North America Digital TV News

comScore U.S. Total Video Report available for download
Oct 14, 2014 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has published The U.S. Total Video Report. The report, available to the public as a complimentary download, provides context for Americans' shifting TV consumption habits.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Civolution and Bleiberg partner on second-screen-enabled feature film
Oct 13, 2014 – Civolution and Bleiberg Entertainment have announced their partnership on 'i-LIVED', the first American feature film to be supported by a synchronised second-screen application for use in the cinema and at home.
News categories: Civolution, Bleiberg Entertainment, Alex Terpstra, Ehud Bleiberg, Apps, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Technicolor and Sinclair Broadcast demonstrate live ATSC 3.0
Oct 8, 2014 – Sinclair Broadcast and Technicolor (Paris:TCH; OTCQX:TCLRY) have delivered an industry first by successfully deploying Technicolor's ATSC 3.0 4K UltraHD testbed and receiving an over-the-air signal.
News categories: Technicolor, Sinclair Broadcast, Vince Pizzica, Mark Aitken, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, USA

Broadband now in more than 700 million homes worldwide
Oct 6, 2014 – The latest milestone in the relentless march of high speed internet access was passed at the end of June this year as the total number of households with a broadband line came to 700.2 million.
News categories: Point Topic, Oliver Johnson, Brazil, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Russia, Streaming, Subscribers, UK, USA

Redbox Instant by Verizon to close
Oct 5, 2014 – Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services has announced that its Redbox Instant by Verizon streaming video service will shut down on Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
News categories: Redbox Instant by Verizon, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

BTC to test IPTV in the Bahamas
Oct 2, 2014 – At the opening of a new store in Long Island, BTC Bahamas CEO Leon Williams announced that the company is planning an IPTV trial in the Southern Islands.
News categories: BTC Bahamas, Leon Williams, Bahamas, Digital TV, IPTV

Windstream announces 'Kinetic' TV entertainment service
Oct 2, 2014 – Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) has announced the launch of Kinetic, an Ericsson Mediaroom-based television service, running on the company’s 100 percent fiber-backed network.
News categories: Windstream, Ericsson, David Redmond, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, USA

Digital TV Research Newsletter - October 2014
Oct 1, 2014 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the October 2014 edition of Digital TV Research’s free monthly newsletter is now available for download.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Satellite, UK, Worldwide

Home Telecom to launch Hybrid TV with Entone
Sep 30, 2014 – Entone has announced that South Carolina's Home Telecom has selected its Engage Service Assurance solution for their soon-to-be-launched Hybrid TV service.
News categories: Entone, Home Telecom, Mark Evensen, William S. Helmly, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA