North America Digital TV News

Live Verizon FiOS TV Coming Soon to Xbox, Complete With Kinect Voice and Gesture Controls
Nov 29, 2011 – Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) has announced that, through a collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), customers who are Xbox LIVE Gold members and who subscribe to both FiOS TV and Internet service will be able to view select live channels through their Xbox consoles.
News categories: Verizon, Xbox, Gaming, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

U.S. Cable Industry Launches New Energy Efficiency Initiative
Nov 18, 2011 – The U.S. cable industry has announced a new initiative dedicated to improving the energy efficiency of consumer set-top boxes and other devices and developing advanced cable-enabled services designed to promote innovative consumer energy conservation measures.
News categories: CableLabs, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Shaw Selects Motorola's DreamGallery For Next-Gen User Experience
Nov 15, 2011 – Finding shows, movies and sports on a customer's TV will be easier and faster than the Internet, thanks to the new guide experience being developed by Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B; NYSE:SJR) and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) DreamGallery software.
News categories: Motorola, Shaw Communications, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Canada, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Canada's Eastlink moves to MPEG-4 HD with Motorola
Nov 10, 2011 – Motorola (NYSE: MMI) has announced that Canada's EastLink has deployed two of Motorola's advanced HD set-tops, the DCX3400-M and DCX700-M. These set-tops enable the migration of HD broadcast and on-demand services to MPEG-4.
News categories: Motorola, EastLink, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Canada, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Amino Secures New Order from City of Salisbury
Nov 9, 2011 – Fibrant, the City of Salisbury, North Carolina's Fiber to the Home network, has selected Amino (AIM: AMO) to provide IPTV set-top boxes for the next phase of its deployment. The new contract phase will include the delivery of Aminet A540 PVR devices.
News categories: Amino, Fibrant, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Consumers Look Beyond Their TV-Service Providers in Search of More Video Content
Nov 9, 2011 – According to The NPD Group, many U.S. consumers are supplementing their pay television offerings from cable TV, satellite TV and IPTV operators. Subscribers are seeking TV programming and movies from Netflix and other video streaming services.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Blu-ray Disc Players: Spoiler Device This Holiday Season
Nov 9, 2011 – Connected televisions may be the top-selling device by volume this holiday season to incorporate over-the-top (OTT) video capabilities, but by the end of 2011 Blu-ray Disc players will firmly overtake other devices to take second place, believes IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming, USA

RCN Deploys TiVo's Ultimate Whole Home Solution in Washington D.C.
Nov 8, 2011 – RCN and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced the launch of RCN's whole home solution powered by TiVo to RCN customers in Washington D.C. The RCN whole home solution includes the Premiere Q four-tuner gateway DVR and TiVo Preview HD set-top box.
News categories: TiVo Inc, RCN, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Xbox360 and PS3 for Online Viewing in 12 Percent of US Households
Nov 7, 2011 – The games console has become the most popular device for US consumers to watch online content on their TV screens, while the PC remains the dominant screen for online viewing overall, according to Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, USA