North America Digital TV News

Best Buy Partners with Sonic for Digital Content Delivery on Connected CE Devices
Nov 3, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) are partnering on a new offering for Best Buy's line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie and entertainment service will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow™.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, Best Buy, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Cablevision digital cable down 14,300 subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were down 14,300 or 0.5% from June 2009 and up 73,800 or 2.6% from September 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Bell TV first in Canada to offer 100 High Definition TV channels
Nov 2, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has announced that Bell has reaffirmed its TV leadership in Québec and across Canada by becoming the first television provider in the country to offer 100 High Definition channels.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite

Cogeco latest quarter shows 10k digital TV adds in Canada and 23k in Portugal
Oct 30, 2009 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced results for the fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter, digital TV net additions stood at 9,674 customers in Canada with 23,456 added by Cabovisão in Portugal.
News categories: Cogeco, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

SureWest Video RGUs up 100 in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Broadband Residential revenues increased 12% year-over-year to $29.4 million due to 10% growth in average revenue per user (ARPU).
News categories: SureWest, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA

Pace Set to Launch Multiroom DVR with Multiple Cable Operators
Oct 28, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that multiple cable operators, including Buckeye Cablevision, Mediacom, Sunflower Broadband, and others, are already nearing completion of field trials for Pace's Home Content Sharing (HCS) solution.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, Smart Home, USA

Rogers adds 32k digital cable subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 27, 2009 – Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The digital cable subscriber base grew by 9% from September 30, 2008 to September 30, 2009.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Results, Subscribers

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®
Oct 27, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home