD offer. The latter is provided by Videoland, which offers around 1,500 titles. Mainly movies, but according to Videoland CEO Co Mast there will also be a choice of “documentaries and music specials, and perhaps some games in the future.”

KPN entered the TV market five years ago when it took full control of the DTT service Digitenne. The operator now claims over 1 million customers to the service, which it positions as a low cost alternative to cable. “Before we came along, people just had one choice, their local cable provider,” said Visser, “now we have a market share of 14%.”

The IPTV service has been around for a couple of years, but KPN only recently started pushing the service after having upgraded their entire network. At the moment, about 80% of the Dutch population is within potential reach of the service.

Subscribers to KPN Interactieve TV pay an additional 9.95 per month to have access to the basic TV bouquet on top of their Internet access. Additional tiers are available, including an HD option with 14 HD channels. Our take. During the past five years, KPN has been very successful luring cable customers away with their low cost Digitenne option. As a result, most cablers found their penetration rate drop below 80%. But is was mainly the low-tier customers defecting cable.

With the IPTV service, the operator now hopes to attract higher value customers, but the question is if there is still a window of opportunity. The two major Dutch cable operators, UPC and Ziggo, are aggressively rolling out their advanced TV services including PVR, HD, catch-up and various on-demand services (both subscription and transactional). They also offer a wider choice of channels including the national BBC channels, to which KPN has (as yet) no access.

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KPN positions its IPTV offer as the best value for the main living room and almost gives away its DTT service for second and third TV sets in the home. For some reason, the operator has not introduced hybrid set-tops, which could offer a mix of DTT and IPTV with a single user interface.

There is also no sign of a box that would offer OTT services over the broadband access. They should be working on such a proposition, as the all-singing and all-dancing box promised by Liberty Global’s Mike Fries for UPC customers will put the cable operator miles ahead in offering advanced TV services.

New 4G Wireless

Standard

Implemented for the

First Time for Live

Broadcast

Transmission Alcatel-Lucent Germany demonstrates

performance of new 4G LTE network in pilot project with the help of Teracue IPTV Encoders/Decoders for live mobile sports broadcasting from sailing boats on the World Match Racing Tour.

This year's 13th Match Race Germany sailing championships took place from 19th to 24th May 2010 in Langenargen, near Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. The competition in Langenargen is the only German Grand Prix on the World Match Racing Tour. Match Racing is similar to the America's Cup, where two teams sail with two identical boats in a battle against one another (www.matchrace.de).

For the first time, the UMTS successor, 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution), was used for a live mobile broadcasting. Alcatel-Lucent provided the mobile transmission technology, the images were processed by

Teracue with H.264 encoders and decoders, of the ENC-200 and DEC-200 series.

On each sailing boat a Teracue H.264 encoder is installed. This receives the video signal from the onboard camera. The live signal is then encoded in real time and broadcasted over LTE as an IP stream. The LTE radio cell was used to transmit the video signal into the mobile television studio, where the H.264 IPTV signal is decoded by a Teracue decoder. The decoder SDI output signal is delivered to the studio director and mixing desk for live broadcast cutting, graphics and audio overlays.

The Teracue encoder was chosen as it is one of the smallest IPTV encoders and can be powered by batteries, crucial for mobile IPTV encoding scenarios. The ENC-200 encoder requires at full encoding load only 3.5 W, and 5 V of voltage. A simple to setup, yet secure and robust IPTV video-networking solution was the topmost priority.

The advantages of the encoder/decoder solution can particularly be seen in regards to the tough conditions out at sea. The ENC/DEC series contain no moving parts, and a particular advantage is the expanded temperature range of -35°C to +60°C, as well as the quick resumption of IPTV streaming after loss of the power or video sources. The Encoder/Decoder are being presented at IBC Show in Amsterdam between 10.09. and 14.09.2010 on the Teracue Stand 303 in Hall 9. About Teracue

Teracue was established in 1991 and currently employs 15 personnel. Development and the marketing of professional Broadcast and IPTV systems through an international network of specialised dealers represent the main business activities of the firm today. Clients include public and private broadcasting companies, corporations, banks, universities, clinics, medical and training facilities, fire services and police centres, aerospace companies, military and other federal organisations. Further information is available at www.teracue.com.

SIGMA DESIGNS

ANNOUNCES NEW

3D GRAPHICS-

ENABLED MEDIA

PROCESSOR Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM | PowerRating), a

leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced the availability of its new SMP8656 media processor SoC.

Targeted at higher performance IPTV set-top boxes and Digital Media Players, the SMP8656 provides a range of new features including 3D graphics with OpenGL ES 2.0 and enhanced security. Sigma also announced that set top box manufacturer Celrun is launching a new line of advanced set top boxes based upon the SMP8656. Celrun is one of four design wins for this new SoC.

The SMP8656 will be showcased at this week's Computex 2010 Show, located in the Sigma suite at the Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 1 to Friday, June 4, 2010.

Adding 3D Graphics To The Mix with Open GL ES 2.0 To meet OEM demand for sophisticated user interfaces, Android support and downloadable applications, Sigma's robust 3D graphics chip uses the OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs to render high performance 3D imaging. This 3D graphics platform, based on licensed technology from Imagination, features a tile-based architecture with a universal shader engine supporting multi-threaded operations with both pixel and vertex shading.

It is capable of rendering 16 million polygons/second, pixel fill rates of 500 million pixels/second, and texture element fill rates of over 100M texels/second.

Expanding Security and Conditional Access As integration continues to deliver more capabilities in one product, set-top boxes have become more sophisticated and often feature multiple forms of conditional access for various modes of reception. The SMP8656 now provides an enhanced security core that features on-chip OTP technology and the latest revisions of conditional access technologies offered by leading providers like Nagravision and NDS.

Early Adoption By Celrun Enables New IPTV Product Line Working in early collaboration to take advantage of this new technology as quickly as possible, Celrun will use the SMP8656 in their new CR-2200. Using

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advanced, pin-compatible prototypes, Celrun enhanced their line of set-top boxes with the addition of 3D UI accelerated graphics capabilities supported with OpenGL ES 2.0, VoD services, gateway functionality including a wired Internet router, a built-in web browser, and Adobe Flash support. The solution handles multi-tasking performance by processing multiple streams of content in tandem at speeds up to 20 Mbps and advanced encryption technology for enhanced copyright protection.

"We have been successfully designing IPTV set-top boxes using Sigma media processor solutions for over 10 years," said Byung-Ju Lee, Executive Director at Celrun. "Sigma makes it easy to migrate from older chipsets to the next generation and they always provide us with high performance, affordably priced chips that offer innovative new features."

Fast time to market for upgraded Media Players The Media Player market is primed to add new 3D UI, cover flow concepts and visual effects for enhanced user experience. More and more devices are relying on frameworks like Adobe Flash and Qt whose performance is significantly enhanced by the SMP8656 due to the presence of real hardware accelerated 3D graphics. Even Android platforms benefit from OpenGL ES2.0 capability. Being pin compatible with the SMP8654, gives current Media Player customers a fast time to market in order to add new features like 3D graphics, enhanced DRM capabilities and GbE. The SDK builds on prior architecture to allow for portability of prior development.

"With the increasing demand for IPTV services and media players around the world, set-top box and CE manufacturers continue to turn to Sigma's industry leading price and performance offerings," said Ken Lowe, vice president of strategic marketing. "We are also proud of our long history working with Celrun and are committed to helping them provide their customers with best-in-class set-top boxes for the Korean market."

Availability Samples of the SMP8656 are available immediately and production volumes will be available within 60 days. About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home. SoC solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic

products that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set-top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players, and media communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and distributors in Korea, Russia and India. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs' web site at www.sigmadesigns.com. Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the future potential of the SMP8656, sales of SMP8656 products by Celun or demand for 3D graphics-enabled SoCs. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, including continuance of the current economic conditions specific to the semiconductor industry, the rate of growth of the home control market in general, the ability of the integrated home control solution to compete with other technologies or products in this emerging market as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in Sigma's SEC reports, including its quarterly report on Form 10-K as filed April 1, 2010. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Singapore Set for

Broadband Ramp While the Singapore government is busy plowing

its taxpayers’ millions into the nationwide delivery of high-speed fiber access broadband, the real story in the island state might be in the mobile sector, according to a new report from Pyramid Research . (See Singapore Slings for AlcaLu, Huawei.)

The report, "Singapore: Fiber Initiative to Drive Higher Adoption of Broadband and Pay-TV," notes that the state-backed National Broadband Network (NBN) project will undoubtedly enhance the appeal of fixed broadband. To date, broadband takeup in the fixed sector has been slow, partly because of the almost universal availability of free WiFi. (See Singapore Unveils Digital Hub Vision and Singapore Makes FTTH Strides .)

However, the wider availability of large-screen 3G handsets and faster mobile broadband leads the report’s authors, Tae-Hyung Kim and Luís Portela, to predict that 40 percent of Singaporeans will subscribe to mobile broadband by 2014, nearly three times the 2009 figure of 14 percent. Mobile broadband revenue is expected to more than triple, reaching US$188 million by 2014.

The Singaporean mobile market is unusual in that it is divided into two distinct sections: native Singaporeans, who are predominantly on post-paid accounts; and a very large number of migrants, who mostly use pre-paid services. The incumbent operator, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) (OTC: SGTJY), has responded to the recent influx of migrants by offering tempting deals on post-paid tariffs in a bid to shift more of them over to the higher-value packages.

On the fixed-access side, pay-TV looks to be a big growth area, according to the report, especially once all that promised fiber is in place. The report predicts that pay-TV market penetration will reach 89 percent by 2014, up from an already respectable 65 percent in 2009. IPTV could account for 46 percent of the pay-TV connections by 2014.

SingTel, with its mio TV IPTV offering, has recently gained ground on pay-TV market leader StarHub Pte. Ltd. , mainly thanks to a focus on higher-value content. The advent of fiber will also enable MobileOne Ltd. (M1) (Singapore: MONE), the third major market player, to enter the pay-TV fray. (See SingTel Hits 100K for IPTV.)

Things could get moving soon on the mobile TV front as well: The major players tested DVB-H mobile TV in 2008, as did the state broadcaster, MediaCorp. They are now waiting for the Media Development Authority to decide on the final regulations for mobile TV -- and those are due soon.

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Telstra pumps

network iron for

IPTV launch The nation's largest telco Telstra has unveiled

plans to substantially re-work its network infrastructure to deal with a massive influx of data expected to flow through its pipes as part of its IPTV strategy, which will this month see its flagship T-Box device launch.

The nation’s largest telco Telstra has unveiled

plans to substantially re-work its network infrastructure to deal with a massive influx of data expected to flow through its pipes as part of its IPTV strategy, which will this month see its flagship T-Box device launch.

In a briefing in Sydney today, Telstra chief operations officer Michael Rocca said the telco would build a national footprint of 12 network and media centres around Australia — which will provide a caching function to ensure the speedily delivery of internet video.

The company’s BigPond TV channels — covering areas from live news to sport and music — will be delivered to the T-Box platform from these centres, as well as to IP-enabled televisions from manufacturers like Sony, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Sharp and Panasonic.

Telstra chief technology officer Hugh Bradlow said in 2013, video would account for 91 percent of consumer traffic — quoting statistics from giant US networking vendor Cisco. Confounding the traffic headache

for the telco is the move to high-definition. Telstra is planning to bring HD video on demand to the T-Box in the next six months.

Telstra’s executive director of Network and Technology, Michael Lawrey, provided a chunk of further information about how the network & media centres would be set up around the country. For starters, he said, they would be standardised, distributed, modular, agile, have a low incremental cost and feature virtualised infrastructure.

Telstra will be the sole systems integrator for the centres, and they will have low power requirements. For example, one centre will be set up in the Haymarket telephone exchange in Sydney. Lawrey said that for 330kW worth of equipment load in the Haymarket facility, in previous Telstra configurations it would have taken a further 270kW of energy to cool the equipment.

With the new configuration, only 59kW will be required for cooling. The new racks will be setup on the existing concrete slab floor — not on raised computer floors, and extremely cheap LED light will be used.

Separately, acting Telstra chief information officer Ashley Lazaro (Telstra CIO John McInerney is on holidays) outlined the telco’s future datacentre strategy.

Lazaro said currently Telstra operated eight major datacentres across Australia — two major Sydney facilities including one in the massive Global Switch facility in Pyrmont and one in Melbourne with five other sites– a total floor space of 23,560 square metres using some 21.9MW.

In future, he said, Telstra would rationalise its IT infrastructure and expand high-density datacentre space in Melbourne, relocating load from other low power density sites.

The company is planning to standardise on a “strategic virtual platform” based on Intel x86 kit, and will consolidate and virtualise its Sun Microsystems SPARC platforms, as well as consolidating over 100 storae arrays to a handful in each site.

DiGi focused

on wireless services It aims to win bigger share of broadband for small-

screen market

KUALA LUMPUR: DiGi.Com Bhd wants to concentrate on wireless services rather than venture into Internet protocol television (IPTV) or broadcast so as not to spread its risks, says chairman Sigve Brekke.

He said the company would strive to achieve higher margins and win a bigger share of the broadband for the small-screen market.

“We will not be at a disadvantage if we did not go into the IPTV or broadcast business. We have to stay focused on wireless services and not spread into too many areas,’’ he told StarBiz in an interview.

“We believe there is enough growth for us to remain in data and voice business,’’ he said.

Telcos and celcos globally are increasingly venturing into broadcast to diversify their earnings and while that requires big investments, the returns can be lucrative if content is compelling.

As for DiGi, it prefers to stick to what it knows

best. And it is unwilling to invest millions to lay fibre because it doesn’t foresee credible returns if it were to make such an investment.

“We need to have an attacker’s mindset, bring in value propositions and segmentise the market further. That will allow us to take a fair share of the broadband market for small screens,” Brekke said.

“We are also coming to a situation where the industry growth is in the single digit. It will become more competitive and managing costs will become more crucial for us to improve our margins,’’ he said.

The mobile-phone industry is expected to grow by 5% this year.

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Brekke did not give any targets but for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, DiGi’s EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) margin was at 44% compared with 43.3% a year earlier.

The company could face some pressure on margins due to its higher level of handset subsidy for iPhone sales but it is working on other areas to offset any shortfalls.

In contrast, Maxis’ EBITDA margin as at December last year was 50.4%, while for Axiata Group Bhd it was 39.3%.

For its fiscal first quarter ended March 31, DiGi reported net profit of RM278.2mil on revenue of RM1.29bil. In that period, data services made up 20.6% of mobile revenue.

DiGi recently saw a change at the helm. Henrik Clausen, who has worked in markets that thrive on broadband, took over from Johan Dennelind on May 17. Clausen is the sixth CEO for DiGi, in which Telenor has a 49% stake.

“We see benefits from changing CEOs at every different stage the company goes through. DiGi has had six CEOs in 11 years and all have different characters and expertise and each one has taken DiGi to a new level,’’ Brekke said.

New iPhone Sized

Apple TV According to sources, Apple is set to a launch

streaming media server the size of an iPhone. The device will sell in Australia for around $129.

According to sources, Apple is set to a launch streaming media server the size of an iPhone. The device will sell in Australia for around $129.

The device which will replace the Companies struggling Apple TV, which is currently sold in a set top box type format allows IPTV content to be delivered to a multitude of devices including notebooks, tablets and TV's.

According to Engadget the new Apple TV will reportedly feature just two ports, for power and video output, and may focus on cloud-based storage, streaming 1080p HD content to televisions.

The report states that Apple is unlikely to announce the new device at its upcoming WWDC event, at which it is expected to focus on a new iPhone.

The Future of PC/TV

Convergence:

Opportunities and

Challenges in Online

Video I enclose details of our PC/TV Convergence

Report. Convergence is ongoing across the communications and entertainment markets. Video content is now accessible via numerous channels, beyond traditional services such as terrestrial, cable and satellite and towards online and mobile platforms. As a result, the online and broadcast markets are colliding, with video services making the move to the PC environment and web-based services becoming a core element of the TV viewing experience. There are an ever-expanding number of channels available for content to be distributed over and an ever-increasing range of technologies to aid the transmission. Online video delivery is emerging as a true competitive threat to existing content service providers, offering the potential to extend reach to new consumer groups. Broadcasters and content owners are delivering services direct to consumers, regaining some of the control they had lost to other players across the value chain, while pay-TV providers and video rental firms are adding online video to their service mix to boost their appeal. On the flipside, consumer electronics manufacturers and pay-TV operators are adding web-based elements to their products and services. Increasing integration of web browsers into home devices, the emergence of TV widgets, and further deployment of enhanced interactive services aim to add greater value to offerings, and could act to divert consumer attention away from the PC for some basic tasks.

Scope of this report Overview of the market trends, technological evolution and changing business models that have driven PC/TV convergence. Market projections to 2012 for key communications and entertainment services including consumer broadband and mobile broadband. Identification of the key challenges facing the key participants targeting PC/TV-related opportunities, including actionable insight into how to best approach this rapidly evolving opportunity. Examination of the evolving competitive environment and the ways in which various protagonists are targeting PC/TV convergence opportunities. In-depth analysis of the strategies being employed by a number of leading content providers and device manufacturers with regards to their involvement in the online video and/or connected device markets. Insight into the future trends that will impact on the development with regards to PC/TV convergence, including identification of best-practice and emerging opportunities. Reasons to purchase this report

- -Gain a comprehensive understanding of how market trends are prompting convergence of PC- and TV-based services, and the impact such developments will have on traditional business models and strategies.

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Key market issues examined

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In many countries, broadband is the fastest growing consumer technology of all time and is developing into a utility that already has almost ubiquitous coverage in advanced markets. The rise of broadband networks and consumer connections is a key driver for online video services, enabling consumers to connect to a broader range of rich media content and applications without the delays that were evident with narrowband dial-up services. Increased internet usage is also having a profound effect on traditional TV viewing in almost all country markets. Up to a third of consumers in major developed markets are watching less TV as a result of their increased internet use; a significant proportion, and a trend which is challenging existing business models, especially those that rely on advertising as a primary revenue source. Many broadcasters are seeking new opportunities by pushing content via online channels to exploit the huge growth of online advertising. Content owners are still not providing full support for new distribution channels. Movie studios have watched on as the music industry has been ravaged by piracy, and understandably want to restrict the impact it has on their businesses in whatever ways they can. As a result, content owners will continue to be both selective and cautious when seeking online distribution partners, and will demand that DRM is applied to high-value content such as new-release movies for the foreseeable future at least. Portable PC-based video boosted by netbooks and mobile broadband. Until relatively recently, PCs were bulky devices tethered to fixed-line connections for internet connectivity. But the situation has changed considerably over the past year, with ultra-portable netbooks hitting retail shelves and mobile broadband starting to emerge as a mainstream proposition. Expect to see mobile broadband functionality to increasingly be integrated into netbooks over the next year, enabling streamed online services to be accessed on the move and opening up new audiences for content providers and device manufacturers alike. Direct TV connection is essential if online video is to become mainstream. The vast majority of online video content is currently watched via a PC. But while PC-based services will remain attractive, offering the ability to watch content directly on a TV set is crucial if online video services are to appeal to the mainstream. Delivering this functionality is now a key focus of both device manufacturers and content providers. Key findings from this report

- Online video delivery is emerging as a true competitive threat to existing content service providers, offering the potential to extend reach to new consumer groups.

- Exploiting opportunities across the connected home environment is seen by many PC and CE device manufacturers as a key way to boost average selling points. With online video now becoming available via a wider range of providers, the previous inertia in the CE market with regards to delivering connected devices is slowly being overcome.

- To maximize likely returns, content owners will need to fully support their online partners; a half-hearted approach, where only low-value or archive content is made available, could dilute service potential.

- Connected TVs are likely to become the norm within the next five years. By this time, it may not be economically viable for manufacturers to offers sets without connectivity.

Key questions answered by this report - What are the major trends shaping and driving

PC/TV convergence? - Why are broadcasters and rival content providers

investing so heavily in the deployment of online video services?

- Which factors are likely to inhibit the pace of PC/TV convergence market development and why?

- How are different market protagonists targeting the opportunities afforded by PC/TV convergence?

- To what extent will emerging online services threaten the current status quo across the video distribution market?

- What are the forecast market growth rates to 2012 across underlying technologies including residential broadband services and mobile broadband?

- How will the market for converged video services evolve, and which future trends will impact on developments over the course of the next 2-3 years?

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Bharat Book Bureau

Promotes New Report

on Iptv Applications –

Enhanced Television

Applications as a

Battleground for

Customer Loyalty Bharat book bureau promotes new report on ‘ The

reference to the Battleground refers to one segment of the larger clash between the cable, telecommunications and satellite service provider industries’ which are actively building out and providing similar consumer service offerings which provide voice, video and data. Service providers, primarily those with legacy telephony distribution networks, are utilizing IPTV technology for all or part of their video delivery system. The promise of this technology should include acceleration of their ability to deliver enhanced television services and change the way television is used by consumers. The Battleground for customer loyalty will increasingly be influenced not only by the technology deployed, but also by changes in regulatory policy, the competitive trends in the supply of content, and demographic changes in population.

IPTV Applications – Enhanced Television Applications as a Battleground for Customer Loyalty represents a detailed strategic guide and insider view of the current market changes in the clash between the New Media Titans. It addresses the role of the traditional media provider (cable, telecom, satellite) role in delivering enhance IP based services via television. This publication is a look into the industry direction over the next 24 months and identifies opportunities for industry opportunities for products, services, investment, and M&A. Key Highlights

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- IPTV and Enhanced Television Applications Enhanced television application concepts are

not new Limited availability of IPTV platforms hurts ability to monetize innovation

- IPTV Ecosystem Capabilities IPTV Ecosystem components potentially

improve efficiency and lower cost of enhanced application deployment. Concerns regarding content security are abating but preventing reincarnation of the original “Napster” remains a priority Competitive platforms (MHP, Tru2Way) address far greater base of users. Internet delivery to enabled televisions could bypass IPTV providers.

- Service Provider Priorities Affect Deployment Timing

Competition for bundled services leads to focus on core services Enhanced applications interesting but assessing consumer value difficult Enhanced apps must ‘first, do no harm’ to core service offering performance and reliability and should reinforce value of triple play services

- Enhanced Applications Potential Varies by Category

Commercial issues between content and service providers complicate enhancing premiere national content. Personalized information applications provide low hanging fruit Web based content can expand localized offerings if secure Blended applications provide options that meet competition Network based applications provide potential to build loyalty without complications of content negotiations

- Opportunity Expands with Subscriber Base Growth of IPTV subscriber base will expand

opportunity $1 Billion in Economic impact for US Service Providers by 2012

- Target Audience

Investment Bankers, Financial Institutions, Hedge Fund Managers, C-Level Corporate Executives, Business Development, Strategic Company Direction, Technologists, Ad Networks, Ad Revenue, Content Creators, Content Aggregators, Content Providers, Media Companies, Cable, Satellite, Telecommunications, Network Distribution, Networking Companies, QoS and QoE Equipment Providers, IPTV, ITV, Media Cache Farms, Network Groomers, Video Search Engines. Web Portals, Web Content Hosting

Table of Contents: Executive Summary. The Future was Supposed to be Here by Now.. IPTV Ecosystems Enabling Applications. IPTV Ecosystem Definition. Competitive Ecosystems – Digital Broadcast and Satellite. Over the Top Ecosystems. IPTV Application Category Definitions. Service Provider Platform Considerations – Telco, Cable and Satellite. Quality of Service Priorities. Market and Competitive Factors. Security and Privacy – Not all Peers are Equal Content Applications – Delivering the Entire User Experience. Enhanced Television. Enhanced and Telescoping Advertising. Widgets/Customized Information Overlays. Web based Channels. Blended Applications – Where PC Apps Meet TV.. Personal Media Access.

