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In the March 24, 2009 Issue:

• Connected TV services to grow despite economy
• Basketball fans turn in droves to CBSSports.com NCAA tournament coverage
• TV, Internet, mobile subscriptions could fall $5 billion, says In-Stat
• The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
• Online 'hyperlocal' model differs dramatically from traditional media approach
• Broadcom adds new HD decoder SoCs

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 TOP STORY
Connected TV services to grow despite economy

Consumers are expressing growing interest in their televisions being connected to the Internet, says Kurt Scherf, Parks Associates VP and principal analyst.

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
Basketball fans turn in droves to CBSSports.com NCAA tournament coverage

On the first day of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, more than 2.7 million unique visitors accessed CBSSports.com’s NCAA March Madness on Demand video player.

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 STUDIES & STATS
TV, Internet, mobile subscriptions could fall $5 billion, says In-Stat
Phil Kurz

A recent estimate from the research organization indicates about 15 percent of subscribers could pull back on their spending in light of the nation’s economic turmoil.

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 IPTV NETWORK
The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV

Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV.

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 SOUND OFF
Online 'hyperlocal' model differs dramatically from traditional media approach

Some TV stations and other traditional media companies are looking to hyperlocal coverage as a way to win back advertising and audience, but doing so won’t be as simple as transplanting old methods to the Internet, says Sarah Rotman Epps, the author of a new Forrester Research report.

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Transmitting straight from the editor’s desk

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 NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Broadcom adds new HD decoder SoCs

The new system-on-a-chip solutions will enable manufacturers to design and deploy next-generation hybrid cable, terrestrial and digital subscriber line (DSL) IP STB products.

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Harmonic unveils DiviCom Electra 8000

The multiformat, multichannel video processing platform supports HD and SD, as well as MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2.

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Amino to feature latest IPTV STB at NAB Show

Amino will show new features for its AmiNET set-top box, including new pause live TV functionality.

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Dreampark to feature Dreamgallery middleware with SVG technology

Dreampark's SVG Client adds a variety of improvements to the Dreamgallery middleware software suite.

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Broadcast International to show new CodecSys CE-1000 at IPTV World Forum

The CE-1000 is designed for broadcasters requiring high channel density and is well suited for IPTV, satellite and telco service providers.

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