Efforts to accelerate the deployment of IPTV by combining the expertise of key telecom operators, consumer electronics manufacturers and network infrastructure providers in the Open IPTV Forum are gathering further momentum, and the first release of the specifications that will allow IPTV to develop into a mass market service is close to completion.

At its meeting at the headquarters of Telefónica in Madrid from 10-13 June, the Open IPTV Forum, the pan-industry initiative that was established to produce the end-to-end solution specification which will open up access to the interactive and personalised services offered by IPTV, significantly expanded its membership. These companies join the founding members - Ericsson, FT Group, Nokia Siemens Networks, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony and Telecom Italia - and many other major IPTV industry players from the communications and entertainment industries (www.openiptvforum.org/members.html), bringing to 37 the number of companies which are working together in the Forum.

Since April this year, 11 new members have been accepted:
Access Company
BeeTV
FastWeb
Digital Fountain
Intel
InterTrust Technology Corporation
Motorola
Opera Software
Thomson
Swisscom
ZyXEL

Yun Chao Hu, Chairman of the Forum, commented:
"These new members represent a wide range of interest and broaden the input to the Forum's activities both technically and geographically; they reinforce the Forum's presence in the USA, with four new member companies (Digital Fountain, Intel, InterTrust Technology Corporation and Motorola) and establish the Forum's presence in Taiwan (ZyXel).

"Work on the new specifications is progressing fast. The Forum has already produced the first version of a Service and Platform Requirements document and the first architecture specification. We are now working round the clock to meet our target of publishing Release 1 in September this year. Release 1 will solve the problem of fragmentation within the market by standardising an IPTV framework, enabling a 'plug and play' experience for the end-user and, by ensuring interoperability, will make IPTV independent of the technology behind it."

Over the coming months, the Forum will be exhibiting at some of the world's largest consumer entertainment industry events:
-IPTV World Forum North America - Chicago, US, 22-23 July
-IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics trade fair - Berlin, Germany,
29 August - 3 September
-MPEG Industry Forum - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 11 September
-IBC, the major international event for all involved in the creation, management and delivery of content for the entertainment industry - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12-16 September.

Q-1200 is a Scalable, Multichannel Automated Video Headend Monitoring Device

SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 24, 2008 - Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM) today announced the Q-1200 digital/IP video headend analyzer, a scalable, multichannel video headend monitoring device, which is scheduled to be generally available in September. The Q-1200 identifies video impairments to ensure a high quality delivery of advanced digital video for telco and cable operators, enabling reduced operating costs and customer churn.

Performing comprehensive audio/video analysis on 400 video streams simultaneously and content analysis for up to 100 channels, the Q-1200 accurately identifies video impairments from basic service issues to sophisticated video artifacts, such as channel audio and/or video dropout, black/blue screen, major blockiness, and more. The Q-1200 also measures video / audio with a user configurable sampling period for I frame / audio data for each channel.

Symmetricom's Telecom Solutions Division Principal Technologist Dr. Stefan Winkler commented, "With its multichannel scalability, deep content analysis, and centralized element manager, our Q-1200 replaces the need for expensive 'golden eye' operations personnel, enabling operators to accurately and cost effectively assure video quality at any headend location."

The Q-1200 is a critical part of Symmetricom's V-FACTOR® Quality of Experience (QoE) platform. The V-FACTOR platform empowers telco and cable operators to monitor key sources of potential video and audio impairments by providing a scalable solution that accurately assesses a consumer's video quality experience. The Q-1200 video headend analyzer, in conjunction with Symmetricom's network probes, software agents, and NOC software, form a comprehensive end-to-end video QoE solution. The Q-1200 performs specialized functionality at the headend, while Symmetricom's network probes and software agents monitor other network nodes to ensure accurate identification of video quality issues throughout the video delivery chain. This provides an understanding of video quality services enabling reduced costs through efficient diagnosis and decreased customer churn.

Listen to Interview with Gary Croke from Symmetricom

Tamberelli Digital in conjuntion with Jeffrey Cree HDVS Market Development Manager, Band Pro Film and Digital Inc. will host a workshop with the Sony F-23 which represents a new level to digital cinematography. The F-23 delivers full bandwidth 4:4:4 capture in a film style camera package. The Sony F-23 works with our full line of Zeiss Ultra Primes as well as our full line of Zeiss Digi Zooms and Digi Primes.

You are invited to join us at our open house/ F-23 work shop. The work shop will be held June 25,2008 at 9:00AM to 11:30AM and repeated from 1:30PM to 4:00pm. We will also be discussing the soon to be delivered F-35. Tamberelli Digital will receive the first F-35 delivered on the east coast, sometime in November 2008.

