Canada Digital TV News

EchoStar Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
May 7, 2012 – EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) has reported total revenue of $765 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, a 59 percent increase compared with $480 million for the corresponding period in 2011.
News categories: EchoStar, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Digital TV subscription households in Canada top 10 million at year-end 2011
Apr 30, 2012 – The number of Canadian households subscribing to a digital television service topped 10 million for the first time at the end of 2011, according to the latest research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Roku Streaming Players Launch in Canada
Apr 16, 2012 – Roku® has announced the official launch of its products in Canada. Two Roku streaming player models are now available for purchase in Canada. These small set-top boxes use the Internet to stream entertainment to the TV instantly.
News categories: Roku, Canada, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming

CRTC releases 2011 financial results for Canadian cable and satellite companies
Apr 4, 2012 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial information on Canadian broadcast distribution companies for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2011.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Alticast and Videotron Collaborate to Provide the Next Generation in Interactive TV
Mar 27, 2012 – Alticast has announced that it helped Vidéotron (Toronto:QBR.A;QBR.B) to develop its interactive TV solution: illico TV new generation. Alticast has been the primary supplier and developer of applications, and is the primary integrator for the project.
News categories: Alticast, Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Samsung Launches First HD Box and HD PVR in Partnership with Videotron
Mar 27, 2012 – Samsung (Seoul: 005930) has announced that it is enhancing the way Vidéotron (Toronto: QBR.A; QBR.B) customers watch TV with the launch of two new set top boxes - the Samsung HD box and HD PVR - in support of Vidéotron's illico digital TV service.
News categories: Samsung, Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box

Videotron chooses Cisco HD set-top box platform
Mar 27, 2012 – Vidéotron (Toronto: QBR.A; QBR.B) has announced that it has chosen Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) HD set-top box platform to deploy the next generation of its enhanced illico digital TV service.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box

Canada's WTC Enters IPTV Space With APMAX Middleware
Feb 29, 2012 – WTC Communications, of Westport Ontario in Canada, has chosen the APMAX Middleware Solution from Innovative Systems as they transition their cable video plant over to IPTV.
News categories: Innovative Systems, WTC, Cable TV, Canada, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware

Rogers selects Cisco Videoscape TV architecture
Feb 24, 2012 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B)(NYSE: RCI), one of Canada's leading cable television providers, has selected the Cisco Videoscape™ TV architecture to evolve its current TV platform.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box