iiNet offers first 'true' IPTV
Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet will supply unmetered free-to-air and subscription TV to customers for around $30 a month as part of a new IPTV service.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet will supply unmetered free-to-air and subscription TV to customers for around $30 a month as part of a new IPTV service.
Ericsson is showing off a prototype of its Android-based IPTV Remote, which allows users to control TVs throughout their homes, as well as heating systems. The prototype has a 10-inch touchscreen, a forward-facing camera and speakers and could also be used as a mobile phone and to browse the Web, the Swedish company said Monday at Mobile World Congress.
In the year ahead Australians can expect to see download limits continue to soar, the emergence of pre-paid broadband and a watershed year for IPTV, according to Telsyte.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will boost IPTV service rollouts in Australia, with 235,000 subscribers by 2014 according to a forecast by analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan.
Ericsson Australia has established a regional TV centre in Melbourne to advance the development and adoption of next-generation TV in the emerging era of high-speed broadband communications.