North America Digital TV News

OMVC Selects Neustar to Provide Secure and Reliable Infrastructure for Mobile Digital TV
Mar 9, 2011 – The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has announced it has selected Neustar to provide the Mobile DTV Trust Authority with the infrastructure necessary to deliver live, digital broadcast TV content to various mobile video-enabled devices.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Neustar, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DRM, Mobile, Portable, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Warner Bros. Entertainment Becomes First Hollywood Studio To Offer Movies Directly On Facebook
Mar 8, 2011 – Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has announced that it will begin testing an offering of selected movies for purchase or rental through Warner Bros. Entertainment's Facebook movie Pages.
News categories: Warner Bros, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Calix Selected by Tbaytel for Microsoft Mediaroom Powered IPTV Services Launch
Mar 7, 2011 – Calix (NYSE:CALX) has announced that Tbaytel has selected the Calix B6 Ethernet Service Access Node (ESAN) for its launch of advanced Microsoft Mediaroom (NASDAQ: MSFT) powered IPTV services in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
News categories: Calix, Tbaytel, Microsoft, John Colvin, Don Campbell, Broadband, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

AT&T Dares Cable Cos. to Cut Cable with Wi-Fi STB
Mar 4, 2011 – The Cisco ISB7005 for AT&T U-Verse cleared the FCC today. This is the first set-top box that IMS Research has observed beyond those from the Turkish company AirTies that is designed to receive pay-TV over a Wi-Fi interface.
News categories: IMS Research, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Armstrong Completes VOD Architecture Upgrade with SeaChange
Mar 1, 2011 – U.S. cable television operator Armstrong has completed an end-to-end video-on-demand architecture upgrade with solutions from SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC).
News categories: SeaChange, Armstrong, Cable TV, Content Distribution, USA

Salisbury, North Carolina Deploys Minerva Platform for Advanced TV Services
Feb 28, 2011 – Minerva Networks has announced that its software platform has been deployed by Fibrant to offer next generation television services in Salisbury, North Carolina.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Fibrant, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Amazon Launches Commercial-free, Instant Streaming of More Than 5,000 Movies and TV Shows
Feb 22, 2011 – Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced the launch of a new benefit for Amazon Prime members: unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of more than 5,000 movies and TV shows.
News categories: Amazon.com, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

blinkx Brings 35 Million Hours of Video to Boxee in New App
Feb 18, 2011 – blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX) has announced that a blinkx app will soon be available on Boxee. The app will allow audiences to search, discover and watch professionally produced internet video across blinkx's index of 35 million hours of video content.
News categories: blinkx, Boxee, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

ARRIS Announces Launch of Whole Home Solution
Feb 17, 2011 – ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) has announced that its Whole Home Solution Media Gateway will be offered by Oregon-based MSO BendBroadband throughout its network.
News categories: ARRIS, BendBroadband, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA