North America Digital TV News

LG Electronics Introduces First Mobile DTV In U.S. Designed to Receive Rugged Mobile DTV Signals
Dec 31, 2009 – LG Electronics is introducing the industry's first portable, battery-operated mobile DTV in the United States, designed to receive new rugged over-the-air signals being transmitted by local broadcasters.
News categories: LG Electronics, CES2025, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

TV Makers Looking to New Designs and Features to Break out of Commodity Trap
Dec 30, 2009 – According to DisplaySearch, TV manufacturers are developing a wide variety of design features to differentiate products and slow price declines. For example, in 2010, shipments of sets with MPEG-4 decoders will surpass those with MPEG-2.
News categories: DisplaySearch, ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Metaverse, North America, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Axcera and WTVE-TV Demonstrate First-Ever ATSC M/H Mobile DTV Single Frequency Network
Dec 18, 2009 – Axcera and WTVE-TV Channel 51 have announced the first trial deployment of ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV in a multi-transmitter Distributed Transmission System (DTS), also known as a Single Frequency Network (SFN).
News categories: Axcera, WTVE, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Thomson files for bankruptcy protection in U.S.
Dec 17, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has reportedly filed for Chapter 15 protection in a New York bankruptcy court to protect its U.S. assets from creditors.
News categories: Thomson, Digital TV, Finance, Gateway, Set Top Box, USA

Samsung Introduces Tru2Way Service to Canada
Dec 17, 2009 – Samsung (Seoul: 005930) has announced that it has entered into a letter of agreement with Videotron (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) to provide Canada's first Tru2Way service using Samsung's High-Definition, Multi-Room Digital Video Recorder (DVR) solution.
News categories: Samsung, Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Ofcom releases International Communications Market report
Dec 17, 2009 – Ofcom's International Communications Market data provides a snapshot of the communications market in twelve major economies and the four fast growing economies of Brazil, India, Russia and China in the five years to 2008.
News categories: Ofcom, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

ATSC Launches Certification Program For Mobile Digital TV Equipment
Dec 16, 2009 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has launched a certification program for broadcast equipment and consumer receiving devices that comply with the new A/153 ATSC Mobile Digital Television (DTV) Standard.
News categories: ATSC, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Social Media Meets the Set-Top Box with FreedTV
Dec 16, 2009 – FreedTV has announced the first cross-platform social media television application supporting real-time connectivity to mainstream television set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: FreedTV, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Social TV, Streaming, USA

DivX and Sonic Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Digital Video Distribution
Dec 16, 2009 – Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) and DivX (Nasdaq:DIVX) have announced a partnership to enable the digital distribution of movies to DivX Certified® CE devices. Sonic Solutions will make movies available for download in the DivX® format.
News categories: DivX, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA