USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

DISH Network ends 2012 with 14.056 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 20, 2013 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported 2012 results. The company added about 14,000 net new pay-TV subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2012. DISH ended 2012 with 14.056 million pay-TV subscribers compared to 13.967 million total subscribers in 2011.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV Latin America subscribers up 31% in 2012; U.S. flat at 20 million
Feb 14, 2013 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2012. DIRECTV U.S. ended the quarter with 20.08 million subscribers, an increase of 1% compared with December 31, 2011. DTVLA ended the quarter with 10.33 million subscribers, an increase of 31% compared with the end of 2011.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

CenturyLink ends 2012 with 115,000 Prism TV subscribers
Feb 13, 2013 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has reported results for fourth quarter and full-year 2012. The company added nearly 45,000 Prism™ TV subscribers during the year to finish with a total of 115,000.
News categories: CenturyLink, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

DISH Announces Nationwide Availability of 'Hopper with Sling' Whole-Home HD DVR
Feb 11, 2013 – DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced the nationwide consumer availability of its new Hopper™ with Sling® Whole-Home HD DVR. DISH first introduced Hopper with Sling at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: DISH Network, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Placeshifting, Satellite, Smart Home, USA

HDTV sets now in three-quarters of U.S. households
Feb 8, 2013 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 75% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set -- up from 23% five years ago. Over the past five years, 52% of US households adopted HDTV.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Time Warner Cable residential video subscribers down 532,000 in 2012
Jan 31, 2013 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. Residential video revenue decreased driven by declines in video subscribers and transactional video-on-demand and premium network revenue.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

AT&T U-verse TV adds 192,000 subscribers in 4Q 2012 to reach 4.5 million
Jan 24, 2013 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported fourth-quarter results for 2012. In the quarter, U-verse TV added 192,000 subscribers to reach 4.5 million in service at the end of the year.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

ATSC forms Implementation Team for ATSC 2.0
Jan 22, 2013 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has announced the formation of new Implementation Teams for two new emerging standards - ATSC 2.0 and the Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS).
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Terrestrial, USA

Verizon ends 2012 with 4.7 million FiOS Video connections
Jan 22, 2013 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported results for the fourth-quarter of 2012. Verizon added 134,000 net new FiOS Video connections in the quarter to reach a total of 4.7 million at the end of the year.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA