North America Digital TV News

Digitalsmiths video content discovery deployment begins at Charter
May 13, 2014 – Digitalsmiths (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that Charter Communications has began deployment of the Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery® platform to more than 5 million Charter TV and Internet customers.
News categories: Digitalsmiths, Charter Communications, Rich DiGeronimo, Ben Weinberger, Cable TV, Content Distribution, USA

Ultra HD in 33% of US homes by 2020
May 12, 2014 – Ultra HD (UHD) TV household ownership will grow from less than 10 percent of homes in the USA for the next 4 years to 33 percent of homes by 2020 according to a Strategy Analytics report.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Watkins, Eric Smith, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA, Worldwide

DISH adds 40,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2014
May 8, 2014 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending March 31, 2014. Net subscribers grew by approximately 40,000 in the period. The company closed the first quarter with 14.097 million pay-TV subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

CenturyLink adds 24,000 Prism TV customers in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has reported results for first quarter 2014. The company added nearly 24,000 CenturyLink® Prism™ TV customers during first quarter 2014, increasing penetration to nearly 10%.
News categories: CenturyLink, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Jinni semantic discovery implemented on AT&T U-verse
May 7, 2014 – Jinni has announced that AT&T U-Verse has implemented the company’s personalized TV experience features and is now available to all U-verse STB subscribers across the US.
News categories: Jinni, AT&T, Yosi Glick, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Hawaiian Telcom adds 8,608 video subscribers in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq:HCOM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. The company added 8,608 video service subscribers for a total of 20,279 subscribers at the end of the period.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

ADB and Innovative Systems bring IPTV technology to U.S. independent telcos
May 7, 2014 – ADB (SIX: ADBN) has announced that Innovative Systems’ IPTV middleware has been ported to ADB’s 3800W set-top box. Trials with three U.S. IPTV operators are already underway.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Innovative Systems, Richard Phelps, Ryan Tupper, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, North America, Set Top Box

More than one-in-five US pay TV subscribers use TV Everywhere monthly
May 6, 2014 – According to the latest NPD Group TV Everywhere Report, more than one-in-five (21 percent) U.S. Pay-TV subscribers use the TV Everywhere services provided by their Pay-TV operator at least once per month.
News categories: NPD Group, Russ Crupnick, Digital TV, Market Research, TV Everywhere, USA

ONE Media to design 'Next Generation Broadcast Platform'
May 6, 2014 – ONE Media will create an open network enabled broadcast/broadband converged media platform to provide for the convergence of broadcasting with wireless broadband services.
News categories: Sinclair Broadcast, Coherent Logix, Tommy Eng, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Terrestrial, USA