RSVP required to attend, please email: charles (at) tamberelli.com and specify which session you wish to attend.

Locations/Dates:

TAMBERELLI DIGITAL
516 W. 36th STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10018
212-244-1011

DATE: Wednesday JUNE 25TH 2008
TIME: 9:00AM TO 11:30AM
1:30PM TO 4:00PM

 
About Jeffrey Cree:

With more than 30 years in the Film and Television Industry Jeff brings to his position as a Market Development Manager for HDVS Systems, the unusual combination of a film production and electronics engineering background. This multiple Emmy Award winning Video Recordist/Cameraman completed 18 years with the ABC Television Network, as a member of the engineering unit prior to moving to Sony Electronics. Jeff worked primarily with the product marketing and management groups of Sony with his primary focus being with Acquisition Systems. Since joining Band Pro in January of 2003 Jeff has continued to provide input to the product development groups at Sony and other manufactures on current and upcoming high definition products. Most of all, Jeff has become a resource to the growing High Definition Production Market.

Jeff has spent much of his time as liaison to TV episodic productions and feature films assisting them in the transition to HDVS production. Projects include productions by notable directors Robert Altman, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Redford, Michael Mann, the Wachowski brothers and George Lucas.

In an attempt to remove the mysteries of the video camera Jeff has used his foundation in film and video as a basis for the teaching of Advance Video Techniques and Electronic Cinematography at various educational facilities across the country.

Calabasas, Calif. -- (June 17, 2008) - Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, invites visitors to the NXTcomm08 trade show in Las Vegas to view Ixia's initial implementation of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line-rate traffic generation and analysis and to see Ixia Carrier Ethernet test solutions in action on the show floor. Ixia representatives will also speak at two panels during the show. See details, below.

100 GbE demonstration

Where: Infinera's booth (#5607). A more in-depth private demonstration is available by appointment at room MSL4704.

What: Avago Technologies, Infinera and Ixia are collaborating on live demonstrations that will send 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) traffic over a long-haul network from Infinera's booth. Ixia will demonstrate an initial implementation of 100 GbE line-rate traffic generation and analysis. The traffic will be handed off to a 100 GbE interface on the Infinera DTN DWDM transport system. The 100 GbE signal is then switched and transported by the DTN through a long-haul DWDM network to Los Angeles, where it will be looped back and then transported back to the Infinera booth in Las Vegas.

When: June 17 and 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Carrier Ethernet

Where: Nortel's Booth (#2051), Exhibit Hall A.

What: Nortel and key industry solutions providers will launch the Carrier Ethernet Ecosystem at the show and, for the first time, demonstrate "How PBT can seamlessly operate a multivendor environment." Ixia will participate with its PBT/PBB-TE solution.

When: June 17 and 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Matisse Networks

Where: Booth SU4511

What: A live demonstration of its EtherBurst Packet WDM system using Ixia's IxNetwork™ testing suite to simulate a combined traffic consisting of 60 Gbps triple-play (voice, video and data) and high-bandwidth low-latency business Ethernet services.

When: June 17 and 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Panel discussion details

What: IMS/NGN Interoperability (Plugfest 5) Results Announcement and Forum

Where: Forum Theater, SL 9008

When: 10 a.m to 10:50 a.m., Wednesday, June 18

Moderator: Michael Khalilian, chairman and president, NGN & IMS Forums

Speakers:
Nigel Upton, general manager, BSS Products, HP
Pierre Lynch, technical product manager, VoIP & Wireless Core, Ixia
Stephen French, senior manager, Global Marketing Programs,Tekelec
Ranjith Mukundan, director, Wipro Technologies

What: Mobile Backhaul, sponsored by the Metro Ethernet Forum

Where: MEF booth SL 4409

When: 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon, Thursday June 19

Moderator: Aditi Das Patnaik, Tejas Network

Speakers:
Jeremy Brayley, ECI I
Mike Haugh, senior product manager, Network Infrastructure Group, Ixia
Dan Lewallen, Tellabs

About Ixia
Ixia is a leading provider of IP service verification platforms and performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services. Ixia's test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to validate the performance and reliability of complex IP networks, devices, and applications. Ixia's multiplay test systems address the growing need to test voice, video, and data services and network capability under real-world conditions.
For more information, contact Ixia at 26601 W. Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; (818) 871-1800, Fax: (818) 871-1805; Email: info@ixiacom.com or visit our Web Site at http://www.ixiacom.com.
Ixia, IxNetwork, IxYukon and the Ixia four-petal logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Ixia. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

London - 18 June 2008: Packet Vision, the pioneer of advanced video advertising and TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced that they have partnered to deliver an advanced targeted advertising solution. The companies have built what they believe to be the world's only solution capable of delivering truly frame-accurate splicing in H.264 over IPTV, which is a key component in ensuring seamless delivery of addressable advertising.

