North America Digital TV News

Shaw surpasses 1,000,000 HD customer mark
Apr 9, 2010 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the second quarter ended February 28, 2010. During the quarter, digital cable customers increased 98,544 to 1,508,527. DTH customers increased 1,071.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

COGECO digital cable up 26k subscribers in quarter to end-February
Apr 8, 2010 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2010. For the quarter, Digital Television net additions were 14,054 customers in Canada, and 12,189 for COGECO's Cabovisão service in Portugal.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Trident Integrates uDTA Support in its DTA Chipsets for Cable
Apr 7, 2010 – Trident Micro (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its cable set-top box (STB) chipset, the CX24482, is the first to offer universal Digital Transport Adapter (uDTA) support, as required in the next generation of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) DTAs.
News categories: Trident Micro, Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Funai Selects Widevine to Enable TV on Its Connected Devices
Apr 6, 2010 – Widevine has announced that Funai Electric will incorporate Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on their Internet connected devices such as HDTVs and Blu-ray players.
News categories: Widevine, Funai, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Vianet Selects Enablence for Advanced FTTH Broadband Services in Ontario
Apr 5, 2010 – Enablence Technologies (TSX-V:ENA) has announced that it is working with Vianet Internet Solutions to bring superior HD television and the fastest internet connectivity speeds available to the Greater Sudbury Area of Ontario, Canada.
News categories: Enablence, Vianet, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Telesat to Launch New Anik G1 Satellite for Shaw Direct
Mar 31, 2010 – Telesat has announced that it has completed an agreement for a new satellite with one of its key customers, Shaw Direct. Shaw Direct has agreed to utilize a payload on a new Telesat satellite called Anik G1.
News categories: Telesat, Shaw Direct, Canada, Content Distribution, Satellite

Cox Media Group TV Stations Launch Mobile DTV Services
Mar 30, 2010 – Triveni Digital has announced that Cox Media Group (CMG) has adopted its GuideBuilder® Mobile metadata platform, taking its first five stations online as part of the company's mobile DTV rollout plan.
News categories: Triveni Digital, Cox Media, Content Distribution, Mobile, NABShow, USA

U.S. households using PCs and game consoles to extend online video to the TV
Mar 30, 2010 – Parks Associates has found that consumer interest in Web-on-TV applications is so strong that households are making their own connections via PCs and game consoles.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Cox Communications to Join in Delivering USA's First Live 3D Television Broadcast From Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament
Mar 29, 2010 – Cox Communications has announced that customers will have exclusive access to 3D coverage of the Masters Tournament next week from Augusta National Golf Club. Beginning on April 7, Masters 3D programming can be viewed on 3D-capable television sets.
News categories: Cox Communications, Cable TV, DVR, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA