Nate Perkins IPTV Update

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Nate Perkins IPTV update

Sky launches broadband video download service
Satellite television operator BSkyB is formally launching its Sky by Broadband movie and sports video download service, with a version for the Microsoft Media Center announced by none other than Bill Gates.

Cable television industry support for OCAP deployments
Leading American cable television operators have announced their current and long-term commitment to the Open Cable Application Platform at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, pledging to roll out deployments over the next three years.

Bill Gates vision for next generation television
Bill Gates says that the next generation of interactive television services “completely blows open any of the limitations that channels used to create” and “blows away the previous video platform”.

BBC invites tenders for interactive TV software systems
The BBC is inviting tenders for the design, build and support of interactive television infrastructure systems as part of a major project to rationalise its architecture.

Ofcom clarifies legal position on interactive television
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has issued a note clarifying the legal responsibility of broadcasters for interactive television content, including advertising.


IPTV: Broadband meets broadcast - The network television revolution
A major new report published by informitv in association with Lovelace Consulting, with a foreword by Barry Cox, chairman of Digital UK, explains the significance of internet protocol television (IPTV) and examines the threats and opportunities presented by the network television revolution.

Also on informitv.com
Multimedia mergers approved by Office of Fair Trading
BSkyB appoints new managing director of Sky Interactive
BSkyB passes year-end target of 8 million homes
BT plans interactive advertising for broadband service
Digital TV Labs to test European set-top box conformance
Doctor Who interactive special feature
Comcast creates Interactive Media division
Thomson gains Thales Broadcast and Multimedia division
Fox Sports interactive Commonwealth Games coverage
Yahoo! and Seven Network in joint new media venture

Conference call
Mobile TV and Video Forum 2006
17-18 January 2006, Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK

IPTV World Forum
6-8 March 2006, Olympia, London

Best wishes for the new year

We would like to wish all our clients and subscribers good luck for the new year in what promises to be an exciting period in the development of interactive video services.

As demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show, the future of television will be determined as much by new products and new forms of distribution as by traditional broadcasters. Interactive television is no longer an interesting adjunct to broadcasting—it represents the future of video distribution.

William Cooper

Editor


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