Interactive Game Channels. Network Applications – Voice, Video & Data. Telephony Related Applications (Caller ID; Messages) What Does it All Mean?. IPTV Application Economic Potential Content Application Financial Impact Blended Application Financial Impact Network Application Financial Impact Summary Financial Impact for Applications. Who Wins?. Who Looses?. Appendix A: Companies Covered List of Figures Figure 1 IPTV Application Ecosystem. Figure 2 Motorola KreaTV™ Application Platform. Figure 3 Market Share of High Speed Lines As of June 30, 2007. Figure 4 Maximum Data Rates by Technology. Figure 5 US Zip Codes with Multple High Speed Data Providers. Figure 6 Enhanced Television Example – Ensequence Spike TV Video Game Awards. Figure 7 Telescoping Advertising Example 1 – Icon Presentation Etc.tv. Figure 8 Telescoping Advertising Example 2 – Navigation Options Etc.tv. Figure 9 Widget Example – Verizon FiOS TV Service. Figure 10 Texas Hold’em HD Game Example – Accedo Broadband. Figure 11 HD Sudoku Game Example – Accedo Broadband. Figure 12 On Screen Caller ID Display Example – Integra5. Figure 13 SMS Display on TV – Integra5. Figure 14 On Screen Voicemail Notification Example – Integra5. Figure 15 On Screen Call Log Display Example – Integra5. Figure 16 Projected US IPTV Subscribers. Figure 17 Summary Application Financial Impact For more information kindly visit this url:www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=83003

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'U-health,' e-

commerce to spark

IPTV growth By Kim Tong-hyung

Staff reporter

Kim Won-ho, chairman of Korea Digital Media Industry Association

The technology industry has declared it's time to plug the living-room flat-screen into the Web. However, the true implications of this creative merger remain the subject of debate, as observers wonder whether the future of television is still indeed traditional television or some freakish, blown-up mutant of the Internet. Kim Won-ho, chairman of the Korea Digital Media Industry Association (KODIMA), firmly believes that the answer lies in the latter. And the journalist-turned-media industry expert is confident that South Korea's nascent Internet protocol television (IPTV) industry, which

provided the platform for telecommunications firms to move into television, will lead the progress. The IPTV sector is enduring growing pains, but Kim sees a major turning point coming as early as this summer, when lawmakers are expected to approve the rewriting of the Commerce Law that has prevented consumers from making electronic purchases directly from the Web-enabled televisions. The elimination of such restrictions may bring about dramatic changes in television viewing habits husbands will still drool over a tightly-dressed actress doing serious damage to the villain, but also be weary of their wives being just a click away from ordering those deadly designer pumps. Moreover the proposed changes in the country's health regulations will enable IPTV to tap its potential as a medical services platform, Kim says, with interactivity and sophisticated video-conferencing functions allowing doctors a variety of ``tele-health'' options in treating remote patients. So while live broadcasts and on-demand entertainment, such as video-on-demand (VOD), will continue to be marketing bait, it will be these new types of advanced data services that will eventually make IPTV indispensable to viewers, Kim says. This is also why the government is backing a wide range of IPTV-based public services, which include real-time traffic updates, interactive educational programs for schools, downloading civil service documents and also a video-conferencing service for parents to talk to their sons serving in the military. ``The future of television is definitely the Internet and IPTV will provide the proof,'' Kim said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. ``Securing a larger wealth of content and finding sustainable profit structures are the biggest concerns for the IPTV industry, but the lifting of the restrictions regarding electronic commerce and medical services will certainly open up new creative freedom in testing business models. ``The number of IPTV viewers reached the 2 million mark just a year and four months after the operators started offering the real-time broadcasts, which represents

quicker growth than any other pay-television platform including cable and satellite. ``IPTV will soon be able to prove its worthiness as the next phase of television evolution and `T (television)-commerce' might just prove to set off the trigger for an industry explosion,'' he said. KODIMA is an industry lobby that represents the country's three IPTV operators KT, SK Broadband and LG Telecom and also the providers of the digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) mobile and satellite television, and the four terrestrial broadcasters. Technology companies like Samsung Electronics and Microsoft, which apparently have a lot at stake in Internet-powered televisions themselves, are in the mix as well. Great expectations At least by the number of subscribers, IPTV appears to be on course to become a mainstream pay-television platform here, with the three operators now combining for more than 2 million customers for their live broadcasting services and nearly another million for their VOD-only offerings. Whether and when IPTV will become a license to print money, however, is a topic that garners rapt attention. Telecom firms, which are spending massively to upgrade their networks, providing set-top boxes and acquiring a larger inventory of content, are concerned that a lucrative business could prove to be more elusive than they previously thought. In spite of their efforts, the IPTV operators have yet to match the choice of content provided by their cable competitors. And growing costs are a concern, obviously not helped by the continued demands from national television stations for more expensive deals for their content. KT, in attempting to do to television what Apple has done for mobile phones, is striving to build its own developers' network for IPTV content, but has yet to yield visible results. Perhaps, a more important question regarding the prospects for Web-connected television is whether viewers

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will embrace the potentially limitless pool of Internet programming or be intimidated by it. The relationship between televisions and couch potatoes has always been about instant fulfillment, and skeptics predict that viewers won't be motivated to improve their remote-control skills for things other than VOD or perhaps a few other simple interactive features. Kim believes that it will take three to five years before IPTV becomes a profitable business for the involved telecom firms, and predicts electronic commerce and targeted advertising will have essential roles in any new business model that develops. As with their traditional business in fixed-line and wireless telephony and broadband Internet, the telecom firms believe it would be crucial for them to maintain in dominant control of the service and content value chains. This may prompt the companies to consider a deeper involvement in the television business, Kim says, and eventually double as content providers themselves. KT and SK Telecom, the parent company of SK Broadband, are already considering participating in consortiums that are competing to win the rights to operate the new cable channels to be licensed later this year, which is at the center of the government's plans to deregulate the media industry. ``I have been constantly suggesting to KT and SK that they should self-create a larger proportion of content that they are providing on their television networks. One of the companies appears closer than the other in joining the consortiums for the new cable channels,'' Kim said. Kim also downplayed the concerns that that the future of the Korean IPTV industry could be influenced by the Internet television efforts pushed by global tech giants Apple and Google. Apple and Google have the edge in content, with their vast pools of Internet videos, and a strong developers' network fortified by their achievements in the smartphone sector. But Kim insists that IPTV will continue to be the better technology to support and deliver interactive data services, which will make the television more than just an entertainment box. Kim plans to visit the United States later this month to inspect the Internet-powered television efforts by local carriers Verizon and AT&T.

Telecable nabs rights

to Canal Plus Move helps boost reach of Digital Plus' channel

Prisa-owned Spanish satcaster Digital Plus has sold distribution rights for the jewel in its crown, premium pay TV channel Canal Plus, to regional cabler Telecable. It's the first time Canal Plus will be available outside of the Digital Plus platform.

In this respect, the deal goes much further than Prisa's previous pacts. It had joined Spanish telco Telefonica and IPTV operator Jazztel to offer triple-play packages including Digital Plus. And Digital Plus has also licensed individual basic package channels to other operators.

From Friday, all Telecable TV customers will receive Canal Plus free until Aug. 31. After that, Telecable triple-play subscribers will pay E9.63 ($11.85) a month to access the channel.

Telecable is also adding two thematic channels produced by Prisa's pay TV arm Sogecable: Caza y Pesca TV and Dcine Espanol.

Caza y Pesca TV is a premium hunting and fishing sports channel, which also launches for the first time beyond the Digital Plus platform. It will cost $6.51 a month at Telecable.

Telecable will offer a triple play of Internet, telephone and TV, including the Digital Plus channels.

Deal comes after Digital Plus, Spain's biggest pay TV operator, saw subs fall 189,000 in 2009 to 1.85 million clients following the launch of rival Mediapro's pay DTT soccer service Gol TV.

"The move marks the beginning of a series of distribution deals with Canal Plus launching over other TV platforms beyond satellite as part of Digital Plus' restructuring," said Digital Plus contents head Alex Martinez Roig.

"There are other multi-distribution negotiations underway, which hopefully will conclude shortly," he added.

Operating in Asturias, a principality in Northern Spain, Telecable TV services had 133,665 clients by year-end 2009, 3.3% of Spain's total pay TV market.

Telecable is owned by the Caja de Ahorros de Asturias bank and publishing group Prensa Iberica and will expand to Spain's Extremadura region by year end.

BBC launches iPlayer

for iPad beta With launch of iPad in UK, BBC launches

compatible 'Bigscreen' iPlayer beta The BBC today launched a version of its popular

iPlayer Web service that is compatible with the iPad, alongside the official launch of the iPad in the UK.

iPlayer displays most of the television and radio content broadcasted by the BBC for the last 7 days. Since its launch the service has proved wildly popular in the UK, driving forward the IPTV market.

The desktop version of iPlayer uses Adobe Flash technology, but due to Apple's reluctance to allow Flash on the iPhone, the BBC created an iPhone compatible version of iPlayer that uses QuickTime.

The iPad version is currently in Beta, and is

dubbed 'Bigscreen' in the Title bar. It displays content in a large button format with a sideways scrolling carousel of shows (similar to the version delivered on the Sony PS3 console).

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The announcement of iPlayer for iPad comes as no big surprise, as the BBC has committed to bringing the service to as many platforms as possible, but it does provide another compelling reason for British customers to invest in an iPad. The combination of the high quality display provided by the iPad, and the BBC's wide catalogue of television content for free access (supported by the license fee) should be reason enough to own an iPad.

iPlayer for iPad supports BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, Cbebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, and BBC Alba, plus 10 radio stations. Sadly it does not currently support the BBC HD television channel. Our understanding is that only Vodafone enables streaming over the 3G network (although we have yet to confirm this because Vodafone is currently unable to activate iPad 3G Micro SIMS). Other iPad owners will have to access iPlayer via a WiFi connection.

The BBC also has a partnership with another Web

service, called Seesaw that combines the BBC content with television shows from Channel 4 and Channel 5; this service however still requires Flash.

The iPlayer for iPad can be accessed at beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen, although the more regular bbc.co.uk/iplayer URL redirects to the new site. iPlayer is only available to users with a UK-based ISP.

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Global Scale. Healthcare Digital, a top digital media source for

global healthcare news and information reaching over 155,646 C-Level executives and more than 49,814 companies worldwide, announces the launch of its newly developed and highly anticipated website,

Healthcare Digital, is a top digital media source for global healthcare news and information reaching over 155,646 C-Level executives and more than 49,814 companies worldwide, announces the launch of its newly developed and highly anticipated website, www.HealthcareDigital.com. “We want Healthcare Digital not only to be a leading resource in industry news and information, but a community in which businesses and executives can interact and connect,” says White. With a global editorial staff of top industry insiders, expert contributors on finance and economics, real-time industry news and information, combined with detailed company reports on industry leaders and market trends, Healthcare Digital has established itself as a global resource for comprehensive new industry-driven articles. Healthcare Digital’s website takes an in-depth look

at healthcare news and information with the aim to provide the best industry-driven content which businesses can draw from to stay up-to-date on fundamental issues as well as meet continually changing demands.

Rumor: Hulu On The

Xbox 360? We’ll see at E3...

I actually caught wind of this last night, but hesitated to post it because it is a complete rumor right now. I hate to put up any rumors no matter what time of the year it is, but that’s especially true as we head into E3. But this one at least deserves a mention since the US seems to be the only region to not have any form of IPTV service (officially). The UK got SkyTV last year and both Canada and Australia have had similar announcements recently.

