USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Sony 'dash' Personal Internet Viewer to Feature Movies and TV Episodes Streamed from Netflix
Feb 16, 2010 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has announced that its dash™ personal Internet viewer will feature a dedicated application for Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX), allowing Netflix members to instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes directly on the unit.
News categories: Sony Electronics, Digital TV, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

DISH Network and Rentrak Announce Television Audience Measurement Agreement
Feb 8, 2010 – Rentrak (Nasdaq: RENT) has announced an agreement with DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) to integrate DISH Network's TV viewing data with Rentrak's TV Essentials audience measurement service.
News categories: Rentrak, DISH Network, Advertising, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

CableLabs® and Canoe Ventures Announce Completion of New EBIF IO6 Specification
Feb 8, 2010 – CableLabs® and Canoe Ventures have announced the completion and issuance of the latest EBIF specification. This new version (IO6) features functionality developed to meet competitive interactive television market requirements.
News categories: CableLabs, Canoe Ventures, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Rovi and FourthWall Media Collaborate on Enhanced TV Platform
Feb 8, 2010 – FourthWall Media and Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq: ROVI) have signed an agreement under which Rovi will offer an integrated ETV Platform, including FourthWall Media's EBIF User Agent, ETV Server, and TV Widgets® as part of Rovi's guide solutions.
News categories: Rovi Corp, FourthWall Media, Cable TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Broadcom Announces DTA 4.0 Cable Solution for Digital TV Conversion
Feb 8, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the industry's first Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) 4.0 system-on-a-chip (SoC) that features an integrated tuner and switchable content protection.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Americans Watch 33 Billion Videos in December
Feb 5, 2010 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released December 2009 data showing that nearly 178 million U.S. internet users watched online video during the month. Online video viewing continued to reach record levels in December, with 33.2 billion videos viewed.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Comcast adds 410k digital video customers in 4Q09
Feb 3, 2010 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. At the end of the period Comcast's digital video customers totaled 18.4 million, an increase of 410,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Panasonic Opens Blu-ray 3D Authoring Facility
Feb 1, 2010 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) has unveiled its Blu-ray 3D™ Advanced Authoring Center at the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory. The Center offers services which are capable of making Blu-ray 3D™ Discs commercially available as early as Spring 2010.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, Metaverse, USA

GOTV IPTV Service To Launch On March 1st, 2010
Jan 28, 2010 – Atlantis Technology Group (PINKSHEETS: ATNP) subsidiary Global Online Television Corporation has announced the launch date of March 1st, 2010 for the GOTV IPTV service.
News categories: Global Online Television, Atlantis Technology, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA