USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

DivX and Sonic Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Digital Video Distribution
Dec 16, 2009 – Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) and DivX (Nasdaq:DIVX) have announced a partnership to enable the digital distribution of movies to DivX Certified® CE devices. Sonic Solutions will make movies available for download in the DivX® format.
News categories: DivX, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Comcast Makes On Demand Online Video Entertainment Available Nationally
Dec 15, 2009 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has announced that it has made its On Demand Online experience available nationally. Comcast customers will have access to titles from the cable channels in their subscription packages at no additional cost.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Widevine DRM Selected for BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® Service
Dec 15, 2009 – Widevine and Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI,BBI.B) have announced that Blockbuster will use Widevine's DRM and video optimization as a part of its BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® Service to deliver entertainment to internet-connected retail consumer electronic devices.
News categories: Widevine, Blockbuster, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DRM, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Sungale Unveils Its First IP TV -- Kula
Dec 12, 2009 – Sungale has announced the latest of its 2010 product line up, the new Kula IPTV. The Kula is an ultra portable Wi-Fi enabled IPTV device that allows users to access a large number of live streaming television programs from all over the world.
News categories: Sungale, CES2025, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

DISH Network Adds Its 14 Millionth Customer
Dec 10, 2009 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced that it recently passed the 14 million customer milestone.
News categories: DISH Network, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

CEA Advances Mobile DTV Through Plugfest
Dec 10, 2009 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® has completed hosting the first ever ATSC Mobile DTV Plugfest. The Plugfest utilized four independently developed transmission systems, 12 receiver systems, and four software vendors.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, CES2025, Content Distribution, Middleware, Mobile, USA

AT&T U-verse TV Marks 2 Million Customer Milestone
Dec 9, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced that it has reached its 2 millionth AT&T U-verse TV customer. In the last year, AT&T has added one million customers to the award-winning TV service available to millions of homes across 22 states.
News categories: U-verse, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Subscribers, USA

Internet Video: Connected TVs Play Catch Up
Dec 4, 2009 – Preliminary data from an IMS Research study shows that by the end of 2010, nearly 55% of all TV Households in the Americas will have access to Internet video, with 25% of these capable of displaying Internet video onto the TV set.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Global Online Television Announces GOTV IPTV Launch Date
Dec 4, 2009 – Atlantis Technology Group (PINKSHEETS: ATNP) subsidiary Global Online Television Corporation has announced its launch date for the GOTV IPTV service to be on January 11th, 2010.
News categories: Global Online Television, Atlantis Technology, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA