Cisco's $5.3 billion bet on TV
Scientific-Atlanta deal could make Microsoft's forays into TV land more complicated.
11/23/05 14:30 PM, EST
Microsoft's forays into TV land just got more complicated. Cisco System's recent deal to buy cable television set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta for $5.3 billion may disrupt the software giant's partnerships with television providers and spark another round of fisticuffs between Microsoft and Google.

ZTE Wins IPTV Deal
Light Reading - USA
... Hong Kong: 0763), the fastest growing global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has won a 100,000 subscriber IPTV contract from ...

Cavalier Telephone to Launch VOD-Enabled IPTV Service Next Month
InteractiveTV Today [itvt] - San Francisco,CA,USA
Cavalier Telephone says that it will launch an IPTV service, called Cavalier Broadband TV, in Richmond, Virginia next month. The ...

ICTV Enabling the "Power of Infinite Choice" at IPTV Asia ...
IPTV News (press release) - UK
... 2005--ICTV have announced that it will be showing new programming services that offer viewers increased levels of choice and control at the IPTV Asia Forum ...

Recreate Solutions joins IBM consortium for IPTV
Indiantelevision.com - Andheri,Mumbai,India
MUMBAI: Recreate Solutions, a London-based company by ex-Zee employee Bhaskar Majumdar, has formed part of a consortium led by IBM to bid for IPTV in the Asia ...

Nortel Unveils Multi-Vendor "End-to-End" IPTV Solution
InteractiveTV Today [itvt] - San Francisco,CA,USA
... in San Diego earlier this month, Canadian telecommunications equipment giant, Nortel, launched what it says is an end-to-end IPTV solution, assembled through ...

Optibase supplies IPTV gear to Visions West
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
Provider of digital video solutions Optibase has been selected by Visions West for the provision of MGW 5100 carrier grade IPTV streaming platform for an ...

TV over Internet set for massive growth
PC Pro - UK
... report. Screen Digest reports that there will be some 8.7 million viewers of IPTV in 2009 from the current figure of around 658,000. ...

China Telecom Selects UTStarcom's mVision for New IPTV Service
InteractiveTV Today [itvt] - San Francisco,CA,USA
Alameda, Calif.-based UTStarcom says that China's largest fixed-line telco, China Telecom, has chosen its mVision end-to-end IPTV system to support a new IPTV ...

China Expands IPTV Coverage
Light Reading - USA
China's IPTV market is on fire, with mainland carriers lining up further service trials as Hong Kong's PCCW Ltd. (NYSE: PCW - message ...