More IPTV news from around the web:
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> AT&T U-verse is bringing interactive TV to country music with Country Deep, a new app that offers live performances, artist interviews, music videos and original content. Story
> CenturyLink has launched CenturyLink Prism TV in Phoenix, Queen Creek, Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee, San Tan Valley and Mesa, Ariz. Story
> Iowa independent telco Alpine Communications has reportedly converted more than 70 percent of its video subscribers to Innovative Systems' APMAx IPTV middleware. Story
> SNL Kagan has found that telcos in the world's developed markets, especially AT&T, France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom are outgrowing their cable rivals with IPTV services. Story
> A new report published by Italian university Politecnico di Milano has found that IPTV subscribership is falling dramatically since there were 240,000 IPTV subscribers in the country by the end of April 2013, down 33,000 in just a month from the March total of 273,000. Story
> Telekom Srbija has gained at least 25,000 IPTV subscribers in the first five months of this year and now has just over 200,000. Story
> U.K. fiber-to-the-home specialist Hyperoptic has closed a $75 million funding round and is on target to roll out FTTH connections to as many as ten cities around the country by the end of the year, then launch a number of services including super-fast broadband, IPTV and cloud computing. Story
> YouView said it is in almost 400,000 homes as of the end of March but did not separate the number of households that have acquired its DTT/broadband hybrid receivers through telco partners BT and TalkTalk with those who have made a purchase at retail. Story
> Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has added messaging capability to its MyTV-branded IPTV service. Story
Cable News
> Time Warner Cable said it signed a new carriage deal with Starz which will allow it to offer subscribers TV Everywhere content and 12 multiplex networks. Story
Telecom News
> AT&T and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have ratified a four-year contract covering about 3,000 employees in the telco's East region. CWA District 1, which represents wireline workers in Connecticut, is the last AT&T wireline unit to ratify an agreement out of the seven that had contracts that expired in 2012 and early 2013. Story
And finally … Croatia ended the first quarter with 7.25 percent more IPTV subscribers than the previous year, and now has 371,459 customers. Story