Canada Digital TV News

Netflix Expands Support for Android-Powered Smartphones and Tablets
Oct 19, 2011 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has adds support for tablets running Android 3.x and, for the first time, lets Netflix members in Canada and Latin America instantly watch TV episodes and movies streaming from Netflix on their Android-powered smartphones and tablets.
News categories: Netflix, Apps, Canada, Latin America, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Shaw Gateway now available across Canada
Oct 6, 2011 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) has launched its Shaw Gateway Experience in Canada. The Gateway is a multi-room HD-PVR that allows families to access recorded content and the entire Shaw Video On Demand library on multiple TVs.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Canada's CRTC releases results of fact-finding exercise on OTT services
Oct 5, 2011 – Canada's CRTC has announced that its fact-finding exercise on OTT programming services has produced inconclusive results. Online and mobile programming appears to be complementary to the content offered by the traditional broadcasting system.
News categories: CRTC, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Regulation, Streaming

Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV
Oct 5, 2011 – Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE. Nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers will begin rolling out entertainment services to consoles, in more than 20 countries.
News categories: Xbox, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, France, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA

CRTC releases 2010 financial results for Canadian broadcasting distributors
Jul 14, 2011 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial information on Canadian broadcasting distribution companies.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Netflix Streaming Now Available on Nintendo 3DS Hand-Held Systems
Jul 14, 2011 – Nintendo 3DS™ (Tokyo:7974) owners across the United States and Canada can download a free application that allows Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) members with unlimited streaming plans to instantly watch TV episodes and movies streaming from Netflix.
News categories: Nintendo, Netflix, Canada, Gaming, Streaming, USA

Sony Launches '3D Experience' On Demand Streaming Service
Jul 13, 2011 – Sony Europe has announced the launch of '3D Experience', a free of charge on-demand streaming service offering a range of promotional video clips and trial 3D content. The service will be available to owners of 3D-capable Sony BRAVIA LCD TVs.
News categories: Sony Europe, Canada, France, Germany, Metaverse, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, USA

Global pay TV revenues reached US$155 billion in 2010
Jun 13, 2011 – About 338 million digital homes were added around the world between 2006 and 2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Databook estimated that this took the digital TV household total for the countries covered to 576 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Russia, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, Tunisia, UK, USA

Shaw Communications Deploys the ARRIS Whole Home Solution, Offers New Multi-Room PVR Service
May 11, 2011 – ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) has announced that Shaw Communications (TSX - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR) has launched the ARRIS Whole Home Solution in its Calgary system, to be followed by a nationwide launch in its other markets.
News categories: ARRIS, Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box