Canada Digital TV News

Kit Digital Signs Multi-Year Partnership to Deliver IPTV Set-Top Box Solution for Global Ethnic Programming in North America
Oct 15, 2008 – KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD) has announced that it has been selected by TV2Moro to deploy a new IPTV set-top box (STB) service to deliver programming to ethnic consumers in North America.
News categories: KIT digital, TV2Moro, Canada, IPTV, North America, Set Top Box, USA

SlingCatcher on Store Shelves Beginning Today
Oct 9, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that its SlingCatcher is now available for purchase in the US, Canada and UK. The SlingCatcher is a universal media player that delivers broadcast TV, Internet video and personal content to the TV.
News categories: Sling Media, Canada, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK, USA

Nero and TiVo Deliver the Ultimate DVR Experience on the PC
Sep 29, 2008 – Nero and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced the unveiling of Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC. This new offering revolutionizes the way consumers experience television by offering an enhanced TiVo DVR experience directly from the PC.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Nero, Canada, Digital TV, Media Player, Mexico, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Smart Home, Tablet, USA

Sling Media Begins Shipping Slingbox PRO-HD
Sep 25, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced its Slingbox™ PRO-HD in the USA and Canada. The Slingbox PRO-HD is capable of streaming HD content from a home television source to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house.
News categories: Sling Media, Canada, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Smart Home, USA

FTTH Connections Rise to 3.76 Million North American Households
Sep 23, 2008 – The upgrading of North America's last mile networks with fiber is continuing, with fiber to the home (FTTH) arriving at more than 1.6 million households over the past year, bringing the total number of FTTH subscribers to 3.76 million.
News categories: Fiber-to-the-Home Council, RVA Market Research, Broadband, Canada, Caribbean, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Mexico, North America, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

HomePNA Leading Choice for TelcoTV in North America
Sep 3, 2008 – The HomePNA Alliance has announced that HomePNA was installed in more North American homes in the last quarter than any other coax home networking solution. In addition, TELUS (TSX:T,T.A; NYSE:TU) has chosen HomePNA 3.1 for its TELUS TV service.
News categories: HomePNA, TELUS, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Smart Home

TELUS Selects CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 Home Networking Technology for IPTV Service
Sep 2, 2008 – CopperGate Communications has announced that TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has selected CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 technology integrated into set-top boxes and residential gateways for its TELUS TV service offering.
News categories: CopperGate, TELUS, Canada, Gateway, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

TiVo Reports Results for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Ended July 31, 2008
Aug 27, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2008. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the second quarter were approximately 36,000, compared to 41,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

IPTV Pioneer Bell Aliant Selects Harmonic for MPEG-4 Network Upgrade
Aug 20, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN) has selected Harmonic's industry-leading DiviCom® Electra® 5400 standard definition (SD) encoders for its MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) upgrade.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Bell Aliant, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV