USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Cable Industry Launches SelecTV™ Brand to Promote Viewer Adoption Of ITV
May 10, 2010 – The U.S. cable industry has announced the launch of 'SelecTV™,' a consumer-facing brand that will appear on-screen to indicate the availability of interactive television content.
News categories: Canoe Ventures, SelecTV, Cable TV, Middleware, USA

Cox Launches Whole Home DVR Service With Cisco Set-Tops
May 10, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that it has teamed with Cox Communications to deliver the new Cox 'Plus Package,' featuring high-definition Whole Home digital video recorder (DVR) service with Cisco Explorer® next-generation set-top boxes.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

VividLogic Announces tru2way® Solution with integrated OCAP™ Reference Implementation
May 10, 2010 – VividLogic (NASDAQ:SEAC) has announced the availability of its tru2way® software integrated with an optimized version of the OCAP™ Reference Implementation (OCAP RI). The solution is available on Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Broadcom (Nasdaq:BRCM) SoCs.
News categories: VividLogic, Intel Corp, Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, USA

Mediacom adds 21k digital subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Mediacom added 21,000 digital customers to end the quarter with 699,000, a 56.6% penetration of basic subscribers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

FCC Grants Approval For Sending Recent Movies Directly To Consumers Over Secure TV Lines
May 7, 2010 – The FCC has approved a request by the MPAA to permit recent movies to be sent directly to American households over secure high definition transmission lines from their cable or satellite providers prior to their release on DVD or Blu-ray.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Motion Picture Association of America, Cable TV, Content Protection, IPTV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Consolidated Communications adds 1,800 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq:CNSL) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Broadband products grew at a strong pace in the quarter with IPTV increasing by 1,800 to 24,900 subscribers.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter digital video customers increase 95,800 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Digital video customers increased by approximately 95,800 during the quarter to reach approximately 3.3 million at the end of March.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Cablevision adds 12,000 digital video customers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 12,000 or 0.4% from December 2009 and 58,500 or 2.1% from March 2009.
News categories: Cablevision Systems, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA