USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Global Online Television To Take GOTV HD PVR Orders From May 3rd
Apr 16, 2010 – Global Online Television (PINKSHEETS: ATNPD) will be taking orders for the GOTV HD PVR Set Top Box on May 3rd, 2010. The HD PVR Set Top Box had the highest amount of pre orders and has been the most requested by potential GOTV subscribers.
News categories: Global Online Television, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

U.S. Home Entertainment Has Promising First Quarter Fueled By Blu-ray Sales
Apr 15, 2010 – U.S. Blu-ray Disc software sales continued to rise in the first quarter of 2010, up 74 percent compared to the same period last year according to sales figures for the home entertainment industry released by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray, DVD, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

US-Based Telcos Rely on Celeno Wi-Fi for IPTV Services
Apr 14, 2010 – Celeno Communications has announced multiple deployments in the United States of Celeno-enabled video bridges for whole-home HD IPTV wireless distribution.
News categories: Celeno, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, USA

Verizon and Motorola to Trial Energy-Efficient Set-Top Box
Apr 14, 2010 – Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) have teamed up to create and trial set-top boxes that are up to 30 percent more energy efficient than current models.
News categories: Motorola, Verizon, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Halstad Telephone Company selects Calix for trio of fiber access initiatives
Apr 13, 2010 – Calix (NYSE: CALX) has announced that Halstad Telephone Company (HTC) has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver advanced IPTV services, data services, mobile backhaul, and VOIP services in Minnesota and North Dakota.
News categories: Calix, Halstad Telephone Company, Broadband, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, USA

Twelve U.S. Broadcast Groups to Form Joint Venture to Develop Mobile Content Service
Apr 13, 2010 – Belo, Cox Media, E.W. Scripps, Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television, ION Television, Media General, Meredith, NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations and Raycom Media plan to form a joint venture to develop a new national mobile content service.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, USA

FLO TV to Expand Offering with Interactive Capabilities, On-demand Content and Time-shifted Viewing
Apr 13, 2010 – FLO TV (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced at the 2010 NAB Show that it is working to enhance its mobile TV service with new applications that integrate video with Web-based content and social media tools.
News categories: FLO TV, Mobile, NABShow, Smart TV, USA

Netflix Selects Irdeto to Protect Content It Streams Instantly
Apr 13, 2010 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) has licensed Irdeto's Cloakware Embedded Security as part of its suite of content protection tools for the tens of thousands of TV episodes and movies it streams instantly to its members.
News categories: Irdeto, Netflix, Content Protection, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

LG Electronics Demonstrates World's First ATSC Non-Real-Time 3D TV Broadcast
Apr 13, 2010 – LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) is making the first public demonstration of the Non-Real-Time (NRT) technologies contemplated in ATSC 2.0. The world's first broadcast of NRT 3D TV takes place at the 2010 NAB convention in Las Vegas.
News categories: LG Electronics, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse, NABShow, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA