The Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society's Uni TV IPTV platform has received an award for remote education innovation. The award was part of London-based Global Telecoms Business' 2011 Innovation Awards
Australian internet protocol television (IPTV) offering FetchTV is set to adopt YouTube and ABC iView streaming in coming months as part of the startup’s switch to open source protocols.
Australian IPTV start-up FetchTV has flagged plans to ink deals with the 10 largest local service providers outside of Telstra by the end of the year in efforts to form a competitive “coalition” against the incumbent telco’s popular T-Box service.
Australia’s second largest telco will move the popular FetchTV service to smartphones and tablets in the second half of 2011, in a partnership that garners the fourth local contract for the internet protocol television (IPTV) provider.
GoConnect (ASX:GCN) has announced a new Asian-language IPTV joint venture with Victoria-based ISP Netbay Internet.
An internet protocol television (IPTV) service prototype developed by the University of Melbourne could be used to attract international students to study with Australian universities from abroad, potentially solving the falling international student rates.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) intends to include internet protocol television (IPTV) as a core requirement of the Australia Network as the international-facing channel goes to competitive tender for a new operator.
Shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has sided with free-to-air broadcasters in their campaign to permanently lower spectrum licence fees, noting the rising tide of internet protocol television as competition to traditional television magnates.
GoConnect (ASX:GCN) envisions reaching a market cap of around $813 million with IPTV service uctv.fm.
Projection technology company Digislide (ASX:DGI), which is making moves into the IPTV market, has executed a five year licensing agreement with Sonora to help pursue this ambition.
The first three Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to sign up to Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service FetchTV now face increased competition in the form of Apple's newly revamped Apple TV service.
Apple is reportedly in talks with Fox, CBS, NBC and The Walt Disney Co. to offer 99-cent TV episode rentals through iTunes. It's unclear if each network would offer all their content for rental on iTunes or just select series. Episodes would be available for rental within 24 hours after their initial airing and expire after 48 hours, according to Bloomberg.
The Internet is often seen as a single entity; one point of contact in which all online communication and activity takes place. This is understandable: While the Internet itself is made up of thousands of inter-connected networks, systems and applications, it usually appears as a single item on your monthly bill.
FetchTV has announced the details of its IPTV wholesale packages, which will be available to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from late June 2010. The wholesale provider will be offering its subscribers a number of services, including a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) with a 750GB hard drive.
ABC's iView service will soon be available on Sony 2010 Bravia range of televisions and Internet-connected Blu-ray players. iView is already available via an Internet-connected PlayStation 3.