North America Digital TV News

Insight Comms adds a record 30,700 digital subscribers in Q1
May 12, 2009 – Insight Communications has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company had a digital customer net gain of 30,700, the highest quarterly net gain in digital customers in the company's history.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cuba takes first steps to Digital TV
May 12, 2009 – Cuba has created a commission to manage its transition to digital TV transmission. This was announced at a press conference by representatives of the ICRT and Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones that formed the commission.
News categories: ICRT, Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, Content Distribution, Cuba, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial

DISH Network subscribers down 94,000 in 1st quarter
May 11, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. DISH Network lost approximately 94,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.584 million subscribers as of that date.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

More than 10% of US and Japanese households will be '3D enabled' by 2012
May 8, 2009 – A newly-released report from Futuresource Consulting reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

DISH Network Launches DVR Remote Access Service
May 8, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has launched its DISH Remote Access service for customers with a broadband-connected ViP® Series DVR. DISH Remote Access gives customers total access to all the features of their DVR from any internet connected device.
News categories: DISH Network, DVR, Satellite, USA

Cablevision digital video customers up 6.7% on March 2008
May 7, 2009 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 9,400 or 0.3% from December 2008 and 177,500 or 6.7% from March 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

TELUS TV surpasses 100,000 subscriber milestone
May 7, 2009 – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has reported first quarter 2009 results. TELUS' all-digital television, movie and radio entertainment service hit a notable milestone in April as the TELUS TV subscriber base surpassed 100,000 customers.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV U.S. at 18 million subscribers; DTVLA at 4 million
May 7, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the first quarter. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 460,000 to give 18.08 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 148,000 to give 4.03 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Bell adds 12,000 video subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2009. Bell added 12,000 net new video subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 to give a total video subscriber base of 1,864,000.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers