USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

RCN cable tv subscribers stable at 368,000 in 2Q09
Aug 4, 2009 – RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) has announced its second quarter 2009 results. Cable TV customers were stable at 368,000 with the digital penetration rate remaining flat at 91% of video customers.
News categories: RCN, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

RCN Selects TiVo as Its Primary DVR Platform
Aug 4, 2009 – RCN (NASDAQ: RCNI) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have entered into a strategic relationship for RCN to offer co-branded, uniquely configured TiVo High Definition DVRs to its residential and small business customers.
News categories: RCN, TiVo, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

LG to Bring VUDU HD Movie Service to Broadband HDTVs
Jul 29, 2009 – LG Electronics (Seoul: 066570) will be the first to introduce broadband HDTVs with the instant-access high-definition (HD) movie service from VUDU. VUDU on-demand movies will be available on LG's TVs with 'NetCast Entertainment Access,' beginning next month.
News categories: VUDU, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

SureWest to launch new TV service with Microsoft Mediaroom
Jul 28, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced that it will deploy the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform to deliver an advanced TV service over its existing IP-based FTTH and copper networks in the greater Sacramento, CA region.
News categories: Microsoft, SureWest, Andreas Mueller-Schubert, Steve Oldham, Bill DeMuth, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Mobile TV Device Volumes Will Not Decline in 2009
Jul 23, 2009 – TeleAnalytics has calculated that the end-2009 Mobile TV user count will be in the 80.8 million to 81.9 million range. Mobile TV device sales will at worst remain flat, but an increase of up to 2% may be witnessed with respect to the 2008 sales total.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers, USA

June was a Record Breaking Month for U.S. Video-On-Demand
Jul 22, 2009 – Rentrak (Nasdaq: RENT) has reported that June was the most-viewed month for video-on-demand (VOD) this year, delivering more than 589 million transactions - there was an average of 16.5 minutes of OnDemand viewing a day per active unique set-top box.
News categories: Rentrak, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, USA

INS Protects IPTV Wholesale System with Verimatrix Security
Jul 21, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced that Iowa Network Services (INS) has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV to protect its IPTV wholesale network with a combination of central and local linear content provisioning.
News categories: Verimatrix, Iowa Network Services, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Entropic Silicon Tuner Deployed in EchoStar Over-the-Air Module
Jul 21, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its RF4400 ATSC Silicon Tuner has been selected by EchoStar Technologies (Nasdaq:SATS) for inclusion in its high-definition over-the-air (OTA) module for select HD set-top boxes.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Echostar, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Blockbuster and Samsung Sign Agreement to Deliver BLOCKBUSTER® OnDemand Services to Select Samsung HDTVs, Home Theater Systems and Blu-ray Players
Jul 14, 2009 – Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) have announced they are joining forces to enable consumers to access Blockbuster's library of premium digital entertainment via Samsung HDTVs, home theater systems and Blu-ray players.
News categories: Samsung, Blockbuster, Blu-ray, Smart TV, Streaming, USA