IPTV Growth
Euro consumers don't trust IP for TV
Public scepticism over the reliability of broadband and the internet could sink IPTV - unless European service providers can develop hybrid or blended services that deliver more than "just TV", and unless they wean themselves off competing solely on price and speed.
Juniper's latest survey covered Italy, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia - it had already studied France, Germany, and the UK.
http://www.theregister.com/2007/05/18/iptv_juniper_survey
Frost & Sullivan Commends Espial's Product Innovations and Market Growth in the IPTV Market
Frost & Sullivan selected Espial(R) IPTV as the recipient of the 2007 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for IPTV Entrepreneurial Company for its outstanding efforts and innovation to become a dominant participant in the IPTV market.
Espial experienced strong growth in 2006 and has now shipped over one million Evo(R) IPTV middleware subscriber licenses to service providers and partners. The Evo IPTV Service Platform includes Evo Client middleware and applications including Evo EPG, Evo VoD, Evo DVR, Evo Browser and Evo BML Browser, and the carrier-grade Evo Server. The company believes that IPTV is not just about emulating broadcast technology, but applying Internet rules to the TV viewing experience to provide a superior experience for subscribers and a service creation platform for operators.
The company allows service providers to build a strong subscriber "quality of experience" (QoE) through the use of interactive applications such as chat, games, personalized content and targeted advertising. Experiential features include fast scrolling and an intuitive program guide. Evo SkinTones(TM) UI technology enables service providers and customers to personalize the look and feel of the EPG.
About Espial IPTV (http://www.espial.com)
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Motorola to acquire Modulus Video
Mobile motto marauder Motorola and the privately-held Modulus Video Inc. have just signed a definitive merger agreement through which Motorola will acquire Modulus. After buying companies like Broadbus, Kreatel, Tut Systems and Netopia, Motorola has turned its head towards Modulus because of their two year collaboration and more significantly because of Modulus' MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) compression systems that have been designed for delivery of high value video content in the IPTV, cable, broadcast and satellite marketplace.
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