IPTV

$45 Million for “HD AmeriTV” Sounds Awfully Familiar - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 12 Nov 2007 02:25 PM PST

Update: We just received a call from Shaun Morgan, who is identified on the press releases as First Mutual’s CEO, but is listed as chairman on the company’s website. His…

GridNetworks Raises $9.5 Million First Round for P2P TV Technology - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 31 Oct 2007 08:26 AM PST

Seattle-based GridNetworks, a developer of P2P technology for internet video, has raised a $9.5 million first round led by Panorama Capital. Two other strategic investors, who will be disclosed in…

Verizon’s FiOS a Growing Threat to Cable; AT&T Goes to Washington? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:12 AM PST

Once dismissed, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is forcing people to take its TV initiatives seriously. The company announced yesterday that its IPTV service FiOS TV had signed up 500,000 subscribers (release),…

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Israeli Virtual TV Operator RayV Raises $8 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 11 Oct 2007 12:13 PM PST

RayV, an Israeli online TV startup, has raised an $8 million second round from Accel Partners, reports Globes Online. Previous undisclosed funding came from co-founder Ron Zuckerman, also a prominent…

Video Startup XillianTV Raises $800K Seed Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 10 Oct 2007 12:38 PM PST

Santa Clara, CA-based XillianTV has raised a $800,000 seed round from Concept Ventures and founder Julien Nguyen, according to VentureWire (sub. req.), an amount we’ve confirmed with the investors. A…

Video Content Protection Firm Verimatrix Raises $5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 04 Oct 2007 04:33 AM PST

San Diego-based Verimatrix, which does watermarking and DRM for digital video, has raised a $5 million third round from existing investors, including Mission Ventures. The company has now raised over…

U.K. IPTV ‘Lagging Behind’ Rest Of Europe - Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 30 Aug 2007 12:16 AM PST

British telcos are way behind their continental counterparts in rolling out TV-over-broadband services, according to a new analyst report that criticizes a “lackadaisical approach” to IPTV strategy. Screen Digest’s review…

Ethnic TV Rebroadcaster JumpTV Strikes U.K. Web Carriage Deal with Tiscali - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 28 Aug 2007 03:44 AM PST

JumpTV (TSE:JTV), a distributor of ethnic PPV TV channels over the internet, has struck an interesting deal with Tiscali (BIT:TIS) that will see the ISP provide the Canadian company’s channel…

Indian IPTV Firm Time Broadband Gets Investment From Dubai Group; Sells 40 Percent Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 23 Aug 2007 12:00 PM PST

From ContentSutra: The Dubai Investment Group has picked up 40 percent state in Indian IPTV company Time Broadband via their subsidiary Dubai Ventures. Now, last year, Time Broadband Co-founder and…

Place-Shifting Startup Inxstor Gets $1.2 Million In Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 14 Aug 2007 12:37 AM PST

Inxstor, a place-shifting concern with only two employees, has just secured £600,000 ($1.2 million) in funding from Braveheart, a Scottish venture capital group, and the Scottish Co-investment Fund. The funding…

Federal Judge Tosses AT&T A Curve; Rules U-Verse Is Cable Service - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 27 Jul 2007 05:56 PM PST

It may not matter much in the long run but a federal judge in Connecticut ruled this week that AT&T’s (NYSE: T) U-Verse IPTV service meets the definition of a…

Broadband Content Bits UK: Virgin Sports; ITV.com; Disney-Orange - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 27 Jul 2007 05:04 AM PST

-- Virgin Media: The telco, broadband provider and cable TV provider is to launch a website with free sports video highlights, as it looks to compete again with BSkyB, this…

Online TV Could Command 18 Percent Of Net Advertising By 2011: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 25 Jul 2007 07:34 AM PST

Advertising on internet TV channels could yield worldwide revenues of up to $10 billion in 2011, according to a report from Understanding & Solutions. That would make up 18 percent…

Earnings: AT&T Q2 Profits Grow 61 Percent; Revs Up 86.7 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 24 Jul 2007 05:58 AM PST

Citing growth in wireless and internet subscribers, as well as sales of the iPhone, helped AT&T (NYSE: T) hit its ninth consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth, as Q2 profit…

Tiscali To Acquire Pipex’s Broadband Business For $420 Million - Confirmed - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 13 Jul 2007 04:32 AM PST

Updated: The buyout was confirmed. Tiscali will also get Pipex’s 480,000 voice customers. Tiscali expects “significant synergies and efficiencies” of around £150 ($300) million. The company, which in March boasted…

European Netflix Clone Glowria Secures $8.3 Million Financing - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jul 2007 02:20 PM PST

Glowria, a European Netflix clone, has raised $8.3 million, NetEco reports (in French). (via Alarm Clock Euro.) The company received the investment from existing investors Seventure (Groupe Natixis), Crédit Agricole…

BBC iPlayer Launch Accelerated To July; Also To Run On Cable, Virgin, More - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 27 Jun 2007 02:52 AM PST

Launch for BBC’s iPlayer, offering the last seven days of programming for download and viewable within a 30-day window, has been brought forward from November to July 27 - and…

iTV Content Developer Accedo Gets $1.28 Million Investment - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Jun 2007 07:00 AM PST

Accedo Broadband of Stockholm, Sweden, which makes interactive content for IPTV platforms, has received 9 million krona ($1.28 million) from state-established investors Industrifonden as well as its early-round backers. Formed…

Fox Entertainment Signs Internet TV Distribution Deal With Brightcove - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 18 Jun 2007 05:17 AM PST

Fox Entertainment Group has tapped online TV distributor Brightcove to provide its networks and studio with ad-supported internet video channels. The pact will also give Fox the ability to target…

Microsoft Renames IPTV Platform ‘Mediaroom’; Adds PC-TV Media Sharing; Opens Platform - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 17 Jun 2007 09:25 PM PST

Microsoft TV IPTV Edition makes way for Microsoft Mediaroom. With the name change comes a bigger emphasis on multimedia, including in-home sharing of music and photos between PCs and TVs.…

UK TV Networks Joining Forces For Broadband On-Demand Venture: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 14 Jun 2007 06:39 AM PST

The UK’s main broadcasters are reportedly planning a broadband media player joint venture that would pool their programming as on-demand video downloads. An unidentified source told The Guardian BBC, ITV…

@ Promax/BDA: TV Promos Meet The Long Tail - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 13 Jun 2007 11:04 AM PST

Lee Hunt, interim managing director of Promax/BDA, held forth on how Chris Anderson’s Long Tail concept is changing viewing choices and what the makers of TV promos and movie trailers…

Internet Video Provider PermissionTV Closes $9 Million Third Round - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 13 Jun 2007 08:54 AM PST

Online video solutions provider PermissionTV has closed a $9 million third round financing. The round was led by two new investors, Castile Ventures and Point Judith Capital, who join existing…

Virgin Media Launches New Channel, Includes IPTV And UGC - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Jun 2007 05:50 AM PST

Telephony, broadband and TV provider Virgin Media will counter the loss of Sky One from its line-up by launching a new mass-market entertainment channel on platforms including broadband internet, according…

Joost Rival Babelgum Opens Doors To P2P TV Viewers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 08 Jun 2007 06:09 AM PST

Updated: Rafat adds: I am interviewing Scaglia on Monday morning, and will have more on Babelgum and his own views on online video. Ireland-based P2P TV network Babelgum has opened…