USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Entone selected by Chequamegon Communications
Aug 26, 2009 – Entone has announced that its Hydra HD™ IP video gateway and Amulet™ HD IPTV receiver have been chosen for Chequamegon Communications' IPTV service rollout. Chequamegon is the largest telephone cooperative in Wisconsin.
News categories: Entone, Chequamegon, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

DivX and Film Fresh Partner to Offer Digital Downloads in DivX® Format
Aug 26, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced that Film Fresh is the first U.S. download-to-own (DTO) online store to provide major motion picture titles in the high-quality secure DivX® format.
News categories: DivX, Film Fresh, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

FCC approves more CA-integrated cable boxes
Aug 24, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Pace (LSE:PIC) and Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) have received approval from the FCC for a waiver of the ban on cable set-top boxes (STBs) with integrated conditional access.
News categories: FCC, Cable TV, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, USA

Rovi Platform Selected by Pace for Next-Generation Set-top Boxes
Aug 24, 2009 – Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) has announced that Pace (LSE:PIC) is using the Rovi Connected Platform solution to enhance its next-generation set-top boxes for cable operators and service providers throughout the Americas.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Pace plc, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Latin America, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Blockbuster Announces Mobile Handset Integration Deal with Motorola
Aug 18, 2009 – Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) has announced plans to feature the BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand movie download service in select Motorola (NYSE: MOT) phones, providing its library of premium digital entertainment to mobile devices for the first time.
News categories: Blockbuster, Motorola, Digital TV, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Major News Stories Drive June Surge in U.S. Online Video Viewing
Aug 14, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released June 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that more than 157 million U.S. Internet users viewed video online during the month, the largest audience recorded for a single month.
News categories: comScore, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Farmers Telephone Cooperative Selects ETI's Triad to Integrate Microsoft Mediaroom
Aug 14, 2009 – ETI Software Solutions has announced that Farmers Telephone Cooperative (FTC) will use ETI's Triad Service Delivery Platform (SDP) to integrate Microsoft's Mediaroom IP video technology to its customer care and billing infrastructure.
News categories: ETI Software, Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Peter M Pifer, Brad Erwin, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Insight Communications adds 13.2k digital subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – Insight Communications has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. In the quarter, Insight had a digital customer net gain of 13,200. Total digital customers at quarter end were 483,400.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA