USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

ATSC-MH Demodulator Core for the US Mobile DTV Market from Iberium Communications
Aug 30, 2010 – Iberium Communications has announced the availability of its Santana digital demodulator core for the US mobile DTV market. The core is fully compliant with the mobile DTV standard ATSC-MH (A/153) ratified in October of 2009.
News categories: Iberium Communications, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, USA

DISH Network Introduces Online Video Portal with Live TV Integration
Aug 24, 2010 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has introduced DISHOnline.com, the only online video portal that integrates live and recorded TV with more than 150,000 popular movies, TV shows, clips and trailers into one easy-to-use interface.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, DVR, Placeshifting, Satellite, Streaming, USA

SNL Kagan Analysis Shows U.S. Multichannel Market Declines for First Time in History
Aug 23, 2010 – A new SNL Kagan analysis reveals that the U.S. multichannel market delivered its worst performance on record in the second quarter, losing 216,000 customers compared to a 378,000 gain in the same period last year.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Minerva Passes 200 IPTV Deployment Milestone
Aug 23, 2010 – Recent wins including Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative and Swiftel Communications in North America, ICE in Costa Rica, PCCTV in Cambodia, and Palm Hills Development in the Middle East have increased the total number of Minerva's worldwide IPTV deployments to over two hundred (200).
News categories: Minerva Networks, Cambodia, Costa Rica, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, USA

Samsung to supply set-top boxes to Cablevision
Aug 19, 2010 – Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has selected Samsung (KRX:005930, 005935; LSE:SMSN, SMSD) as the first vendor to supply it with tru2way-based HD boxes outfitted with a new downloadable security platform, according to Light Reading Cable.
News categories: Samsung, Cablevision, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Broadcom FastRTV™ Technology Accelerates Digital Television Channel Changes
Aug 19, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its FastRTV™ Channel Change Acceleration technology which improves television channel change speeds by up to 5 times. FastRTV technology is now available in a wide range of Broadcom® systems-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Allo Communications Launches IPTV Services With 180SQUARED
Aug 18, 2010 – Allo Communications has unveiled its Fiber TV service to customers throughout western Nebraska. Allo's IPTV network utilizes Microsoft Mediaroom and is managed and integrated using 180SQUARED's v.Allegro solution.
News categories: 180SQUARED, Allo Communications, Microsoft, Amir Littman, Jeff Kuenne, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Boxee and Widevine Team Up to Give Boxee Users the Ultimate Online Video Viewing Experience
Aug 18, 2010 – Widevine and Boxee have announced that the two companies will collaborate to make Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD controls and digital rights management (DRM) technologies available in CE devices containing Boxee's software platform.
News categories: Widevine, Boxee, DRM, Middleware, Streaming, USA

Web-to-TV Video Content Revenue Will Reach $17 Billion by 2014
Aug 17, 2010 – The growth of Web-to-TV video is happening faster than most people expected. By 2014, there will be 57 million US broadband households viewing full-length online video on the TV, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Streaming, USA