The solution was used to provide addressable advertising to university students subscribed to Inuk's Freewire Service - an IPTV network that provides triple play services to universities across the UK. Ads played out during Channel 4 commercial breaks that weren't relevant to students were replaced with ads for a major UK convenience food brand during May. It was the second such campaign to be completed successfully.

Both campaigns were achieved using Packet Vision's addressable advertising service, and employed Packet Vision's PV1000 and TANDBERG's EN8030 encoder. The PV1000 is Packet Vision's fully integrated appliance with ad server, splicer and router. Powered by the VIDEO SWITCHING ENGINE, the PV1000 is architected to provide optimum addressability and unparalleled video quality to the network edge. The TANDBERG EN8030 encoder is based on the company's award-winning MPEG-4 AVC compression platform and provides a feature-rich solution with industry--leading performance to delver the best quality pictures at the lowest bitrates. A frame accurate splice was defined as a splice occurring with an error margin of no more than 2 frames. Packet Vision and TANDBERG Television believe that the next-best available solution would have an error margin of at least 6 frames or ¼ second, which is clearly visible to the human eye.

Accurate splicing is an essential element of ad insertion or replacement, and therefore a basic but critical component of addressable advertising. Without such accuracy ad spots can either cut into the spots that follow them, or run short - leaving holes in the commercial break when an ad is inserted, or showing the original ad when that ad is replaced.

Packet Vision provided TANDBERG Television with a sophisticated analysis of Channel 4's programming feed and with the tools required to fine-tune the legacy TANDBERG E5720 MPEG-2 encoder and the new EN8030 MPEG-4 AVC encoder - making them the only encoders currently available that can enable such frame-accurate splicing. The solution developed through collaboration between Packet Vision and TANDBERG Television adheres to SCTE35 and SCTE104 standards.

Enabling fixed and wireless networks for broadband media services

LONDON, United Kingdom - 17 June 2008 - Neil Holloway, the Vice President of Business Strategy at Microsoft International will be interviewed by CNN business journalist Adrian Finighan live on stage at the second annual Broadband Connect Summit taking place at the Courthouse Hotel Kempinski in London on 30 June 2008.

Neil Holloway of Microsoft is leading several business strategies for Microsoft focussed on growth and customer experience. Microsoft is aiming to bring new television experiences to the living room with its Mediaroom platform as used by BT Vision.

He will face tough questions from CNN presenter Adrian Finighan. The international anchor and correspondent is based at the European headquarters of CNN and presents 'Business International' and 'World News' from London.

"We have incorporated this one to one interview format in response to audience demand," said Joseph de Villiers, the Managing Director of Technosummits, which is hosting the event. "Conference delegates tell us they are bored of endless presentations. This interview format is part of our unique approach to asking hard questions and promoting genuine debate."

Dr William Cooper, the founder and Chief Executive of consultancy informitv, commented: "I am delighted as the chair of this summit to have Neil Holloway and Adrian Finighan taking part as our special guest and interviewer. This will provide an engaging contribution to the conversation about the role of next generation fixed and mobile networks in delivering broadband media services to the consumer."

The Broadband Connect Summit is one of the premier events in the broadband sector bringing together industry leaders and stakeholders from technology and media companies to examine and discuss the key issues they are facing.

Cambridge, UK, and Las Vegas, NV - June 16, 2008 - Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, announced today at the NXTcomm08 Show in Las Vegas, that its AmiNET130 Set-Top Box (STB) has been certified by Minerva Networks, a leading provider of open-platform carrier class solutions for the delivery of broadband television services.

The AmiNET130, which offers service providers a cost-effective means to deliver end-to-end digital High Definition (HD) TV, has successfully completed both lab and field trials and is now deemed fully compatible with Minerva's iTVManager 3.x platform.

iTVManager, deployed by over 120 operators worldwide, is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery and management of a broad set of television services, including high-definition TV (HDTV), digital video recording (DVR), video-on-demand (VOD), music, games, and communication applications.

The AmiNET series of IPTV STBs has been used in commercial deployments and trials in over 80 countries worldwide. Amino's principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct™ IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

About Minerva Networks
Minerva Networks is a leading provider of open-platform, carrier-class solutions for the delivery of broadband television services. More than 110 network operators worldwide use Minerva IPTV solutions to deliver next-generation entertainment and communications services. Minerva Networks is headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit http://www.minervanetworks.com.

Cambridge, UK and Las Vegas, NV - June 17, 2008: Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, today launched the AmiNET130M, the market's first 100% digital HD IPTV STB, at the NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas.

