TELEsatelit - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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NEWS HDTV & 3D Programmes<br />
The service includes over 30 premium free to air<br />
television channels and premium international<br />
Satellite channels, including CBS, ABC, NBC,<br />
KCAL, FOX, KTLA, Russia Today, BBC News, RAI<br />
Sports, Dubai Sports, TVE Spain, Scuzz, Flaunt<br />
and many more. Packages also include premium<br />
FilmOn movie channels and FilmOn pay-per-view.<br />
U-VERSE CUSTOMERS GET 4<br />
SIMOULTANEOUS HD STREAMS<br />
AT&T has started rolling out a new enhancement<br />
to its U-verse IPTV service that that lets<br />
customers watch up to four HD shows at one<br />
time and also gives most U-verse TV customers<br />
the ability to record three HD shows and one<br />
SD show at the same time with their Total Home<br />
DVR--a feature not offered by other TV providers.<br />
The provider said the product is rolling out<br />
on a market-by-market basis to new and existing<br />
customers over the next several months.<br />
L A T I N A M E R I C A<br />
BRAZIL<br />
<strong>TELE</strong>FONICA INTRODUCES<br />
ONVIDEO SERVICE<br />
Telefonica Brasil has launched its VOD service,<br />
OnVideo, enabling users to watch movies, TV<br />
series and documentaries, as well as other content<br />
such as YouTube, weather, news and horoscopes.<br />
To access these resources, customers must<br />
purchase a converter and connect it to the TV.<br />
More than 2,000 videos are available thanks to<br />
a partnership with Saraiva, which has its own<br />
virtual video store, for a period of 24 or 48 hours.<br />
CHILE<br />
<strong>TELE</strong>FONICA CHILE TO INVEST<br />
USD 2 billion in FTTH<br />
Telefónica Chile has revealed that it plans to<br />
invest US$ 2.5 billion over the next four years<br />
in rolling out a nationwide FTTH network which<br />
will cover over 700,000 homes. The first phase<br />
of the project will take place in the Biobío region<br />
with the connection of more than 50,000 homes,<br />
including the region’s main cities such as Talcahuano,<br />
Los Ángeles, Chillán and the regional<br />
capital, of Concepción. Preparations are also at<br />
an advanced stage for the delivery of IPTV.<br />
A S I A & P A C I F I C<br />
IPTV AND 3D TV TO BOOST<br />
PAY-TV OPERATIONS<br />
As per the 2010 Asia-Pacific pay-TV operators<br />
survey, Asia’s pay-TV industry players believe<br />
that new technologies like the IPTV and 3D TV<br />
provide the greatest untapped opportunity. The<br />
2010 Asia-Pacific pay-TV operators survey is<br />
jointly produced by Global Intelligence Alliance<br />
(GIA) along with ContentAsia. Some 35 pay-TV<br />
operators and platforms across 14 countries in<br />
the Asia Pacific region were polled for the survey.<br />
They said that more than 50% of Asian pay TV<br />
operators have now started offering HD. The<br />
operators also mentioned that industry players are<br />
also looking towards new technologies like VOD,<br />
3D TV, IPTV and new platforms for increasing the<br />
subscriber growth and generating greater revenues.<br />
CHINA<br />
NEULION ACQUIRES TRANSVIDEO<br />
NeuLion has closed the previously announced<br />
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding<br />
shares of TransVideo <strong>International</strong>, in exchange for<br />
22,000,802 common shares of the China’s largest<br />
IPTV technology providers and a manufacturer of<br />
set top boxes. The former TransVideo shareholders<br />
currently own approximately 14% of the Company.<br />
TransVideo has numerous customer relationships<br />
with clients CCTV, various provincial governments<br />
in China and the Chinese Ministry of Sports.<br />
UTSTARCOM WINS SICHUAN CONTRACT<br />
UTStarcom was awarded the contract for Sichuan<br />
Radio and TV’s Integrated IPTV Broadcasting Control<br />
Platform Project through a rigorous competitive<br />
bidding process. Initiated by Sichuan Radio and<br />
TV in early August of 2010, the project is China’s<br />
first network integration project for pilot cities.<br />
UTStarcom will provide it with a package solution<br />
which includes software and infrastructure development<br />
and content delivery network (CDN) support.<br />
KUWAIT<br />
OCCAM NETWORKS PROVIDES<br />
IPTV FOR KUWAIT RESORT<br />
Occam Networks is supplying multi-service<br />
access platform (MSAP) solutions based on<br />
pure packet technologies, as part of a major