Digital TV News: Verizon

Verizon adds 169,000 FiOS Video connections in 1Q 2013
Apr 18, 2013 — Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported first-quarter 2013 results. The company added 169,000 net new FiOS Video connections in the quarter to end with a total 4.9 million, representing a year-over-year increases of 12.5 percent.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Major U.S. multi-channel video providers added about 170,000 subscribers in 2012
Mar 18, 2013 — Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- acquired over 170,000 net additional video subscribers in 2012. Annual net multi-channel video additions in 2012 were about 230,000 fewer than in 2011.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Telecom TV Services Increase Share of U.S. VOD-Movie-Rental Market
Mar 4, 2013 — According to The NPD Group, in 2012, cable-TV operators continued to control over half (56%) of the overall $1.3 billion U.S. multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) transactional-VOD-movie market, followed by satellite-TV operators (27%), and telecom operators (18%).
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Motorola Extends DreamGallery™ TV Experience to More Devices
Feb 25, 2013 — Motorola has announced that its DreamGallery™ technology is now available on an expanded range of devices including entry-level Motorola set-tops. DreamGallery uses virtualized cloud-rendering to make TV experiences as easy as surfing the Web.
News categories: Motorola, Digital TV, Infrastructure, Middleware, Set Top Box

World's First Complete Solution for Broadcast Video Over LTE Networks
Feb 25, 2013 — To respond to the growing need for video over LTE, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is launching an end-to-end solution. The solution will be shown at Mobile World Congress 2013 in collaboration with Verizon, Telstra and Qualcomm.
News categories: Ericsson, Digital TV, Infrastructure, LTE, MBMS, MWC13

IPTV providers to take 18% of a $304 billion market by 2018
Feb 5, 2013 — The worldwide Pay-TV market grew at a steady pace in 2012 generating $238 billion by end-of-year, up from $223 billion in 2011, according to ABI Research. The global Pay-TV market is expected to generate $304 billion in 2018 with a CAGR of 4%.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Verizon ends 2012 with 4.7 million FiOS Video connections
Jan 22, 2013 — Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported results for the fourth-quarter of 2012. Verizon added 134,000 net new FiOS Video connections in the quarter to reach a total of 4.7 million at the end of the year.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement Expected to Save U.S. Consumers $1.5 Billion Annually
Dec 6, 2012 — Fifteen U.S. multichannel video providers and device manufacturers are launching a Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that will result in annual residential electricity savings of $1.5 billion or more as the commitment is fully realized.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, NCTA, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA