North America Digital TV News

Canada's CRTC releases results of fact-finding exercise on OTT services
Oct 5, 2011 – Canada's CRTC has announced that its fact-finding exercise on OTT programming services has produced inconclusive results. Online and mobile programming appears to be complementary to the content offered by the traditional broadcasting system.
News categories: CRTC, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Regulation, Streaming

Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV
Oct 5, 2011 – Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE. Nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers will begin rolling out entertainment services to consoles, in more than 20 countries.
News categories: Xbox, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, France, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA

FiOS TV-Powered Entertainment Experience Coming Soon to Xbox 360
Oct 5, 2011 – Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced an agreement that will open the door to a new FiOS TV-powered entertainment experience for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system.
News categories: Verizon, Xbox, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, USA

LIME Chooses Avail-TVN for Caribbean Multiplatform Video Services
Oct 3, 2011 – Avail-TVN has been chosen by Cable & Wireless Communications (LSE: CWC) to provide the AnyView™ multiplatform video service for its Caribbean subsidiary, LIME. The service will launch commercially in Jamaica and Barbados in Q4.
News categories: Avail-TVN, LIME, Cable & Wireless, Barbados, Caribbean, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Jamaica

Video Driving Growth in Service Provider Infrastructure Market
Sep 28, 2011 – ACG Research has released two reports on the Service Provider Video Infrastructure (SPVI) market: quarterly market size and share report and its semi annual market forecast.
News categories: ACG Research, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

IPTV Now Serves More Than 50 Million Customers Worldwide
Sep 27, 2011 – The Broadband and IPTV Growth Report presented at the Broadband World Forum in Paris, shows that 51M customers now subscribe to IPTV services worldwide, with France in the lead as top IPTV country.
News categories: Broadband Forum, BBWF, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

OMVC Issues Device Profiles For Mobile Digital TV Products
Sep 22, 2011 – The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has developed a set of comprehensive Device Profile guidelines to assist consumer electronics manufacturers in developing Mobile DTV products.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Consolidated Launches CloverLeaf's TV Apps Solution
Sep 20, 2011 – CloverLeaf Digital has announced that Consolidated Communications has launched CloverLeaf's AppDaily TV apps solution. CloverLeaf's television apps solution includes an app store, a personalized quick-access dashboard, and over 40 apps.
News categories: CloverLeaf, Consolidated Communications, Apps, IPTV, USA

40 Percent of Pay TV Cord Cutters Would Pay More for A La Carte
Sep 20, 2011 – Collectively, US Pay TV providers lost 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter--their single worst period in over three years. Cable TV took the brunt of the hit, though Satellite operators were not left unscathed.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Market Research, Satellite, USA