In Brief: Amazon, Vodafone TV, HbbTV

In the US, a new Amazon Instant Video app for Xbox Lilve Gold subscribers gives customers access to movies and TV episodes on their Xbox 360 console.

German Vodafone TV aims at 100,000

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Germany’s IPTV platform Vodafone TV aims to reach 100,000 customers before the end of the year, said Dhananjay Mirchandani, CEO of Vodafone TV, to Handelsblatt.

Vodafone Germany to bring TV to LTE

IFA 2011 – BERLIN. Vodafone Germany will start to roll out LTE in German urban areas, said CEO Friedrich Joussen at the company’s press conference in Berlin. Dusseldorf will be the first city where the service will trial.

Vodafone Germany adds MTV channels

MTV Networks Germany is expanding its IPTV reach with a new distribution agreement for Nickelodeon HD, Comedy Central HD, MTV and Nick Jr.

Telekom Entertain leads German IPTV market

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With over 1.3 million subscribers, Deutsche Telekom’s service Entertain is the clear leader in the German IPTV market. 02/Hansenet’s Alice Home TV lags far behind with just 79,000 connected homes. Vodafone has yet to publish its first figures for its recently launched IPTV service.