Portugal Telecom has given details of a new investment in a fibre-optic network that will serve one million households by the end of 2009.
New heights for Belgacom TV
The Belgian IPTV provider Belgacom TV reached 555,000 connected homes during the first quarter, while ARPU went up 5.7% to €20.40.
Motorola’s Meo milestone
Motorola has announced the shipment of 150,000 IPTV set-top boxes to Portugal Telecom’s IPTV platform Meo. Unofficially the total has now passed 180,000.
BT Vision growth slows
BT Vision added just 25,000 new homes on the quarter, the lowest figure since the commercial launch of the IPTV platform in December 2006.
Highs and lows for VimpelCom
VimpelCom ended 2008 with FTTB networks in 40 Russian cities, while its residential broadband subscriber total, including FTTB and 3G, stood at 1.2 million.
Russian boost for Microsoft
Russia’s VimpelCom Communications has launched a new IPTV service in Moscow powered by Microsoft Mediaroom.
Antenna 1 debuts on Free
The Greek TV channel Antenna has launched on the French IPTV service Free in a deal negotiated by its distributor Thema.
More IPTV for Poland
Poland will later this month see the launch of what is likely to become one of the country’s leading IPTV operations.
Talk Talk snaps up Tiscali
The Carphone Warehouse Group subsidiary TalkTalk has agreed to acquire Tiscali’s operations in the UK for £236 million (€266.6 million).
New milestone for Telecom Italia
The IPTV service from Telecom Italia had 365,000 connected homes at the end of March, representing a growth of 36,000 during the first quarter.