Verizon Takes FiOS TV to 15 New York Communities

Verizon Communications this week will invade more Cablevision Systems territory, announcing that it has begun marketing FiOS TV in parts of the Westchester County communities of Yonkers, Scarsdale and Bronxville, and on Long Island in the villages of Floral Park and South Floral Park.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6471902.html

Disney Channels | Digital Media Wire

New York -- Verizon announced on Wednesday that it has signed a long-term programming agreement with Disney, to carry 12 of the company's television networks on its FiOS TV fiber optic-based TV service.

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AT&T U-Verse Makes Michigan Move

Nationally, U-verse is also available in parts of the Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Dallas-Ft. Worth markets, but as of mid-May, counted less than 30,000 total subscribers.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6445584.html?industryid=47174

Microsoft IPTV Penetration So Far » Web TV Wire

The other day I talked about how Bill Gates was bigging up the future of TV using internet technology. Microsoft is already well placed in the IPTV arena and its IPTV platform is being used by a large number of TV providers including big names like AT&T, BT and Verizon.

http://www.webtvwire.com/microsoft-iptv-penetration-so-far/

AT&T tops 100,000 subscribers for U-Verse IPTV service

To differentiate itself further from cable, the company is adding new interactive features and more HD channels.

http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/att-uverse-iptv-service-0911/

Murdoch signs deal with Telecom Italia

ROME -- Rupert Murdoch's satcaster Sky Italia has pacted with Telecom Italia to transmit nearly 30 premium channels to the telco giant's Internet protocol TV service.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958148.html

Councils Vote for Cable Competition Will Bring Citizens Choice, Innovation and Value ELLICOTT CITY,...

Councils Vote for Cable Competition Will Bring Citizens Choice, Innovation and Value ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The long wait will soon be over for Howard County residents eager for cable TV competition, thanks to a unanimous Howard County Council vote Tuesday night (Jan.

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IPTV Encoder System

ZTE selected Optibase's Media Gateway (MGW) platforms to provide advanced MPEG-4/H.264 encoding and streaming solutions as part of its IPTV offering. ZTE Corporation is considered one of China's fastest growing telecom equipment suppliers, with customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

http://www.iptv-industry.com/ar/16z.htm

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ATT said Wednesday that it has reached the 100,000-customer milestone for its U-verse TV service. That's up from just 3,000 in January, but still far less than the 500,000 Verizon Communications has signed up for its FiOS fiber-optic network. Many FiOS subscribers use it to get TV service.

http://www.contentagenda.com/index.asp?layout=newsBreakingLexis&industryid=45176...

The Digital TV Weblog: Mobile Edition

Woo woo! He also said AT&T will increasingly be in both the entertainment and advertising business, looking to offer both across the three screens it serves: broadband-propelled computers, wireless and TV. Ad revenues, he says, "can move the needle for AT&T.

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