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In the April 28, 2009 Issue:

• Verizon, AT&T report TV service subscriber gains
• ATIS completes Phase 1 IPTV documents
• 66 million surf the net, watch TV simultaneously in U.S., says In-Stat
• The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV
• Wowza Media Systems aims to make three-screen service a reality
• RMI unveils Home Media Play ADK

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 TOP STORY
Verizon, AT&T report TV service subscriber gains

Despite a weakening U.S. economy in the first quarter, both companies each added nearly 300,000 net new subscribers to their respective pay TV services.

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 INDUSTRY NEWS
ATIS completes Phase 1 IPTV documents

Five new standards covering the basics of IPTV, including linear TV service and media formats and protocols, are now available from the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions.

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Join the editors and writers of Broadcast Engineering magazine at NAB2009, even if you can’t make it to Las Vegas!

Beginning Monday, April 13, check out Broadcast Engineering’s exclusive NAB blog, BE@NAB, featuring pre-show coverage of events, conferences and NAB news. Then, check back Monday, April 20, when Broadcast Engineering writers and editors begin to post live from NAB2009 with the latest product and company news, audio podcasts with interviews from attendees and exhibitors, first-person accounts and links to videos taken from the show floor and posted on Broadcast Engineering’s premiere video site!

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 STUDIES & STATS
66 million surf the net, watch TV simultaneously in U.S., says In-Stat

A new In-Stat survey finds 33 percent of all male respondents across all age groups simultaneously watch TV and surf the net.

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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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Transmitting straight from the editor’s desk

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 SOUND OFF
Wowza Media Systems aims to make three-screen service a reality

Dave Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder of the company, last week at the NAB Show discussed how the new Media Server Pro Advanced edition software can make that happen.

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 NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
RMI unveils Home Media Play ADK

The Application Development Kit is an open development system and includes a complete software Board Support Package (BSP) for those targeting media-based applications.

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Envivio announces support for Microsoft Silverlight DRM-protected IIS live streaming

The integration of these technologies into the 4Caster C4 offers service providers a complete professional headend solution for secure content delivered to Microsoft Silverlight clients.

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Mogulus, LiveU announce end-to-end transmission, streaming solution

This newly integrated solution removes the traditional technology, integration and cost barriers associated with high-quality live transmission and streaming.

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Youreeka offers paid-access Internet content distribution

Youreeka’s embeddable Flash Player offers content owners, producers and affiliates a complete, Web-based distribution platform with a secure PCI-compliant payment gateway.

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Shenick releases diversifEye version 5.2

With diversifEye 5.2, Shenick offers the ability to test session initiation protocol (SIP) controlled video on demand (VoD).

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