Accedo Broadband and Netgem announce that Accedo’s IPTV applications are to be made available via Netgem’s IPTV platform – NetgemTV. The two companies will introduce a range of customised and innovative IPTV applications over the next 12 months.

Netgem technology is employed in over 2.5 million homes globally and is among the Top 10 most deployed IPTV solutions worldwide. Netgem’s customers include leading telecom operators such as SFR in France, Telstra of Australia, Elisa in Finland, Monaco Telecom, Algeria Telecom, FetchTV in the UK and Melita in Malta.

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Accedo and Netgem Partner

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Continuing the OIPF trend of proactively promoting the relevance and practical benefits of its published standards-based end-to-end IPTV specifications, the OIPF booth (#233) at the IPTV World Forum in London will showcase technology solutions demonstrating elements of Release 1.1 of its specifications. The demonstrations at the event will be as follows:

An integrated demonstration from AwoX, Ericsson, Intertrust, Opera and Verimatrix will show end-to-end Content Protection with multi-device portability, Service Discovery and Selection and Content Download corresponding to the OIPF Release 1.1, Baseline Managed Profile, and using the Terminal Centric Approach for DRM and content sharing examples which utilize the DLNA Guidelines, Expanded Aug 2009. The demonstration will show how protection of content (copyright protected digital assets such as movies and music) can be achieved at any time and on any device in a converged content protection scenario.

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Open IPTV Forum Members to Demonstrate Elements of the OIPF Release 1.1 Specifications

Akamai announces that leading movie distribution companies rely on Akamai’s global EdgePlatform to ensure high quality movie delivery experiences online. Akamai customers including EPIX, Netflix and Roxio CinemaNow are delivering HD quality movies on Akamai’s uniquely distributed edge delivery network that is specifically tuned for optimal delivery of HD files online. Traffic across Akamai’s network associated with the delivery of full-length feature films has seen triple digit growth since November 2009, which Akamai believes to represent not only an increase in consumer consumption, but more content being migrated onto its platform. Akamai’s global network footprint and deep, category-specific experience delivering long-form, high definition video positions the company squarely to create tremendous value in this rapidly evolving market segment.

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Digital Movie Traffic on the Akamai Network Increases Three Fold

Microsoft launched its MSN Video Player, a video-on-demand service that enables U.K. consumers to watch TV anytime, anywhere at no extra charge.

The product, which has been piloted since August, has an expanded library of content amounting to over 1,000 hours of the U.K.’s top TV shows such as Kingdom, Waterloo Road and Skins, the company said. Many of these are available in High Definition, or HD.

Further content deals have been signed with other providers including Endemol, the Dutch producer of reality-television program Big Brother, All3Media, Shed Media and the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.

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Microsoft Launches MSN Video Player In UK