With HDMI as the only available method of connection to the TV, the AmiNET130M is cheaper and simpler to install than other HD IPTV STBs. As a result, for any service provider whose primary proposition is HD the AmiNET130M lowers the cost of connecting a customer.

The AmiNET130M acknowledges that TV purchasing trends have shifted significantly towards HD-ready flatscreens, and the product complements the AmiNET130 which supports a full range of traditional TV connectors. The AmiNET130M retains all of the other benefits of it's sister product, including offering service providers the ability to deliver end-to-end digital HD TV as a multicast or on-demand multi-room video experience. Like the AmiNET130, the AmiNET130M supports MPEG-4, allowing channels and services to reach customers over longer distances or when they have lower bandwidth broadband connections.

In addition, the AmiNET130M is the industry's smallest all digital, HD MPEG-4 STB, measuring just 4.48 inches wide x 1.37 inches high. Based on the established, award winning Amino design, the AmiNET130M has a sleek and distinctive black extruded case.

"This is another great example of Amino shaping IPTV with an innovative solution that recognises the dynamics of this fast evolving industry," said Andrew Burke, CEO of Amino Communications.

Top features of the AmiNET130M include the following:

High Definition - The support of HD video offers greater realism and more detailed viewing in large display formats. In addition to HD video, the AmiNET130M also supports HD graphics, offering service operators the ability to display more volume and diversity of content on User Interface screens. The AmiNET130M adds value to the consumer and creates new revenue streams for providers through personalized services such as weather forecasts, stock quotes, or targeted advertising.

MPEG-4 - Decoding technology that allows significantly higher quality video streams at the same bitrate previous standards were capable of or the same quality but using lower bandwidths.

Low Cost Deployment - The AmiNET130M is a cost-effective solution that allows service operators to reduce their costs and therefore expand existing markets and address entirely new markets.

Flexible Platform - The AmiNET130M offers service providers even greater flexibility in how they choose to install services for customers.

CommunicAsia 08, Singapore 17 June 2008 - Changing network environments
and new sophisticated applications such as IPTV have brought the DSL
Forum to transform its work across the broadband space and leads today
to the unveiling of its new name and identify - The Broadband Forum.

To meet the need for greater speed, more responsive network provisioning
and greater personalized Quality of Experience (QoE) for customers, the
DSL Forum has expanded its scope of work over the years- producing more
than 150 technical reports to help drive industry progress. Moving from
pure DSL solutions to include access agnostic management specifications
in 2005, the Forum now adds PON solutions, more digital home
optimization models and sets the standard for real time application
support.

"Broadband has already changed lives considerably since our organization
first began in 1994 - but now the world stands on the brink of a giant
leap forward in converged communications," said George Dobrowski,
Chairman and President of The Broadband Forum.

"For some time now, we have been dealing with much more than DSL,"
continues Dobrowski. "Yet we discovered that because of the DSL in our
name, many of our specifications that are access agnostic, management
related or provide solutions to broader broadband issues, were being
missed by the standards community because they mistakenly thought our
work was just DSL specific.

"With the upcoming release of BroadbandSuite Release 3.0, we provide our
commitment to simplifying the management and architecture of the hybrid
DSL and fiber networks that are emerging, and our continuous focus on
expanding the TR-069 BroadbandHome family of work, which continues to be
updated to stay aligned with the ever changing digital home landscape.
With close to 30 million devices on the market that are TR-069 adherent
today, it is clear that this body of work continues to grow in
importance to the industry.

"This name change does reflect a change in the industry, as providers
roll out many broadband technologies such as DSL, fiber and wireless to
meet the needs of their customers. However, as DSL is a vital tool in
expanding broadband access to more areas and increasing service speed
via its flavors, such as ADSL2plus, VDSL2 and bonded DSL, our critical
work in the DSL arena will absolutely continue," concluded Dobrowski.

Ovation TV, the only television network devoted exclusively to the arts, has launched a social network to bring artists and art lovers to prime-time.

This multi-platform network breaks the mold by providing users with up-close and personal access to some of today's most celebrated artists and art curators - such as renowned kitsch imagery artist Jeff Koons, featured artist this month. Koons' work is currently on exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Additionally, viewers can experience the entire Ovation TV brand, viewing in-depth content ranging from classic art, music and film through its exclusive broadband channels.

The new Ovation TV community is designed to help artists from all walks of life explore their ideas about art and culture by curating their own space to show the world what makes their lives creative.

Users can join the new network by going to http://ovationtv.com/joinnow/

In the spirit of Ovation TV network, the new community will showcase the world's greatest artists in popular arts, theater, dance, opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, design, photography and architecture, along side members of the social network. Bringing online to prime-time, community members can submit their best works for consideration to be featured on Ovation TV cable network.