USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Roku reaches 10 million players sold in U.S.
Sep 16, 2014 – Roku has announced that is has sold 10 million Roku streaming players in the United States. Since the company’s May 2008 unveiling of the very first device to stream Netflix to the TV, the popularity of streaming players has grown rapidly.
News categories: Roku, Anthony Wood, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Verizon to launch OTT TV service in the first half of 2015
Sep 12, 2014 – According to Verizon CEO, Lowell McAdam, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference, Verizon is planning to launch an over-the-top (OTT) television service in the first half of 2015.
News categories: Verizon, Lowell McAdam, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

DISH first with NAGRA anyCAST COMMAND pay TV security
Sep 12, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that DISH Network will be the first customer to deploy NAGRA anyCAST COMMAND, NAGRA’s new security technology that defeats popular forms of piracy like control word sharing and paves the way for ultra-secure 4K services.
News categories: NAGRA, DISH Network, Maurice van Riek, Vivek Khemka, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Broadcom powers TiVo's new Ultra HD set-top box
Sep 11, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) has announced that it will power TiVo's Ultra HD set-top box. Broadcom and TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) will demonstrate TiVo's set-top, delivering 4X the resolution of traditional 1080p60 HD displays, at IBC.
News categories: Broadcom, TiVo Inc, Rich Nelson, Jeff Klugman, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Elliptic to show CableLabs DLNA CVP-2 reference server at IBC 2014
Sep 11, 2014 – Elliptic Technologies has announced a development with CableLabs of a reference implementation of DLNA's CVP-2 specifications, now under the brand of VidiPath Certification program, using Elliptic's DTCP-IP content protection.
News categories: Elliptic Technologies, CableLabs, Vijay Dube, Tom Lookabough, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Smart Home, USA, Worldwide

Inca powers Volcano's MPEG-4 HD/SD IPTV service in California
Sep 9, 2014 – Inca Networks has announced that Volcano Communications of California has selected the Inca 4400 Modular Series high-density, real-time transcoder to power HD and SD video for its MPEG-4 HD and SD IPTV service.
News categories: Inca Networks, Volcano Communications, Ray Crabtree, Jeff Campbell, Cable TV, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

Armstrong Utilities selects TiVo television solution
Sep 9, 2014 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Armstrong Utilities have announced that Armstrong has selected TiVo for delivery of a multi-screen, seamlessly-combined linear, recorded, over the top, and video on demand TV experience.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Armstrong, Jeff Ross, Thomas Elam, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Alticast and S&T demo interactive TV applications for ATSC 2.0 at IBCShow
Sep 8, 2014 – Alticast and Strategy & Technology (S&T) will demonstrate at IBC 2014 how the companies combined technologies enable broadcasters to deliver ATSC 2.0 applications by overlaying graphics onto their video content.
News categories: Alticast, Strategy & Technology, John Carlucci, Adrian Fowkes, Apps, ATSC 3, Digital TV, HTML5, IBCShow, USA

TiVo unveils DVR with 24 TB of storage capacity
Sep 8, 2014 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has unveiled the biggest DVR it has ever made, TiVo Mega. TiVo Mega boasts 24 terabytes of recording space, the equivalent of over 26,000 hours of TV.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Ira Bahr, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA