The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV

Kasenna opens IPTV center in India
Kasenna has opened Kasenna India, India's first IPTV Center of Excellence (CoE), which will support the growing number of telephone, cable and service providers implementing IPTV, in Bangalore.

For more information, visit www.kasenna.com.

Pace Micro appoints new CFO
Pace Micro Technology has appointed Stuart Hall as its new chief financial officer. Currently group finance director at IQE, Hall is expected to join Pace this April.

For more information, visit www.pacemicro.com.

Optibase buys 23 percent of Scopus Video Networks
Optibase announced Jan. 11 that it has purchased 3,035,223 ordinary shares of Scopus Video Networks, which represents about 23 percent of Scopus' issued share capital, from Koor Corporate Venture Capital and Koor Industrie for about $16 million.

For more information, visit www.optibase.com.

Lauer joins Advanced Technetix
Richard Lauer has joined Advanced Technetix as its new vice president of sales and marketing.

Prior to joining the company, Lauer led established public and private hardware and software companies, including Raining Data, Vestal and dBase.

For more information, visit www.advancedtechnetix.com.

Lippman assumes Redback Networks post
Redback Networks has appointed Alan Lippman as chief video architect and director of technology planning. One of the fathers of streaming media, Lippman helped invent streaming audio and video products for Real Networks 12 ago.

For more information, visit www.redback.com.

KyLinTV debuts ETTV package
KyLinTV has debuted the ETTV Premium Channel Package that offers subscribers three new, exclusive channels from Taiwan, including ET-GLOBAL, ET-NEWS and ET-YOYO. These programs are the second premium package on KyLinTV.

For more information, visit www.kylintv.com.

Sigma Designs wins certification from Nero
Sigma Designs is the first IC partner to receive Nero Digital AVC High Profile Certification for its SMP8630 series of secure media processors, Nero announced.

The Nero Digital AVC High Profile Certification program is the first to promote the use and interoperability of AVC high profile (MPEG-4 Part 10) video technology in consumer electronics devices.

For more information, visit www.nero.com and www.sigmadesigns.com.