IPTV World Forum Asia

Amino demonstrates new multi-codec IPTV platform for Asian market

Boosts operator ARPU and ROI while reducing customer churn through enhanced service support

Cambridge, UK – 18 September 2006 – Amino, leading IPTV platform supplier, announces the first ever demonstration in Asia of the AmiNET125 at IPTV World Forum Asia 2006. Roy Kirsopp, VP and General Manager of Amino will also be talking about IPTV technology during his ‘Creating the connected home’ presentation at 2pm on 28th September.

Junction Opens Asia Office

Junction, the leading digital technology events specialist, has set up its new Asia Pacific office in Shanghai, it was announced today.

Shanghai was chosen because of its status as a growing commercial and financial centre in China, and its close proximity to the IPTV World forum Asia event.

Top World names focus in on IPTV World Forum Asia Shanghai event set for record-breaking attendance in September (27-29) Sony Pictures, Fox News, ESPN and Warner Brothers – four of the world leaders in broadcast and content – are to speak as part of a world-class gathering of industry specialists at the IPTV World Forum Asia in Shanghai in September (www.iptv-asia.net).
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Amino selected by ADC for first IPTV service in Thailand

Amino today confirms that it was selected by Siemens for the first IPTV deployment in Thailand. The deployment for ADC (Advanced Datanetwork Communication Co. Ltd) has been rolled out to a substantial number of homes in Thailand for several months adding on-demand and broadcast television channels to the company's existing broadband service offering. Over the last months, ADC has witnessed the proven reliability and high quality of the AmiNET set-top boxes.

TANDBERG Television's Mediaplex-20 headends used for Japan-wide MPEG-4 IPTV

On Demand TV — the joint venture of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp.) and Itochu — will expand its deployment of TANDBERG Television’s Mediaplex-20 based video headends to support MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/AVC) delivery for its nationwide IPTV roll-out in Japan.

content into high-quality MPEG-4 AVC while preserving picture quality, teletext, subtitling and audio through one all-digital step – allowing it to leverage its current base of MPEG-2 content for distribution over MPEG-4 AVC. With the addition of MPEG-4 AVC transcoding, NTT will become the world’s first carrier to deploy an MPEG-4 AVC IPv6-based television service

Optibase supplying MPEG-4 Part 10 headend for Indian IPTV roll-out

India's state-owned telco, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is about to add video to its voice and data services around Delhi and Mumbai and the company supplying its video services has selected Optibase's IPTV MGW 5100 platforms for its IPTV headend. With this deployment, Optibase encoders will be the industry's first to enable large-scale IPTV in India. MTNL is targeting 3.9 million subscribers with its IPTV offering.

Harmonic MPEG-4 Part 10 encoders deliver broadcast TV for HanseNet IPTV

Telecom Italia subsidiary HanseNet (HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH), is adding television to its existing telephone and DSL services with a launch in Hamburg within the next few months, followed by a nationwide roll-out in Germany. The service will include 100 standard-definition broadcast TV channels plus VOD. If the deployment continues on schedule, the company could beat Deutsche Telekom to market with IPTV services. Deutsche Telekom says it will roll out IPTV to ten cities covered by its new VDSL network as soon as the high-speed infrastructure is working, and a spokesman says that will be “mid-year”.

Amino wins NAB Award for Innovation in Media

Amino, leading IPTV set-top box supplier, today announced that it has received the NAB Award for Innovation in Media (AIM) at the NAB2006 Conference & Exhibition. Amino was the only set-top box vendor selected for this award in the Content Delivery category during the NAB Technology Luncheon held during the conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

China Telecom Selects Alcatel to Upgrade DSL Network for Triple Play Service Delivery

February 6th, 2006 â€” Alcatel today announced that China Telecom, the largest fixed telecommunication service provider in China, has selected Alcatel to upgrade its existing broadband access network across 26 provinces in China to prepare for triple play service delivery. This agreement was signed through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel's flagship Chinese company.

UTStarcom Announces Contracts With China Telecom to Deploy IPTV Solution in Two Cities

February 13th, 2006 - UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced contracts with China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution in two cities in the Fujian Province in southern China.

China Telecom Shanghai Scales with Juniper Networks TX Matrix Core Routers

February 16th, 2006 - Juniper Networks, Inc. today announced that China Telecom Shanghai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Telecom, is expanding its core IP network with Juniper Networks T-series core routing platforms, including the TX Matrix multi-terabit router.

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