If you want to get all the subscribers or at least most of them get the networks to drop the ads and logos that clutter up the bottom of the screen during shows.

Good Crave article

With Verizon deployed in 5% of Comcasts market they are starting to feel the pinch.  They are also starting to worry more about DirecTV and Dish taking HDTV customers away.  Stock price is slipping on investor fears of decreased revenue.

All I can say as a current Comcast subscriber is "good!"  I wish Verizon or AT&T were deploying in my area.  Time to short Comcast and Time Warner?  :)

Added a new downloads page.  Currently I've only got the one tool posted.  It's a tool I use during testing of IP video systems using an RTSP server.  It make things much easier but it's windows only.  It should work on linux and wine though.

It contains a dll that can be used to link to in your own code or can be used with the simple UI included.  There are some bugs, not big ones though and I'll be doing a complete rewrite of this tool to make it much more polished.

I need feedback though.  Try it out and let me know what you would like to see.

Even Technologies announces a signed commercial contract to install an end-to-end telco IPTV solution with Twin Lakes Telephone 125 Channels and unlimited VOD.  Press Release.

Orca and Muvee team up to create an IPTV application that allows instant creation of home movies over an IPTV service.  Kind of like photoshow but better.  See LivePhoto at IBC.

T-Com Montenegro is getting ready to launch IPTV service using a Scientific Atlanta / Cisco head end.  The Montenegro launch looks to be scheduled sometime in the last bit of 2007.

U-verse is availble now in 9 states.  After announcing the 100,000 customer barrier being broken in less than a year AT&T also announced plans to roll out more features such as Yahoo games and U-bar which delevers internet like content to the TV.

Other news released today:

Norwegian startup Secustream Technologies has announced that it has developed a new ‘second-by-second’ content protection system, called SecuShow.

AccessKey IP signs Letter of intent with US manufacturer to produce IPTV set top boxes.

Tiscali has revealed that it is to start rolling out its IPTV service nationwide across the UK, and aims to sign up 500,000 subscribers by the end of this year and extend its reach to 10mn households.

The service, called Tiscali TV, currently has 50,000 customers, mostly in North and West London and in Hertfordshire.  The service will initially be extended to central, north and north-west England, with areas in the north-east and Scotland to go live in October. 

Tiscali TV offers 80 channels, and the basic triple play package of video, voice and broadband is available from £19.99 per month, including Sky’s basic channels.  Sky’s premium movie and sports channels are also available, while an on-demand service features around 1,000 movie titles.

Deutsche Telekom dropped the price of it's entry level offering from around 83 Euro to 59 Euro.  This is for 70 broadcast channels, PPV channels, OnDemand, ADSL internet access and unlimited phone service in Germany.

They will have 200,000 customers by the end of the year.