French multiscreen TV vendor Netgem is teaming up with small German B2B platform provider Purtel to build a white-label IPTV product for operators – a deal which marks Netgem’s entrance into the German video market and summons a direct threat to Swiss internet TV provider Zattoo. PurTV, powered by Netgem’s Cloud TV software, is being marketed as a way for fixed network operators in Germany to evolve into triple play providers by adding a TV offering to their existing internet and telephony businesses. Netgem has adapted its Cloud TV software, which is at the heart of its flagship TelcoTV product, specifically for the IPTV and cable market in Germany. PurTV combines linear TV with SVoD, TVoD, time-shift functionality, and is…