North America Digital TV News

Mediacom adds 21k digital subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Mediacom added 21,000 digital customers to end the quarter with 699,000, a 56.6% penetration of basic subscribers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

FCC Grants Approval For Sending Recent Movies Directly To Consumers Over Secure TV Lines
May 7, 2010 – The FCC has approved a request by the MPAA to permit recent movies to be sent directly to American households over secure high definition transmission lines from their cable or satellite providers prior to their release on DVD or Blu-ray.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Motion Picture Association of America, Cable TV, Content Protection, IPTV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Bell TV Canada adds 20k subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 19,889 this quarter. At the end of the quarter, there were 1,968,766 TV subscribers.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Consolidated Communications adds 1,800 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq:CNSL) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Broadband products grew at a strong pace in the quarter with IPTV increasing by 1,800 to 24,900 subscribers.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter digital video customers increase 95,800 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Digital video customers increased by approximately 95,800 during the quarter to reach approximately 3.3 million at the end of March.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Cablevision adds 12,000 digital video customers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 12,000 or 0.4% from December 2009 and 58,500 or 2.1% from March 2009.
News categories: Cablevision Systems, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

TELUS TV subscriber base surpasses 200,000 customers
May 4, 2010 – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has reported first quarter 2010 results. TELUS TV net additions were 29,000, an increase of 45% over the same period last year. In April, the TELUS TV subscriber base surpassed 200,000 customers.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TiVo Premiere From RCN Debuts in Washington, D.C. Area
May 4, 2010 – RCN (NASDAQ: RCNI) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced the launch of TiVo® Premiere from RCN in the Washington, D.C. area. TiVo Premiere offers a universe of TV and broadband delivered entertainment through one remote and one user interface.
News categories: TiVo Inc, RCN, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA