20/7-/30 21h16 | Raquel Moreno - Telecom Online

Empresa acredita no potencial desse mercado e participa de testes nas operadoras

The inaugural IPTV World Forum Latin America event, held in Rio de Janeiro in January 2007, exceeded all expectations and reflected how IPTV has really caught the imagination of the Latin American market. (www.iptv-latinamerica.com)

Diario Produ.com 02/02/07 Lorena Sánchez

El futuro de los medios digitales está compuesto por compañías multiservicios, integración de empresas, aplicaciones vía IP, dispositivos inteligentes y aplicaciones que respondan a las necesidades de interactividad de los usuarios. La conclusión resume las dos jornadas del IPTV World Forum Latin America, que concluyó este miércoles 1 de febrero en el hotel Intercontinental de Río de Janeiro, con la asistencia de 430 personas. Fue el primer evento específico en la región, aunque realizado por la empresa británica Junction.

Diario Produ.com 1/02/07 Lorena Sánchez

MTV lanzará entre abril y junio la segunda edición del exitoso concurso de bandas musicales El garage, para el cual prepara asociaciones con operadores de banda ancha y con discográficas. La convocatoria lograda el año pasado a través de los portales MTV Revolution y La Zona, con 16 mil inscripciones frente a los mil o 2 mil que se esperaban, abrió los ojos de la compañía hacia el potencial de la red, convirtiéndola en uno de los principales focos del área de medios digitales.

Diario Produ.com 31/01/07 Lorena Sánchez

En los próximos dos años se espera que los servicios sobre IP en América Latina representen ingresos por US$1.000 millones, de los cuales la mitad corresponda a aplicaciones de video y el resto incluya desde compras a distancia (T-Commerce) hasta sistemas de localización de personas. La proyección fue anunciada por Werner Schuler Schütz, director general de TV y Servicios Multimedia de Telefónica Perú, en la primera conferencia del IPTV Forum Latin America que se realiza en el hotel Incontinental.

Teletime News 30/01/2007

A plataforma de IPTV da UTSTarcom encerrou o ano com mais de 500 mil usuários. O sistema é utilizado pelas operadoras chinesas China Telecom e China Netcom, além da japonesa BBTV, do Yahoo. "É a segunda plataforma de IPTV mais utilizada do mundo", disse o vice-presidente de marketing e gerenciamento de produtos da UTStarcom, Jimmy Ding, durante palestra no IPTV World Forum Latin America, nesta terça-feira, 30, no Rio de Janeiro.

Teletime News 30/01/2007 Fernando Paiva

Nos próximos dois anos, o mercado de IPTV na América Latina irá gerar uma receita de US$ 1 bilhão, afirmou o diretor geral de televisão e serviços multimídia da Telefônica para o continente, Werner Schuler.

Diario Produ.com 29/01/07 Lorena Sánchez 

Este martes comenzará en el hotel Intercontinental de Río de Janeiro el IPTV World Forum Latin America, que tratará el inminente despliegue de la televisión sobre IP en la región, con ejecutivos de América, Europa y Asia.

Elis Monteiro - Jornal O Globo

Enquanto não chega o sistema digital interativo, indústria de telefonia fixa aposta suas fichas no potencial da IPTV.

Many operators have chosen IPTV as their new opportunity

Now fixed operator is going through a very hard situation and it seems like this is going to last some time in the near future. Traditional voice services, their monopoly markets and the revenue that came along with it, are dead as we know it.  The statistics show that since 2000 global incumbent telecom operators have lost on average 5% per year of fixed line revenue. In addition, competition is abundant and CLEC’s, Broadband, Satellite, Cable, VoIP and Mobile providers are all firmly committed to the game.

October 10, 2006 - Alcatel has announced that it has been selected by Telefonica to provide solutions for its access, Metro Ethernet, IP edge and optical transport networks in Latin America, claiming to enable Telefonica to offer new high-bandwidth interactive services to its residential and corporate customers.

Junction, the leading digital technology events specialist, has set up its new Asia Pacific office in Shanghai, it was announced today.

Shanghai was chosen because of its status as a growing commercial and financial centre in China, and its close proximity to the IPTV World forum Asia event.

August 16, 2006 - IPTV Americas today announced that it will launch the first MPEG-4 IPTV solution made available to Latin American telecommunications providers using TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) compression technologies.

Reston, VA - Detecon, Inc., a leading global telecommunications and information technology consultant, today released its new whitepaper entitled "The Telco TV Component of Triple Play: US Market Outlook."

August 2, 2006 - Brazilian telecom operators are preparing to enter the television market. Telemar, Telefonica and Brasil Telecom (BrT) are all planning to launch IPTV services. However service offers will be restricted due to current legislation.

July 25, 2006 – Redback Networks, a provider of broadband networking systems, has announced that Telefonica del Sur (Telsur), the current carrier in Chile’s southern region, has chosen Redback’s SmartEdge® Multi-Service Edge Router to expand its next generation network and power its business and residential services.