XBox 360 IPTV, Apple TV: What's New in Digital Content-to-TV Devices

Between product launches at CES and the debut of Apple TV at MacWorld, devices that help consumers get their digital content via their televisions are clearly one of the hottest trends for 2007.

GigaOm's NewTeeVee blog has some great coverage of Apple TV, including a comparison against other new products like Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video Link Box, NetGear's Digital Entertainer HD, and Sling Media's SlingCatcher. 

At CES, Microsoft unveiled their new solution, which brings together the Xbox 360™ gaming console and the Microsoft® TV IPTV Edition software platform. Gizmodo has a great piece that clears up confusion about what exactly the XBox adds to the IPTV equation. The conclusion:

"it is essentially the same as the standard Microsoft IPTV software, it's simply running on a 360. Both deploying the service AND the available content is up to the providers, however, and who will be rolling out the service is still to be determined."

The devices will be available at different points in 2007, and it remains to be seen which will catch on  with consumers. Certainly availability of content, price, and variety of applicable formats will play a large part in any device's success.

(Thanks to GigaOm, engadget  and  Arstechnica)

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IPTV News - Videocon's Dhoots look to snap up IOL owned By Ashish Deora

The Dhoot family, the promoters of Videocon Group, has bought 14% equity in IOL Netcom, a Mumbai-based broadband company, from the open market transaction is being perceived by the industry as a takeover bid.

In the last two months, Shree Dhoot Trading & Agencies Ltd, an investment company of the Dhoots, has mopped up 11.72% shares in the loss-making firm, earlier known as IOL Broadband. This is in addition to the 1.97% stake that Videocon Realty & Infrastructure Ltd, a Videocon group company, owns in IOL Netcom.

Read more…

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Videocons_Dhoots_look_to_snap_up_IOL_Netcom/articleshow/3312325.cms

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Videocon’s Dhoots look to snap up IOL – IPTV News owned by Ashish Deora

Videocon Group officials have met IOL Netcom president Siddharth Srivastava to discuss areas of mutual cooperation. However, the talks did not cover any buyout proposal.

IOC Netcom offers broadband solutions and IPTV and has set up a 200 km fibre optic network in Mumbai and Delhi. The company, which suffered a loss of Rs 2.14 crore on revenues of Rs 2.19 crore in fiscal 2008, is about to launch its broadband services in Mumbai....

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Videocons_Dhoots_look_to_snap_up_IOL_Netcom/articleshow/3312325.cms

http://www.ashishdeora.com

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Argentum Motors, co-promoted by Spice Jet's Ajay Singh, Hyundai Motor' former president B V R Subbu and Ashish Deora, plans to get into the contract manufacturing business soon.

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The partnership will involve joint sourcing for domestic and global requirements and assembly operations. Argentum Motors was set up by Hyundai Motors India former president BVR Subbu, SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh and broadband entrepreneur Ashish Deora.

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“The new capacity would be in addition to our existing one, allowing us to produce 4 lakh small cars per annum,” said Mr Singh. The company had earlier said that the plant had a capacity to produce 2 lakh car bodies, 4 lakh engines, 4 lakh gear boxes and 35,000 aluminium die casting division per annum.

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%%Argentum Motors will infuse INR 5 billion ( $126.8 million) to modernise the facility over the next 18 months as it gears up to host global commercial vehicle maker Daimler for the latter's proposed Low Cost Vehicle (LCV) roll out.

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^^A couple of European and Asian auto majors including Peugeot-Citroen of France are in talks with Argentum Motors to manufacture components and cars, it is reliably learnt.

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%%Mumbai-based IOL Broadband Ltd and Aksh Optifibre have signed a content delivery network affiliation contract with state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), which will allow the PSU’s customers access to IPTV content and video on demand (VOD).

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Swan set to acquire Allianz’s mobile licences owned by Ashish Deora
AFTER offloading a 45% stake to UAE’s Etisalat for $900 million, Swan Telecom is set to acquire the mobile licences held by Allianz Infratech . The deal, which may run into a couple of hundred crores, is likely to be announced within a fortnight, according to sources close to the development.

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:::IOL Broadband owned by Ashish deora - a Billion dollar Business opportunity

Infrastructure suppliers are fighting for what could be a gold mine as Internet Protocol television (IPTV) comes into India with over a billion potential viewers.

Mumbai-based IOL Broadband Ltd and Aksh Optifibre have signed a content delivery network affiliation contract with state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), which will allow the PSU’s customers access to IPTV content and video on demand (VOD).

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Ashisg Deora became very knows personality not only in Indian market even so many other countries.
He is very sharp minded and enthusiastic person.
He owned IOLCybertech, and working with Argentum Motors,Spice Jet.!!

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@@@IOC Netcom offers broadband solutions and IPTV and has set up a 200 km fibre optic network in Mumbai and Delhi. The company, which suffered a loss of Rs 2.14 crore on revenues of Rs 2.19 crore in fiscal 2008, is about to launch its broadband services in Mumbai.