North America Digital TV News

Nearly Half of U.S. Households Have an HDTV Set
Nov 30, 2009 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 46% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set -- approximately double the percentage of households that had an HDTV set two years ago.
News categories: Leichtman Research, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Global TV Shipment Growth Recovered in Q3
Nov 19, 2009 – Global TV shipments showed a spark of recovery in Q3'09 amid an easing global economic recession, reports DisplaySearch. Total unit volume increased on a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis for the first time since Q3'08, rising 1% to 54.9 million units.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Canada, China, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Sezmi Launches Public Pilot of All-in-One Personal TV Service
Nov 16, 2009 – Sezmi has announced that it has made its all-in-one television service available to the public in an exclusive pilot in Los Angeles. Sezmi offers television content from cable networks together with on-demand movies and internet video content.
News categories: Sezmi, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

FLO TV Personal Television Mobile Device Debuts in U.S. Retailers
Nov 13, 2009 – The handheld FLO TV™ Personal Television has hit U.S. retailer shelves. The device from FLO TV Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) delivers live and time-shifted content via the FLO TV mobile TV service and is available at Amazon.com and Best Buy.
News categories: FLO TV, Portable, Smart TV, USA

Emery Telcom Partners with Latens to Launch IPTV
Nov 12, 2009 – Latens has announced that Emery Telcom has launched IPTV services in Utah powered by Latens ECO middleware and pre-integrated conditional access system (CAS).
News categories: Latens, Emery Telcom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Netflix Members can Instantly Watch Movies and TV Episodes Streamed to TVs Via the PlayStation®3
Nov 10, 2009 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has announced that Netflix members can instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed to TVs from Netflix via the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system.
News categories: Netflix, PlayStation, Gaming, Streaming, USA

Minerva Powers IPTV Deployment by Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago
Nov 10, 2009 – Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago (TSTT) has launched its Blink Entertainment IPTV service. The service offers high-definition (HD) programming, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and personal video recorder (PVR) options.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Blink Entertainment, TSTT, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Trinidad and Tobago

Butler-Bremer Launches Cable IPTV with Harmonic and Falcon IP/Complete
Nov 10, 2009 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) and Falcon IP/Complete have announced that Butler-Bremer Communications has selected the IP/Complete 'bird to box' video solution and Harmonic's Direct-2 Edge™ (D2E) solution for its new cable IPTV service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Falcon IP/Complete, Butler-Bremer, Cable TV, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

Espial Switches On IPTV Services for Sogetel
Nov 10, 2009 – Espial (TSX:ESP) has announced that Sogetel is preparing to deliver IP-based television and video on-demand services in Quebec, Canada using Evo TV Service Platform and Espial MediaBase.
News categories: Espial, Sogetel, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware