USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

SlingPlayer Mobile launched for iPhone and iPod touch
May 13, 2009 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced the availability of a Wi-Fi-only version of its SlingPlayer Mobile application for iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Now iPhone and iPod touch users have access to their home TV experience in the palm of their hand.
News categories: Sling Media, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Insight Comms adds a record 30,700 digital subscribers in Q1
May 12, 2009 – Insight Communications has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company had a digital customer net gain of 30,700, the highest quarterly net gain in digital customers in the company's history.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

DISH Network subscribers down 94,000 in 1st quarter
May 11, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. DISH Network lost approximately 94,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.584 million subscribers as of that date.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

More than 10% of US and Japanese households will be '3D enabled' by 2012
May 8, 2009 – A newly-released report from Futuresource Consulting reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

DISH Network Launches DVR Remote Access Service
May 8, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has launched its DISH Remote Access service for customers with a broadband-connected ViP® Series DVR. DISH Remote Access gives customers total access to all the features of their DVR from any internet connected device.
News categories: DISH Network, DVR, Satellite, USA

Cablevision digital video customers up 6.7% on March 2008
May 7, 2009 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 9,400 or 0.3% from December 2008 and 177,500 or 6.7% from March 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV U.S. at 18 million subscribers; DTVLA at 4 million
May 7, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the first quarter. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 460,000 to give 18.08 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 148,000 to give 4.03 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Consolidated Communications reaches 18k IPTV subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. IPTV additions were over 1,500 for the quarter to give a total of 18,207, an increase of 5,181, or 39.8% year-on-year.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter adds 25.6k digital video customers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – Charter Communications (Pink OTC: CHTRQ) has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. Digital video customers increased by approximately 25,600 during the first quarter to reach approximately 3,157,700.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA