»Joost Scales Back Until Broadband Speeds Up

By S.E. Kramer

hulu, the NBC Universal and FOX-owned website that offers ad-supported movies and network TV shows, launched to the public this week.

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leading supplier for VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fiber access lines, today announced that, Telefónica del Sur S.A.

»Should FCC Worry about TVoIP?

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Not content just being the world’s largest video search engine, technology spin-off Blinkx has set its sights on launching its own online TV service.

The London-based business, which is yet to declare a profit, hopes peer-to-peer streaming technology will enable Blinkx Broadband TV by March next year.

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Not long ago, TV fans searched in vain for their shows online. Now, they often have several sites to choose from.

Robin Wauters

San-Francisco based Zattoo recently added Belgian TV stations VT4, VijfTV, La Une and La Deux to its portfolio of free online streaming channels. From its website:

Zattoo acquires, transports and presents quick-start, long-play streaming video in one browser for all channels for broadband users anywhere.

By Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 29, 2007
The most ambitious attempt by television companies to retain their audiences on the Web begins today, and the early reviews are surprisingly good.

Hulu.com, a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp., will launch with many episodes of hit NBC and Fox shows and a small sampling of movies, all with one-quarter the commercial minutes of regular TV.

»TVLinks Owner Arrested

By Mike Coward, Continuous Computing

IPTV, or TV services delivered over a managed IP (Internet protocol) network, is expected to skyrocket in the next five years from four million subscribers in 2006 to a projected 103 million in 2011 according to a recent report by analyst firm iSuppli Corporation. IPTV is the highest bandwidth service ever deployed into the network.

Along with the rapid increase in subscribers, there are two amplifying trends that will pose significant challenges and opportunities to network designers: video-on-demand (VoD), and the shift to high-definition TV (HDTV).


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»Joost Co-Founder Speaks About Its Future

Older, but interesting Blog posting about TVoIP

»ideas.4brad.com/node/372

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter

A total of 46 locally developed technologies on Internet protocol TV (IPTV) were selected as international standards. This is likely to help Korean firms preempt the lucrative Web-based TV markets.