So basically Hulu may be heading to the US.

According to a source for 1up, the application exists. The issue at hand is all about licensing agreements because Hulu is a joint venture with heavy-hitters like NBC, ABC and FOX. Licensing would be a logistical mess. But, the origin of the rumor came from Gear Live. Their source says it’s a done deal and that Microsoft will make the announcement at E3. The caveat being that it will be a separate, paid subscription.

And let’s not forget about the other rumored features that might be in the works like the ESPN and LIVE TV service...

Regardless of any of the rumors, I can’t imaging E3 will go by without some kind of announcement about additional media features for Microsoft’s console. We’ll

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just have to wait 12 days until the Microsoft presser on June 14th before we get any details.

Sonic Solutions Buy

DivX [Media

Streaming And Editor

Company Buys DivX,

Gets Connections

With Manufacturers] Those of you who like to download less-than-legal

content from filesharing sites may be more familiar with DivX as a popular high-quality codec, which it is. But the company behind it also has connections with Hollywood movie studios and electronics manufacturers, as the DivX codec is supported on a ton of DVD and Blu-Ray players and other devices. So this is why VOD and software company Sonic bought them, we believe.

Sonic Solutions, the folks behind editing tools like PhotoSuite and myDVD got into the IPTV video-on-demand game in 2008 when they bought CinemaNow, a company that streams movie content to users. Since they bought CinemaNow, Sonic has signed deals with Best Buy and Blockbuster that sees CinemaNow providing Best Buy and Blockbuster’s streaming video-on-demand services.

So, why would Sonic be interested in a codec company like DivX? We reported on DivX TV some time ago, which was DivX’s IPTV front-end software for internet TVs and set-top boxes. That seems to be behind the deal, as well as the growing support that DivX is getting in the codec space (from legitimate movie studios, it dominates the file sharing space).

What’s the price for DivX? The deal was done with a combination of cash and a share exchange. At current stock prices, Sonic Solutions is paying roughly $300 million for DivX, plus any debts they’re taking on from the company.

AT&T and ESPN

Bring Fans Interactive

Coverage of the 2010

FIFA World

Cup(TM) Across

Multiple Screens Fans Can Watch All 64 Live Matches from ESPN

on AT&T Mobile TV and MobiTV U-verse TV Launches ESPN World Cup Multi-Language Multiview App

AT&T customers will get to score a hat trick for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. AT&T is bringing fans more ways than any other provider to follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ with live and on demand coverage across the TV, online and mobile devices.

A proud partner of the U.S. Men's National Team, AT&T* today announced its multi-screen delivery of ESPN coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and exclusive U.S. Men's National Team content on AT&T U-verse TV, at AT&T U-verse Online and on AT&T mobile phones. AT&T also announced the launch of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ app that lets you watch up to four ESPN channels featuring soccer matches and content on your U-verse TV screen at one time, including the ability to choose from six different languages.

"The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ from South Africa is one of the most anticipated sporting events in history, and AT&T customers will have more ways to watch all the action on the screens they use most," said Dan York, president of content, AT&T. "AT&T customers will have 64 live ESPN games available live on all three screens: the TV, PC and mobile device. We'll have up to two channels of live matches available on mobile, U-verse TV customers will be able to interact with and follow their favorite teams with our innovative 2010 FIFA World Cup™ app, and live

coverage of all matches and exclusive bonus content is available for AT&T High Speed Internet customers."

AT&T's multi-screen delivery of ESPN coverage lets you watch all of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ matches and more on the screen of your choice, including: Mobile

Live coverage of all 64 matches on AT&T Mobile TV and MobiTV via the ESPN Mobile TV channel and a second channel that will be added to accommodate the airing of overlapping matches. AT&T is the only wireless carrier to offer all 64 matches from ESPN. To subscribe to AT&T Mobile TV or MobiTV, customers can text ATT to 3421. New subscribers to both services receive the first seven days free.

Replays of select matches will be available through AT&T Mobile TV and MobiTV.

Full game analysis, player and team profiles and game highlights via AT&T Mobile Video.

Additionally, with AT&T's National Goal of the Week program, fans can text** GOAL to 22442 to view the best goals of the week and vote for their favorites.

AT&T U-verse TV An innovative 2010 FIFA World Cup™ app with

ESPN which includes a Multiview that lets you watch up to four ESPN channels at one time and also brings athlete bios, groupings and the latest team standings straight from South Africa to your U-verse TV screen. The Multiview includes ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes channels, and additional channels with the ESPN game coverage delivered in Arabic, German, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese — allowing fans to choose Multiview World Cup coverage from six different languages. You can choose which of the channels appears as the main picture with audio. The app is available to every U-verse TV customer at no extra charge on channel 618 and 1618.

On demand content including replays of each match, 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Draw show, ESPN Press Pass news segments, highlights of all the ESPN matches, video features of athletes and teams competing in South Africa, and historic games from previous World Cup matches.

Complete live coverage available on ESPN (619 and 1619), ESPN2 (620 and 1620), ESPN Deportes (621 and 1621) and your local ABC affiliate.

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Online

Complete live coverage available to AT&T High Speed Internet customers that log-in at ESPN3.com. Access to a daily video featuring previews and analysis of various teams and athletes competing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ at att.net/wc, prior to the tournament. Once the tournament begins, you can access daily videos featuring match previews, match recaps, including games and players to watch. Additional Exclusive Content

In addition to ESPN's coverage, AT&T customers will have exclusive access to content featuring the U.S. Men's National Team's "Road to South Africa" available online at AT&T FanZone, through the U-verse TV On Demand library and on mobile phones through AT&T Mobile Video.

AT&T will also have live, on demand and interactive content available in Spanish.

