Members of the OIPF are developing products and solutions based on the first release of the Forum specifications for end-to-end IPTV solutions, which were published earlier this year. At the OIPF booth (Hall 12, #501/504) at this year’s IBC, two OIPF members will demonstrate technologies based on elements of the Release 1 specifications:
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* John Keeling to implement Arqiva’s entry into VOD market
* Role to oversee programming, marketing, branding and content
* 20-year track record in multi-channel TV
‪Arqiva today announced the appointment of former UKTV Controller and COO, John Keeling, to the role of Platform Controller for its new VOD service. [...]

More than 800 hours of high quality, premium, advertising-supported video content available
Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced that Fox Latin American Channels has chosen to build its online VOD service on the Brightcove platform. Brightcove is enabling Fox Latin American Channels to deliver more than 800 hours of premium, advertising-supported, long-form [...]

With competition heating up for video services in Europe, operators will employ VOD (Video On Demand) as a key differentiator in acquiring new subscribers, with evidence suggesting that the move from near-VOD to true VOD dramatically increases buy rates. VOD is fast becoming a must-have feature; and for those operators with the technology already in [...]

First-ever frame-accurate splice achieved: an essential cornerstone of addressable advertising
London – 18 June 2008: Packet Vision, the pioneer of advanced video advertising and TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced that they have partnered to deliver an advanced targeted advertising solution. The companies have built what they believe to be the world’s [...]

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NXTcomm 2008
Booth Sl4121
Astute Networks is the leading provider of bladed storage solutions optimized for the most demanding applications on the edge of the network. Whether you are deploying applications such as Telecom’s AAA, IPTV/VoD, Military C4I or Video [...]

LONDON, UK, 03 June 2008 – In the mobile media and entertainment (MME) market, the ‘service enabler’ role appears to hold greater revenue potential for mobile network operators than the role of on-portal content service provider, according to a new report, Mobile Media and Entertainment in Western Europe: value chains and business models, published [...]

MediaCorp, national broadcaster in Singapore, selects Velocix Digital Asset Delivery Network to provide live broadcast streaming services
Cambridge, UK – March 31, 2008 – Velocix (www.velocix.com), provider of the world’s leading Digital Asset Delivery Network, announced today that it is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes [...]

NEC targets 50 billion yen in sales after 3 years
Tokyo, London and New York, March 11, 2008 – NEC Corporation today announced that it will launch full-scale IPTV business with high-profile NGN (Next Generation Networks) carrier applications. Providing End-to-End IPTV solutions and video delivery systems to communication carriers, NEC will expand this business to [...]