North America Digital TV News

Netflix to Premiere on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet™
Nov 7, 2011 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has announced that the new Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) NOOK Tablet will ship with Netflix pre-installed, providing Netflix members with a new device on which to enjoy movies and TV episodes streaming from Netflix.
News categories: Netflix, Barnes & Noble, Digital TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

DISH Network Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Nov 7, 2011 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported its third quarter 2011 results. DISH Network's net subscribers decreased by 111,000 during the third quarter, and the company ended Sept. 30, 2011, with 13.945 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV Announces Third Quarter 2011 Results
Nov 3, 2011 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the third quarter of 2011. DIRECTV Latin America recorded 574,000 net additions in the quarter while Sky Mexico added 238,000 net new subscribers. DIRECTV U.S. net additions were 327,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Comcast Reports 3rd Quarter 2011 Results
Nov 2, 2011 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. At the end of the period, digital penetration was 90.6%, with HD and/or DVR customers increasing by 126K to 10.6 million, or 52.5% of digital customers.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, DVR, Results, USA

Pioneer Telephone Coop selects Amino DVR set-top boxes for deployment
Oct 26, 2011 – Pioneer Telephone Cooperative is to deploy Amino's (AIM: AMO) Aminet A540 DVR IPTV/OTT set-top boxes as part of its Pioneer DTV IPTV service. Pioneer serves over 40,000 customers across more than 74 communities in Western Oklahoma.
News categories: Amino, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

SkitterTV selects Amino OTT-enhanced IPTV set-top boxes for US deployment
Oct 25, 2011 – Amino (AIM: AMO) has secured a contract to provide SkitterTV with set-top boxes. The Atlanta-based company selected Amino STBs because of their ability to deliver both traditional IPTV services and content delivered over the open internet.
News categories: Amino, Skitter, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Minerva Powers Advanced TV Services Over 4G LTE Network in Texas
Oct 25, 2011 – Minerva Networks has announced that its new xTVFusion 5 for Broadband TV platform has been successfully deployed by MobiNet, which has successfully tested the delivery of television services over a 4G LTE network in northeastern Texas.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Etex, 5G, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, USA

Etex Telephone Cooperative Selects Minerva Broadband TV Platform
Oct 25, 2011 – Minerva Networks has announced that its new xTVFusion 5 for Broadband TV platform has been selected by Etex Telephone Cooperative to offer television services to members of the Texas Lone Star Network at variable bandwidths as low as 3Mbps.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Etex, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Cisco Launches Industry's First Integrated Wireless TV Solution
Oct 25, 2011 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced the launch of the industry's first wireless IPTV service with AT&T (NYSE:T). Cisco is the sole provider of this advanced wireless IPTV solution featuring new wireless receivers and wireless access points (WAPs).
News categories: Cisco Systems, AT&T, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Smart Home, USA