USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Streaming Movies, TV, and Music Industry Will Generate $78 Billion Over Six Years
Jun 15, 2009 – Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IP TV network, or a mobile handset will generate more than $78 billion in revenue in US markets over the next six years, according to The Insight Research Corporation.
News categories: Insight Research Corporation, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Game Consoles to Remain Preeminent Device for Web Video on TV in the U.S.
Jun 15, 2009 – The range of connected consumer electronics devices delivering web video into the living room is growing. Networked video game consoles are currently the most utilized devices and will remain so through 2013, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

U.S. Full-Power TV Broadcasters Go All-Digital
Jun 13, 2009 – The historic switch to digital television in the U.S. prompted hundreds of thousands of consumers to call for assistance but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts.
News categories: FCC, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

One Day Until U.S. DTV Transition
Jun 11, 2009 – On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the FCC and NTIA, the two agencies managing the switch, is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
News categories: FCC, NTIA, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

FLO TV to cover the whole U.S.
Jun 10, 2009 – FLO TV (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that the FLO TV™ service will expand its service nationwide following the DTV transition on June 12, which frees up broadband spectrum for FLO TV's dedicated network.
News categories: FLO TV, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Taylor Telephone IPTV To Use Conklin-Intracom fs|cdn®
Jun 9, 2009 – Taylor Telephone Cooperative is to deploy video services using Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn® IPTV middleware. The service will offer SD and HD channels, using a mix of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding, with on screen DVR & pause live TV capability.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Sonic Solutions Selects Widevine for Video Optimization and DRM
Jun 8, 2009 – Widevine® and Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) have announced that Widevine adaptive streaming, interactive DVD/Blu-ray features and DRM will help facilitate Roxio® CinemaNow® digital entertainment on broadband-enabled consumer electronics.
News categories: Widevine, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Gaming, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Sonic and LG Electronics Provide Instant Access to Hollywood Hits
Jun 5, 2009 – Consumers can now digitally stream movies from Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) - including new releases from major Hollywood studios - on Blu-ray Disc players from LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS), the companies have announced.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, LG Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, USA

Mobile Video Service Subscriptions to Grow Five-Fold by 2014
Jun 4, 2009 – The global number of users paying for mobile video services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014, surpassing 534 million, with a substantial proportion of net additions coming from emerging markets, according to a report by Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, 5G, Brazil, Chile, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, USA