USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Entone FusionTV Deployed at Twin Lakes Telephone
Mar 13, 2012 – Entone has announced that Twin Lakes Telephone has selected its FusionTV™ solution. Entone's FusionTV enables Twin Lakes Telephone to offer their subscribers an experience that combines live HDTV, DVR and cloud services via a single TV user interface.
News categories: Entone, Twin Lakes Telephone, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming, USA

Broadcom Announces 40nm EZ-HD Digital Transport Adapter Solution
Mar 12, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced its 40nm EZ-HD DTA cable system-on-a-chip. The BCM7574 is helping to accelerate the HDTV transition of the remaining 45 million analogue TVs in North America that are currently connected to a cable TV service.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Apple Brings 1080p High Definition to New Apple TV
Mar 7, 2012 – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced the new Apple TV® featuring 1080p programming including iTunes® movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, and more in HD. With iTunes in the Cloud, customers can purchase and play movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store® and watch them on their HD TV.
News categories: Apple, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

DISH Network Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results
Feb 23, 2012 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011. DISH gained approximately 22,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.967 million subscribers at year-end.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Netflix Brings TV Shows and Movies to PlayStation® Vita
Feb 22, 2012 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has announced immediate availability of Netflix on PlayStation® Vita (PS Vita). PS Vita can stream TV shows and movies from Netflix in high quality on its 5-inch multi-touch display via Wi-Fi.
News categories: Netflix, PlayStation, Canada, Digital TV, Gaming, Latin America, Portable, Streaming, USA

WOW! Launches ARRIS Whole Home Solution
Feb 21, 2012 – ARRIS (NASDAQ: ARRS) has announced that WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone has launched the ARRIS Whole Home Solution, which consists of the Moxi® Gateway, a platform providing entertainment to the entire home, and Moxi Players, which connect to each TV.
News categories: ARRIS Group, WOW!, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Cass Cable Switches to MPEG-4 with Avail-TVN
Feb 21, 2012 – Avail-TVN has announced that Cass Cable TV has migrated to the company's MPEG-4 linear television service. Cass Cable's MPEG-2 service has been replaced with a complete, hosted MPEG-4 video solution, including a full bouquet of SD and HD programming.
News categories: Avail-TVN, Cass Cable, Cable TV, Content Distribution, USA

NCTC Signs Multi-Year Evolution Digital Deal to Bring Member's Savings on DTAs and TiVo Set-Top Boxes
Feb 20, 2012 – Evolution Digital has announced that it has signed an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC). Under the agreement, NCTC is able to provide members a lower price per unit by aggregating member orders for Evolution Digital's SD and HD uDTAs and TiVo® Premiere DVRs.
News categories: Evolution Digital, National Cable Television Cooperative, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

The Window for Pay-TV Operators to Control the Video-On-Demand Movie Rental Market is Still Open, But For How Long?
Feb 16, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, the current VOD market for paid movie rentals is ruled by pay-TV services. The emerging Internet video-on-demand (iVOD) movie market may already be leading to consumers reducing their use of pay-TV VOD a-la-carte movie services.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA