The third annual IPTV World Forum, held on 5-7 March 2007 in Olympia, London was once again the premier event in the IPTV calendar, and delivered a stellar line-up of speakers and exhibitors for over 4,000 visitors attending the three-day event (www.iptv-forum.com).

The winners of the debut IPTV World Series Awards have been announced by the independent panel of judges, selected from some of the industry’s leading publications. 

The first edition of the IPTV World Series Awards, showcasing the best solutions for television-over-IP, will take place at the IPTV World Forum 2007.  Winners of the awards will be announced on 6th March 2007. 

Exhibitors and sponsors at he IPTV World Series are welcome to upload relevant press releases whitepapers, and/or case studies about their work into the ‘news’ section of this web site.

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The IPTV World Forum, London, now only a couple of months away – it is being held on the 5th-7th March 2007, at the Olympia.

Over 1000 delegates have already registered to attend, with more flooding in every week – this year’s show is certainly looking to exceed all original expectations – and is looking set to treble its numbers on last year’s attendance.

The exhibition as well is almost full, and is bursting with the most relevant names in the IPTV market. Most recent companies booked to attend include:

• Playboy TV • Sagem
• Agama Technologies
• Intelliden
• Ipiva Ltd
• Packetvision
• Infosys
• Metalink Broadband
• Dasan Networks

To see the full list of exhibitors please click here. The exhibition for the IPTV World Forum is also now FREE – so to book your free exhibition pass please click here, and register your details.

IPTV World Forum Latin America

Last Chance to Register!

The IPTV World Forum Latin America is now just over a week away, and as promised it’s looking to be a huge success. With the top Latin American telcos addressing the key considerations when marketing and selling IPTV, and looking at business details, including installation, customer provisioning and customer care. This is the last week for registration – there are many ways in which you can register:

• Online – click here for your online booking form
• By Phone – contact us on +44(0)117 3116 220 to register over the phone
• By Fax – please fill out the registration form on the brochure, and fax back to +44(0)117 3116 221

The conference will feature over 15 Telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues including; Brasil Telecom, Telecom Argentina, VTR, NTT, Telemar, Telefonica Peru, Comsat, Telefonica Brasil, Antel, Novis, SMG and Pioneer Telephone Cooperative.

With over 300 registered to attend so far, top exhibitors, and the most relevant speakers for the Latin America IPTV market, the show is set to break expectations.

IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe

The IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe, this year, is being held at the Corinthia Towers Hotel in Prague, on the 15th and 16th May 2007.

Please click here for more information on the World Forum Eastern Europe location

Top speakers and exhibitors are already signed up for the 2nd annual IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe.

The speaker line up is already looking strong with the programme currently including: 

• John Rossiter, Vice President of Business Development, HBO
• Iosif Szavuj, Executive Director, iNES Group, Romania
• Rudolf Skobe, Managing Director, SiOL, Slovenia
• Lajos Varga, Strategic Director, PanTel, Hungary
• Sergei Plotnikov, General Director City TV, Corvette Telecom, Russia
• Aron Javorniczky, Business Development Consultant, Invitel  

For a look at the exhibition area, please click here for a floorplan

Exhibitors so far include:

• HarrisNDS
• Viaccess
• Evertz
• Widevine
• Envivio

Free Exhibition 

The exhibition at the IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe is FREE to attend, to register for your exhibition only pass please click here

For a full list of exhibitors, please click here 

The IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe will also feature the IPTV Showcase Area. Located on the exhibition floor, the applications showcase will feature state-of-the-art demonstrations from IPTV providers in Eastern Europe and around the world. Delegates will be able to see, first-hand, the full capabilities and the provision of live and on-demand video over Internet Protocol.  

Speakers are being invited from the key sectors involved in the IPTV market; telcos, content providers, device manufacturers, ISPs, technology providers and many more. 

If you are interested in speaking at the IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe 2007, please contact Ingrid Anusic on +44 (0)117 3116 220 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Comvie Selects Dreampark as IPTV Middleware Provider

Dreampark, one of the leading providers of IPTV middleware systems on the European market, announced that the Norweigian IPTV operator Comvie, has selected Dreampark as IPTV middleware provider.

Comvie which is a relatively new IPTV operator on the Norweigian IPTV market, has chosen to work with Dreampark and its Dreamgallery IPTV Middleware right from the start.

Ses Americom taps Amino for IPTV set top boxes

PRINCETON, NJ and Cambridge, UK – November 2, 2006 – Amino, a leading IPTV platform supplier, and SES AMERICOM, the largest satellite services provider in the U.S., today announced a multi-year set top box agreement to support IP-PRIME, an innovative, centralized IPTV distribution service serving telephone companies across America today. 

Registration to exhibitions strong

The IPTV World Forum, being held in March 2007, is seeing a record number of exhibitors signing up to demonstrate and exhibit their products and services.

Looking at almost double figures from last years World Forum, the expected 150 strong exhibition will have a high level mix of the best companies the IPTV industry has to offer. The exhibtion will be joint between three conferences being run over the three days at the Olympia, The IPTV World Forum, The Connected Home and Tv Over Net.

The full list of exhibitors can be found here.

Junction have announced that all exhibitions being held alongside their annual conferences will from now on be FREE to attend, delegates will still however need to register their details - the online form can be found here.

Operators Partnership Program

Junction, the producers of the IPTV World Series, realise how important it is for operators to link with the right technology suppliers, be ahead in their service delivery and learn from other operators worldwide on key deployment issues and best practice in IPTV service delivery.

 This is why they have introduced the Operators Partnership Program through all of their shows.

The Operators Partnership Program will allow Operators to gain more value from any of the IPTV World Series shows, and in return will allow for a more beneficial event for all involved.

IPTV World Series - Latest event Brochures

With a busy year coming up - The IPTV World Series events are picking up momentum and size, and next year will see the largest IPTV World Forum to date - with an expected 5000 delegates.

For the latest World Forum 07 brochure please click here

The IPTV World Forum Latin America, seeing its debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the end of Jan 2007 will see top speakers including The Minister of Communications for Brazil, Telecom Argentina, VTR Chile, Telemar, Telefonica Peru, Comsat, Telefonica Brasil, Antel, Novis, SMG and Pioneer Telephone Cooperative.

For the latest IPTV World Forum Latin America please click here

Asia Pacific Broadcasting article on IPTV World Forum Asia 2006

Asia Pacific Broadcasting, the voice of the broadcast and multimedia industry for the last 25 years, attended the IPTV World Forum Asia held in Shanghai, in September earlier this year.

Andrew Yeo of APB, writing about the show said ... ' The IPTV World Forum Asia 2006 in Shanghai was a refreshing event in that some of the speakers were very frank and willing to share their experiences.'

Writing in particular about two of the speakers, benjamin Schwarze of France Telecom, and Paul Berriman of PCCW, the article speaks of how  ' they offered some very interesting insights into the real world of IPTV. '

Benjamin Schwarze spoke of how ' Only second-generation HD-coding technology will enable HD to flourish.'  in his presentation, which kept delegates attentive throughout. Whilst Paul Berriman spoke on how he believed that pay-TV is all about watching great content — and highquality viewing experience is next.

To read the full article please click here

The IPTV World Forum Asia, will next year be held in Singapore.

IPTV World Series Awards 2007 to debut in London

The IPTV World Forum, taking place on 5th-7th March 2007, has announced it will be hosting the debut awards ceremony, specifically for the IPTV market; The IPTV World Series Awards 2007.

The IPTV market is rapidly maturing, and the time has come for it to be recognized as having major successes in the advancement of IPTV deployment. The IPTV World Series Awards 2007 will provide a much-needed showcase, and will be able to demonstrate and congratulate the high levels of talent that the IPTV industry has to offer.

The IPTV World Forum announces key speakers’ line up & new format

Being held at the Olympia in London on March 5^th – 7^th, The IPTV World Forum is anticipating over 5000 visitors, and will host in excess of 150 exhibitors.  The show will set a new standard next year as it reaches it’s most successful levels yet.  (www.iptv-forum.com) 

IPTV World Forum Latin America 2007 Program

The IPTV World Forum Latin America, to be held on January 30th - 31st 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

To view the latest program click here.

The IPTV Latin America has attracted speakers inlcuding Helio Costa, Minister for Communications, Brasil, as well as Telecom Argentina, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Novis, Telefonica, MTV & HBO, and is set to be another market leading event.

Widevine, Harmonic, NEC, verimatrix, Siemens & IPTV Americas are Gold Sponsors of the event and Amino are also sponsoring.

New Exhibitors confirmed at The IPTV World Forum 2007

The IPTV World Forum 2007, is already proving to be a huge success with the majority of exhibition spaces being filled up, and the number of exhibitors already exceeding last years show

The IPTV World Forum will also next year share exhibition space with The Connected Home, and TV Over Net - ensuring a wide array of market leading exhibitions.

The latest exhibitors of the show include:

The IPTV World Forum this year is expecting over 150 exhibitors, more than double the number from the 2006 show - with many comapnies making their exhibition debut at The IPTV World Forum, this, along with more than double the numeer of attendees, is showing the rapid growth of the show.

All Exhibitors, and their stand numbers, at the show can be seen here.

Latest IPTV News Analyst Issues

IPTV News Anaylst provides market-leading news and research for the IPTV marketplace.

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Notable IPTV trends are highlighted at IPTV World Forum Asia

By John Moulding, Editor-in-Chief, Digital Media Publishing Ltd.

This year's IPTV World Forum Asia conference and exhibition, held in Shanghai on September 27-29, uncovered a number of interesting themes that have a relevance far beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

The IPTV World Forum Asia moves to Singapore

After a successful show in Shanghai - The IPTV World Forum Asia is moving to Singapore, and will be held at the end of November 2007.

Show feedback from the delegates at IPTV World Forum in Shanghai, can been seen here

Over the three day conference, held at the International Convention Centre in Shanghai, the IPTV World Forum Asia conference and exhibition was host to over 60 expert speakers, over 50 exhibitors and saw more than 600 visitors pass through its doors.

The show next year will expand to include The Connected Home Asia, as well as Mobile TV Asia - following the format of the 2007 IPTV World Forum, which next year will host three specialist conferences at once, over three days.

For more information please contact Andrew Gong, at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or on +86 (0)21 6340 4191.

World Leaders gather at Latin America IPTV World Forum

Telecom Argentina, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Novis, Telefonica Peru and Telemar – are just some of the leading Latin America and US telcos that are set to speak as part of a world-class gathering of industry specialists at the IPTV World Forum Latin America (www.iptv-latinamerica.com) in Rio de Janeiro early next year.

Dreampark provides IPTV Middleware to Dansk Bredbaand

Dreampark, one of the leading providers of IPTV Middleware systems on the European market, today announced that its product had been selected by Dansk Bredbaand, a Danish IPTV operator.

Dansk Bredbaand has had an IPTV service in operation for several years. The Dreamgallery IPTV Middleware will now replace the existing system and integrate with Dnsk Bredbaand's IPTV infrastructure.

The Connected Home, conference dates confirmed

The Connected Home conference, Europe's largest specialist show, has been confirmed and will take place on 5th and 6th March 2007, running alongside the IPTV World Forum, London.

Celrun to sponsor IPTV World Forum Asia cocktail party

Celrun have confirmed that they will be sponsoring a networking cocktail party, to be held on the 2nd day of the IPTV World Forum Asia, on 28th September 2006.

New Additions to the IPTV World Forum, Asia.

The IPTV World Forum Asia, being held in Shanghai, end of September 2006, is growing larger by the day.

Microsoft TV & Alcatel have confirmed as the Platinum sponsors of the conference.

Comverse, Harris, Huawai, Motorola, UTStarcom, Thomson and HP have also come on board as gold sponsors.

Junction open new Asia Pacific 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.

Dates announced for IPTV World Forum Latin America conference

Junction have extended the reach of their international IPTV World Forum conferences and announced the IPTV World Forum Latin America is to take place on 30th & 31st January 2007, at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil www.iptv-latinamerica.com

Like the other IPTV Forums held worldwide every year, the IPTV World Forum Latin America will bring together leading telcos, content providers, broadcasters and manufacturers, as well as technology, software and broadband providers for an industry leading event. At the same time the conference will address the very specific local influences that will detemine the success, or otherwise, or IPTV in Latin America.

The Times and the IPTV World Series produce supplement

The IPTV World Conferences will be co-producing a supplement for distribution in the national edition of The Times newspaper, the UK's premier business publication.

Next Year's Dates revealed for IPTV World Forum, London 2007

The IPTV World Forum is established as the most important IPTV conference and exhibition, and will be held at Olympia, London on 5th, 6th, and 7th March 2007.

The event is promising to expect around 5,000 people, with over 200 exhibitors around 150 industry professionals presenting over the three days.

IPTV World Series at IBC conference

Junction and the IPTV World Series Conferences will be attending IBC on the 8th - 12th September 2007.

IBC is created 'By the industry, for the industry' and annually attracts exhibitors, sponsors, speakers and delegates from the top players involved in content for the entertainment industry.

The World Series conferences - including IPTV World Forum conferences held in the UK, Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America will

Come meet the World Forum team at Stand 1.182, Hall 1 at IBC Amsterdam.

If you would like to arrange a meeting please contact us in +44 (0)117 3116 220

Hanarotelecom Launches IPTV Service

July 25, 2006 - hanarotelecom has made inroads into the telecommunication-broadcasting convergence market, rolling out a commercial Triple Play Service (TPS), which they believe to be the first of its kind offered by a domestic fixed-line carrier.

Hanarotelecom has announced the launch of "hanaTV", a commercial VOD-based TV-Portal service, which provides various contents including movies, dramas, and educational programs on TV through broadband Internet network and IP Set-Top Box.

Tilgin delivers residential gateways to Slovenia - first major contract in Eastern Europe

Tilgin has delivered more than 10,000 residential gateways to a major competitive service provider in Slovenia. This is the company's first significant deal in the Eastern European market, and shows promise of continured volume deliveries over the coming months.

Siemens Supplies IPTV to the Netherlands

Siemens is not providing IPTV servies to the Netherlands by integrating its solution into the country's largest telecommunications carrier, KPN. Siemens Surpass Home Entertainment is a complete end-to-end solution including management systems for all applications, digital rights management, and uniform subscriber management.

Brazillian President signs digital decree

Brazil is expected to run its first commercial digital television transmission in Sao Paulo within six to eight months.

IPTV Column: The last mile, fiber or copper?
By Daniel Marcus, Product Marketing Manger, Broadband  UTStarcom, Inc

The race to build the telecommunications network infrastructure capable of delivering triple- and quadruple-play services is on. The major players in the U.S. have come to market with trial and commercial offerings for IPTV. These offerings are being developed across a range of different access infrastructure models.

Alcatel increasing bandwidth per user for Telefónica

June 8th, 2006 - Telefónica de Espana, the Spanish telco that is currently preparing the expansion of its Imagenio IPTV service across the whole of Spain, has selected Alcatel to provide access, aggregation and optical networking solutions so it can offer high bandwidth interactive services to its consumer and corporate customers.

France Telecom rebrands TV services as ‘Orange’; outlines marketing strategies for quad-play

June 2006 - France Telecom's MaLigne TV IPTV service is being re-branded under the Orange brand as part of a group-wide marketing exercise that covers Internet, TV and mobile offerings from June 1. The company's planned IPTV deployment in the UK will also be branded as Orange.

Top World Names focus on IPTV Forum Asia

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).

T-Online France using Microsoft TV for its IPTV roll-out later this month

June 9th, 2006 - Club Internet (T-Online France), the French ISP that is part of Deutsche Telekom Group, will use Microsoft TV for its new digital TV service, which is due to launch this month.

HanseNet uses ANT Fresco TV browser with ADB in Germany

June 6th, 2006 - Telecom Italia subsidiary HanseNet has selected ANT's ANT Fresco TV browser technology for its hybrid DTT/IPTV deployment in Germany, branded 'Alice'. It is being integrated into Advanced Digital Broadcast's (ADB) ADB-3800TW high-definition ready MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/AVC) hybrid set-top box and ADB has licensed Fresco and Alcatel's OMC software from ANT for this purpose. The deal marks ADB's entry into the German market with ANT Fresco. ANT's TV browser is already a proven solution in Telecom Italia's Alice service in Italy.

Optibase and UTStarcom deliver "true PiP" for IPTV operators

June 7th, 2006 - Optibase says it is working with IPTV system and set-top box vendor UTStarcom to bring true Picture-in-Picture (PIP) capabilities to IPTV services, "giving subscribers seamless flexibility and control over channel selection while reducing or eliminating the need for additional hardware at the telco headend". The joint solution is being demonstrated this week at Globalcomm 2006 in Chicago.

Nokia and Siemens Merge Infrastructure Businesses

June 30, 2006 Nokia and Siemens today announced plans to embark on a 50-50 joint venture dubbed Nokia Siemens Networks that will combine the fixed and mobile network infrastructure businesses of the companies.

Ericsson Launches End-to-End IPTV Solution

July, 2006 - Ericsson has announced an end-to-end IPTV solution. The offering will make possible a complete range of IPTV services, such as broadcast TV (both standard and high-definition quality), video on-demand, network personal video recording and electronic programming guides.

Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney Channel launch on True IPTV

July 2, 2006 - Walt Disney Television International (Southeast Asia) and True Digital Entertainment have entered a partnership to make Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney Channel available on True IPTV, Thailand’s IPTV provider, starting this month.

mPhase Technologies integrates Latens CAS with its IPTV platform

June 6th, 2006 – mPhase Technologies has announced general availability of an integrated Conditional Access feature to its flagship IPTV platform, the mPhase TV+ System , incorporating content and revenue protection software from Latens.

Amino selected for Northern Europe's first HD IPTV service

July 6, 2006 - Amino today announced that it has been selected by Lijbrandt Telecom BV to supply its STBs for the first ever High Definition (HD) IPTV service in Northern Europe.