The market for Interactive TV advertising is expected to double inside the next 12 months and in May London plays host to a major event focused upon its latest development – the Interactive TV (iTV) Advertising Show on the 23^rd May 2006.

Amino, leading IPTV software and customer premises equipment provider, has been selected by EONA and La Communication Hospitaliere, technology providers and integrators respectively, of on-demand digital solutions for hospitality, corporate and education markets, to enable its delivery of interactive IPTV services to patients of the Centre Hospitalier of Valenciennes, in France.   Amino’s presence in the international hospitality entertainment sector is strengthened with a deployment of several thousand units.  The AmiNET103 is the ideal choice as it allows patients to take full advantage of the hospital’s IP network, offering high-speed Internet access, multicast Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and true video-on-demand (VOD) straight to their bedside.

Magicweb, Inc. (OTC:MGWB.PK - News), a broadcasting solutions company, today announced that they have completed the next development stage of their proprietary audio/video transmission system.

Wednesday, November 16th 2005 - Geneva: Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com ), a leading supplier of digital TV systems and software solutions for interactive television, announced today that it has received a substantial order from FASTWEB (www.fastweb.it  ) for the supply of its 3800TW New Generation set-top box (STB).

Sept. 6 2005 – Alcatel announced results from leading research analysts that show it is taking significant market share in the global Service Provider Edge IP Router market segment, and continuing to strengthen its position in the worldwide multi-service switching (MSWAN) market. Alcatel's success is fuelled by triple play applications, Ethernet- and IP-based VPNs, and aggregation of broadband and mobile traffic.

Sept. 7 2005-- Scientific-Atlanta will be working with SES AMERICOM for the launch of its new IP video service, IP PRIME. With the completion of the initial phases of the new network, SES AMERICOM will employ 140 Scientific-Atlanta(R) MPEG-4 Part 10 encoders to deliver the multi-channel standard definition service.

Sept. 9 2005 - Today at IBC2005, the International Broadcasters Convention, in a milestone for the industry's move toward Internet Protocol television (IPTV) readiness, Microsoft Corp. announced further partner support for its IPTV software platform with a host of new set-top-box offerings and a new class of system-on-chip (SOC) that will enable the production of low-cost, high-definition (HD) set-top boxes. The announcements underline a growing choice of Microsoft(R) TV IPTV Edition-enabled devices, allowing broadband service providers worldwide to develop offerings best suited to their business models and customer needs.

Sept. 9 2005 -- Envivio are joining forces to power AVC/H.264 IPTV deployments, Envivio Inc. and Sigma Designs today announced the port of EnvivioTV(TM) player's interactive features for Sigma's new 64-bit, SMP8634, AVC/H.264 decoder chip. The Envivio(R) client software integrated with the Sigma chip enables set-top box manufacturers to support full featured interactive television services and for service providers to deploy new revenue generating client services using the open standard MPEG-4 format.

June 7th, 2005- Lucent Technologies today announced a strategic alliance with Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a global market leader in developing applications for IPTV, to deliver solutions that help service providers offer secure, mass market- Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and next-generation multimedia services to end customers at any time on any device.

June 9th 2005 - TANDBERG Television today announced that it has been selected to provide advanced video encoding and control systems to Malaysia’s newest Pay TV platform. MiTV Corp Sdn Bhd (MiTV) is set to launch this summer with a full commercial roll out of a multi-channel IPTV service, with more than 50 live and on-demand channels planned.

June 7, 2005-- Microsoft Corp. and Harmonic Inc. today announced they are jointly working to deliver an integrated Internet protocol (IP) based video solution encompassing the Microsoft® TV IPTV Edition software platform and Harmonic's industry-leading DiviCom® encoding solutions.