North America Digital TV News

Charter video subscribers down 109,000 in 2013
Feb 21, 2014 – Charter Communications has results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2013. Residential video customers declined by 2,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, versus a loss of 36,000 in the year-ago period.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, USA

RCN brings Opera TV Store to TiVo set-top boxes
Feb 18, 2014 – The Opera TV Store is set to bring hundreds of entertaining apps to all TiVo set-top boxes for U.S. cable operator RCN. It is the first pay-TV cable operator to launch Opera Software's app platform on its TiVo devices.
News categories: Opera Software, RCN, Jason Nealis, Aneesh Rajaram, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Net-connected TV penetration tops 60% of US internet households
Feb 14, 2014 – According to new data from The Diffusion Group (TDG), more than 60% of US broadband households have at least one television connected to the Internet such that it can receive entertainment services like Netflix and Pandora.
News categories: The Diffusion Group, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

US television market shrank 9 percent in 2013
Feb 7, 2014 – The U.S. television market fell a steep 9 percent in 2013 despite the usual last-minute rally during the holiday season in the fourth quarter, which failed to compensate for low demand among Americans throughout the year, according to IHS.
News categories: IHS Technology, Veronica Gonzalez-Thayer, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Alticast to demo RDK-based 'Set Top Box on a Stick'
Feb 6, 2014 – At the RDK User's Conference in Denver, Alticast will demonstrate to operators how they can expand their TV Everywhere service offerings with the company's software for HDMI sticks.
News categories: Alticast, John Carlucci, Cable TV, Digital TV, RDK, Set Top Box, USA

Bell Wireline adds 122,000 TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported Q4 results. Bell Fibe TV added 60,301 net new customers, up 25.0% compared to 48,234 in Q4 2012. Bell Satellite TV losses were 24,112 in the quarter.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Espial to demo HTML5 UI at RDK User Conference
Feb 5, 2014 – Espial has announced that it will show a high performance HTML5 TV user experience demo on multiple RDK IP and hybrid set-top boxes (STB) for attendees of the upcoming RDK User Conference in Denver, Colorado.
News categories: Espial, RDK Management, Kirk Edwardson, Cable TV, HTML5, RDK, Set Top Box, USA

Comcast Launches X1 DVR in Boston
Feb 4, 2014 – Comcast has announced that it will launch X1 DVR with cloud technology and live in-home streaming TV to new Xfinity TV customers in the company’s Boston region.
News categories: Comcast, Matt Strauss, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Bell Aliant adds 14,800 IPTV customers in 4Q 2013
Feb 4, 2014 – Bell Aliant (TSX: BA) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2013. IPTV customers numbered 178,100 at the end of the period, up 44.8 per cent from a year earlier.
News categories: Bell Aliant, Canada, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers