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U-VERSE CUSTOMERS GET 4
SIMOULTANEOUS HD STREAMS
AT&T has started rolling out a new enhancement
to its U-verse IPTV service that that lets
customers watch up to four HD shows at one
time and also gives most U-verse TV customers
the ability to record three HD shows and one
SD show at the same time with their Total Home
DVR--a feature not offered by other TV providers.
The provider said the product is rolling out
on a market-by-market basis to new and existing
customers over the next several months.
L A T I N A M E R I C A
BRAZIL
TELEFONICA INTRODUCES
ONVIDEO SERVICE
Telefonica Brasil has launched its VOD service,
OnVideo, enabling users to watch movies, TV
series and documentaries, as well as other content
such as YouTube, weather, news and horoscopes.
To access these resources, customers must
purchase a converter and connect it to the TV.
More than 2,000 videos are available thanks to
a partnership with Saraiva, which has its own
virtual video store, for a period of 24 or 48 hours.
CHILE
TELEFONICA CHILE TO INVEST
USD 2 billion in FTTH
Telefónica Chile has revealed that it plans to
invest US$ 2.5 billion over the next four years
in rolling out a nationwide FTTH network which
will cover over 700,000 homes. The first phase
of the project will take place in the Biobío region
with the connection of more than 50,000 homes,
including the region’s main cities such as Talcahuano,
Los Ángeles, Chillán and the regional
capital, of Concepción. Preparations are also at
an advanced stage for the delivery of IPTV.
A S I A & P A C I F I C
IPTV AND 3D TV TO BOOST
PAY-TV OPERATIONS
As per the 2010 Asia-Pacific pay-TV operators
survey, Asia’s pay-TV industry players believe
that new technologies like the IPTV and 3D TV
provide the greatest untapped opportunity. The
2010 Asia-Pacific pay-TV operators survey is
jointly produced by Global Intelligence Alliance
(GIA) along with ContentAsia. Some 35 pay-TV
operators and platforms across 14 countries in
the Asia Pacific region were polled for the survey.
They said that more than 50% of Asian pay TV
operators have now started offering HD. The
operators also mentioned that industry players are
also looking towards new technologies like VOD,
3D TV, IPTV and new platforms for increasing the
subscriber growth and generating greater revenues.
CHINA
NEULION ACQUIRES TRANSVIDEO
NeuLion has closed the previously announced
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding
shares of TransVideo International, in exchange for
22,000,802 common shares of the China’s largest
IPTV technology providers and a manufacturer of
set top boxes. The former TransVideo shareholders
currently own approximately 14% of the Company.
TransVideo has numerous customer relationships
with clients CCTV, various provincial governments
in China and the Chinese Ministry of Sports.
UTSTARCOM WINS SICHUAN CONTRACT
UTStarcom was awarded the contract for Sichuan
Radio and TV’s Integrated IPTV Broadcasting Control
Platform Project through a rigorous competitive
bidding process. Initiated by Sichuan Radio and
TV in early August of 2010, the project is China’s
first network integration project for pilot cities.
UTStarcom will provide it with a package solution
which includes software and infrastructure development
and content delivery network (CDN) support.
KUWAIT
OCCAM NETWORKS PROVIDES
IPTV FOR KUWAIT RESORT
Occam Networks is supplying multi-service
access platform (MSAP) solutions based on
pure packet technologies, as part of a major