USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Open Mobile Video Coalition Releases Tools To Aid Mobile DTV Service Implementation
Jun 28, 2011 – Several new tools have been released by the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) to help Mobile DTV CE product manufacturers enhance Mobile DTV reception by reducing the need for expensive field testing of Mobile DTV consumer products.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Mobile, USA

Hawaiian Telcom wins cable franchise for O'ahu
Jun 25, 2011 – Hawaii's Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has granted Hawaiian Telcom (OTC: HWLT) a non-exclusive cable franchise for cable television services on the island of O'ahu.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, DCCA, Cable TV, Oceania, Regulation, USA

Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative selects Alcatel-Lucent IPTV solution with Microsoft Mediaroom
Jun 23, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC), the South Carolina-based telephone cooperative, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end IPTV solution, based on Microsoft Mediaroom (Nasdaq: MSFT).
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

87% of U.S. Households Subscribe to a Multi-Channel Video Service
Jun 23, 2011 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 87% of households in the U.S. subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service, up from 80% in 2004.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Fastest Global Broadband Growth Since 2009
Jun 21, 2011 – With an increase of over 15.2 million subscribers in the first three months of this year, fixed broadband grew by 2.9% representing an annual growth rate of 11.93%, according to figures announced by the Broadband Forum.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, BroadcastAsia, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Irdeto ActiveCloak™ for Media Protects Streaming Content on Toshiba's Connected TV
Jun 20, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Toshiba (Tokyo:6502) has decided to adopt Irdeto's dynamic security solution for its high-end Cinema Series high definition television (HDTV) sets.
News categories: Irdeto, Toshiba, Netflix, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Digital TV homes to double within five years
Jun 20, 2011 – The number of digital TV homes will double between 2010 and 2016 to 1,189 million, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The report estimated that digital penetration will climb from 42.5% at end-2010 to 80.0% by 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Brazil, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Pace RNG-210n/Comcast Xfinity Spectrum DVR is a Pentium® M-based Test Bed
Jun 14, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have released details on the Pace RNG-210n (a.k.a. Xfinity Spectrum DVR). The Pace-made DVR doesn't use an Atom™-based Intel CE4200 but instead uses the Pentium® M-based CE3100.
News categories: IMS Research, Pace plc, Intel Corp, Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable Collaborate to Deliver an Advanced Video Gateway Platform
Jun 14, 2011 – Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) has announced that it is engaging with Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) to develop a video gateway platform capable of delivering an advanced consumer in-home entertainment experience.
News categories: Motorola, Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA