USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

DISH Network adds 26,000 net subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 10, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. DISH added approximately 26,000 net subscribers during the period, ending the quarter with approximately 13.610 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Mediacom adds 8k digital subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 7, 2009 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009. During the quarter, the company added 8,000 digital customers to end with 658,000 customers - a 51.3% penetration of basic subscribers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter Digital Video customers down 5,700 in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – Charter Communications (Pink OTC: CHTRQ) has reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009. Digital video customers declined by approximately 5,700 and basic video customers decreased by 73,300 during the second quarter.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

SureWest Video RGUs down 900 in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Video RGUs increased 4% compared to 2008 reflective of the company's ability to offer high-speed data, HDTV, HD DVR and other enhanced services.
News categories: SureWest, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Global Online Television Launches the 'GOTV' IPTV Project
Aug 6, 2009 – Atlantis Technology (PINKSHEETS: ATNO) has announced that its subsidiary Global Online Television (GOTV) will begin to offer its GOTV IPTV service to the public. The service is streamed to a dedicated set-top box using Windows Media Player.
News categories: GOTV, Atlantis Technology, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

DIRECTV U.S. up 224,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 128,000 in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported second quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 224,000 to give 18.31 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 128,000 to give 4.16 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

China, India, and US Continue to Drive 2009 Set-top Box Shipments
Aug 6, 2009 – Shipments of digital terrestrial (DTT) and satellite (DTH) set-top boxes to China, India, and the United States accounted for more than 60% of total worldwide STB shipments in 2008, and are expected to reach 70% of worldwide shipments in 2009.
News categories: IMS Research, China, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

TiVo to Offer Hundreds of Free Web Video Channels on its DVRs
Aug 5, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced the addition of hundreds of new free Web videos available directly to TiVo DVR subscribers. In addition, any video podcast provider can now publish video content to TiVo DVRs using RSS and H.264 video.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Digital TV, DVR, Streaming, USA

HDTVs in More than Half of All U.S. Homes
Aug 4, 2009 – A recent CTAM tracking Pulse report shows strong growth over the past year in HDTV ownership. In 2009, 53 percent of total U.S. households report owning a high definition television, an 18 percentage point increase in ownership over 2008.
News categories: CTAM, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Smart TV, USA