North America Digital TV News

Barbados' Multi-Choice TV Selects Conax for Secure Roll-Out of Digital TV Services
Jan 26, 2012 – Conax has announced that it has been chosen by Multi-Choice TV of Barbados to secure their roll out of digital TV services. In addition to the new Multi-Choice TV contract, Conax has secured 2 new contracts in the region in the last few months.
News categories: Conax, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Barbados, Caribbean, Content Protection, Digital TV, MMDS

CableLabs Interop Event to Evaluate OpenCable™ 3DTV Requirements
Jan 20, 2012 – CableLabs® will host a 3DTV interoperability event in February, allowing manufacturers of 3D-capable cable STBs, TVs and test equipment to evaluate implementations based on OpenCable™ 3DTV requirements, or designed to interoperate with such products.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Standard definition switch off looms
Jan 15, 2012 – HDTV household penetration will soon be high enough in developed countries for broadcasters and pay TV operators to consider ending their Standard Definition transmissions, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Russia, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in 3Q 2011 to 54.4 million
Jan 12, 2012 – Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show that IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. Asia is the fastest growing region for IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

LG and Verizon Offer FiOS TV App On LG's Smart TV Platform
Jan 11, 2012 – LG (KSE: 066570) and Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) have announced an alliance that will offer a new entertainment experience for the LG Smart TV platform, when LG introduces the Verizon FiOS TV app to LG Smart TVs and Blu-ray players in 2012.
News categories: Verizon, LG Electronics, Apps, Blu-ray, CES2025, IPTV, Smart TV, USA

Entropic Powers Pace HR34 Home Media Center HD-DVR for DIRECTV
Jan 11, 2012 – Entropic (NASDAQ:ENTR) has announced its silicon and software based on the MoCA® standard has been deployed by Pace (LSE:PIC) in its HR34 Home Media Center HD-DVR for DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV).
News categories: Entropic Communications, Pace plc, DIRECTV, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Samsung Announces Set-Top 'Boxless' Viewing in All 2012 Smart TVs
Jan 10, 2012 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) have unveiled plans to offer DIRECTV's customers the ability to watch live broadcast and stored content from a DIRECTV DVR on Samsung's 2012 line of Smart TVs without the need for additional set-top boxes.
News categories: DIRECTV, Samsung, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Smart Home, Smart TV, USA

Humax Selects SeaChange Software for Hybrid Cable Set-Top Box with Home Gateway
Jan 10, 2012 – Humax (KOSDAQ:028080) will debut its tru2way set-top box at CES 2012. The version to be shown is targeted at the North American cable market leveraging SeaChange's (Nasdaq:SEAC) Nucleus Hybrid Gateway software and Nitro applications suite.
News categories: SeaChange, Humax, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Actiontec and Entropic Communications Launch First Multi-Band MoCA Adapter
Jan 10, 2012 – Actiontec and Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) have announced a Multi-band MoCA Network Adapter that supports all three pay TV segments in the same device. The adapter leverages MoCA technology to deliver pay TV services to every corner of the home.
News categories: Actiontec, Entropic Communications, Cable TV, CES2025, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home, USA