USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Kudelski Group delivers strong second half 2009 results
Feb 26, 2010 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2009 annual results. Digital TV sales in the second half were particularly strong growing by 27.3% compared to the first half.
News categories: Kudelski, Brazil, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Finland, IPTV, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, USA

SureWest Video RGUs down 100 in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. SureWest's video service is expanding to reach over 25,000 ILEC homes on the Sacramento copper network, the first 15,000 homes became available in January 2010.
News categories: SureWest, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cablevision adds 4,800 digital video customers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 4,800 or 0.2% from September 2009 and 55,900 or 2.0% from December 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Four in Ten U.S. Consumers Watch Broadband/Mobile TV at Least Once Monthly
Feb 24, 2010 – Data from Horowitz Associates' annual Broadband Content and Services (BCS) survey of 800 U.S. internet users reveal that 44% watch actual, not user generated, TV content at least once monthly, including viewing online and on handheld devices.
News categories: Horowitz Associates, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Cablevision Service Connects Computer and Television Screens With the Press of a Button
Feb 24, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) has announced the development of a service, called PC to TV Media Relay, that will allow its digital cable customers to relay the contents of their computer screen to their television in real-time.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Avail-TVN Announces First Cable MSO Customer for MPEG-4 Video Services
Feb 22, 2010 – Through an agreement with Evolution Digital, the systems integrator, and provider of Conax conditional access and low cost set-top boxes for the project, Zito Media will deploy Avail-TVN's MPEG-4 solution across 10 cable systems.
News categories: Evolution Broadband, Zito Media, Avail-TVN, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Set Top Box, USA

Walmart Announces Acquisition of Digital Entertainment Provider, VUDU
Feb 22, 2010 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire VUDU, a leading provider of digital technologies and services that enable the delivery of entertainment content directly to broadband high-definition TVs and Blu-ray players.
News categories: VUDU, Walmart, Blu-ray, MandA, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

DIRECTV U.S. up 119,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 254,000 in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 119,000 to give 18.56 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 254,000 to give 4.59 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

Sezmi Personal TV Service Now Available in Los Angeles Best Buy Stores
Feb 18, 2010 – Sezmi has announced an introductory release of its all-in-one television service, available in the greater Los Angeles area exclusively through Best Buy (NYSE: BBY).
News categories: Sezmi, Best Buy, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA