Verizon Communications invaded more Cablevision Systems territory, announcing that it has begun marketing FiOS TV in parts of the Westchester County communities of Yonkers, Scarsdale and Bronxville, and on Long Island in the villages of Floral Park and South Floral Park.

In addition, Verizon said it launched FiOS TV in 10 communities that are part of the Town of Islip: Bayport, Bay Shore, Bohemia, Hauppauge, Holbrook, Oakdale, Ronkonkoma, Sayville, West Islip and West Sayville. The company already offers FiOS TV in more than 120 New York communities. Last week, Verizon last week won a franchise for its FiOS TV service in the village of Nissequogue, N.Y., on Long Island. Verizon last week began marketing FiOS TV in Framingham, Mass., one week after winning a franchise in the town. The telco will take in incumbent cable operator Comcast in Framingham, which counts 19,000 households.

Verizon also last week won a video franchise for FiOS TV service in Wilsonville, Ore., targeting a market dominated by Comcast. The Wilsonville City Council granted a video franchise to Verizon Aug. 20, in a unanimous vote.

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• AT&T touted its deal to carry Big Ten Network in its standard channel lineups, leading up to the network’s Aug. 30 debut, as major cable operators have so far declined to ink similar deals with the Big Ten Network.

• Embarq, the local phone company spun off last year by Sprint Nextel, is considering launching IPTV tests, according to The Kansas City Star. Embarq currently resells EchoStar Communications’ Dish Network service.

• International Datacasting Corp. will demonstrate IPTV applications, including complete headend solutions, at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam from Sept. 7 to 11.

• Optibase and ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment in China, announced a strategic alliance to provide integrated IPTV services. ZTE selected Optibase's Media Gateway platforms to provide advanced MPEG-4/H.264 encoding and streaming.

• Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) plans to launch an IPTV service in the country in October, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan. Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei will provide the servers and set-top boxes and Irdeto, a Dutch content security company, will provide content-security solutions.

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