ESPN coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ is the latest example of AT&T delivering compelling and converged content across screens at the center of consumers' lives: the TV, PC and mobile phone. AT&T has a unique set of integrated services and networks that make it easy for an audience of millions to enjoy and follow their favorite programming across devices. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc. About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - News) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for

their leadership in local search and advertising. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE® magazine.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

AT&T U-verse services are provided by AT&T local telephone companies. Geographic and service restrictions apply to AT&T U-verse. Call or go to www.uverse.att.com to see if you qualify. Customizing options require AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet Service. Wireless phone with Internet access required and standard data charges may apply. Multiview: Channels/content available for viewing in Multiview are based on TV package and additional programming purchased. 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage made available by ESPN and Univision.

Must have qualifying smart phone and AT&T unlimited data plan. Games online delivered through ESPN3; subscription to AT&T broadband service required.

AT&T U-verse received the highest numerical score among television service providers in the South and West in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2008-2009 Residential Television Service Satisfaction Studies(SM). 2009 study based on 28,118 total responses from measuring providers in the South (13) and West (10) regions and measures consumer satisfaction with television service. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed in January, March and June, 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.

Premier league to test

web TV The Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) is in

talks with regional telecommunications companies and major internet operators about screening live English Premier League (EPL) football matches on television and the Web. If the talks succeed the matches will be shown on cable networks in markets such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and streamed on key internet portals such as Yahoo Maktoob and MSN Arabia. ADMC, which owns and publishes The National and owns the TV and digital broadcast rights in the MENA region to English football’s top league, has already struck deals with the internet protocol television (IPTV) arms of UAE telecoms operators Etisalat and du. They will carry ADMC’s AD Sports channels, on which the EPL games are shown. Ricky Ghai, ADMC’s executive director of digital media, said: “We are actively securing partner deals with IPTV operators across the region. Over the next couple of weeks, more partner deals will be announced.” There are only a handful of IPTV platforms in the region, in markets such as Qatar, Algeria, Bahrain and Kuwait. The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is also working on the development of a cable TV platform. “STC has an IPTV platform that they’re rolling out over the next couple of months. We eagerly await their roll-out plan,” said Mr Ghai. He said he was confident that deals with telecoms companies would be in place before the new EPL season started in August. “Most of these operators have been developing [IPTV networks] for some time,” Mr Ghai said. “This isn’t new technology – it has been robustly tested in other markets. We think there will be enough partner deals in place by August.” He added that ADMC was in negotiations with some of the region’s most popular internet sites. “Regional internet portals as well as telcos are showing an interest in the EPL. Talks are under way with companies such as Yahoo [Maktoob] and MSN Arabia,” said Mr Ghai. He added that, while the slow broadband speeds in the region represented a challenge in this “untested market”, internet distribution would “provide mobility and choice”.

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“By offering this on multiple platforms it’s the best way to offer the Premier League to the widest range of consumers,” he said. Yahoo Maktoob and MSN Arabia did not respond to requests for comment. ADMC will also broadcast the games via satellite and is considering distribution of content over mobile. Jayant Bhargava, a principal at the consultancy Booz and Company, said ADMC was likely to have most success with its satellite TV and mobile operations and added that uptake of IPTV was low and that there were barriers to the distribution and monetisation of premium content over the internet.

“IPTV is not very big in the region: penetration is higher in the expatriate sector, which is large in the UAE and Qatar, but these are very small markets. Satellite channels are so widespread and freely available,” said Mr Bhargava. He also said that the use of more established distributional channels could be more effective. “ADMC should definitely explore the possibility of tying up with [the satellite network] OSN, in terms of extending their reach. Generally, the challenge is going to be in terms of broadband penetration, which is very low, especially outside the GCC,” Mr Bhargava said. “And people are not used to paying for premium content online. “But mobile may be more profitable in the shorter term: in the digital exploitation of premium content, mobile is the largest platform.” There will be six channels on ADMC’s AD Sports pay-TV platform, two of which will be activated as required to screen live games. Additional channels can be activated to ensure all EPL games are screened live, the company said. ADMC, which holds the Premier League rights for the 2010 to 2013 seasons, yesterday announced the cost of

subscribing to watch the games via satellite, IPTV and online. In the new season, satellite TV viewers will pay Dh370 for a smart card that gives one year’s access to AD Sports channels, as well as ADMC’s free-to-air channels. Online subscription packages will cost Dh370 in the GCC and Dh220 outside, while the recommended cost of the basic IPTV packages will be Dh75 a month.

Russian Moviedom

eTVnet.com Invites

You to Experience

Russian Culture as

You Have Never Seen

it Before! eTVnet, the leader in the market of Russian IPTV,

is launching an exciting, new project, Russian Moviedom, aimed to expand the knowledge and appreciation of the Russian culture and heritage.

TORONTO, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- eTVnet, leader in the market of Russian IPTV, is launching an exciting, new project, Russian Moviedom, aimed to expand

the knowledge and appreciation of the Russian culture and heritage. The project would be of tremendous value to those currently studying Russian language and history. In this project eTVnet presents the golden collection of classical movies from the USSR epoch and Russian present day cinematography for FREE!

Is there a better way to experience the culture than film than to live in a country through different epochs? Since the year 2005, eTVnet has been delivering the best of Russian movies and shows to the Russian speaking audiences worldwide. Their archives contain everything from the black and white classics to latest movies and shows in multitude of genres. Working with the largest production companies and right holders gives them access to the latest and the best Russian TV has to offer. Their content is constantly updated and tailored to ensure only the finest choices make it to the platter, so to speak.

eTVnet has connected Russian speaking immigrants, business travelers and vacationers from all over the world to their home and culture; Russian Moviedom is the next logical step. Soviet and Russian movies have participated and won a multitude of awards worldwide, this project is merely an introduction, the first step to opening Russian cinema to the general public worldwide. eTVnet wants to help those who are interested in Russian culture learn the intricacies and essence of Russian language, traditions and heritage.

Russian Moviedom is an invitation to glance inside a country that was closed for outsiders for seventy years, a country that was and still is often misunderstood and feared by some of the political giants today. Russia has never left anyone indifferent to itself. Will you dare to look in to the enigmatic, strange Russian soul?