USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

AT&T U-verse TV Reaches 1 Million Subscriber Milestone
Dec 16, 2008 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced that AT&T U-verse TV has reached its 1 millionth customer. The milestone comes less than two and a half years after AT&T introduced the only 100% Internet Protocol (IP) TV service offered by a national service provider.
News categories: AT&T, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Subscribers, USA

SES AMERICOM To Cease IP- PRIME® Service By July 31, 2009
Dec 15, 2008 – SES AMERICOM (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it will cease providing its IP-PRIME IPTV service in North America. The termination of the service is motivated by the slow adoption of IPTV by small and medium size telecom operators.
News categories: SES AMERICOM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, USA

Ciel II Satellite Successfully Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Dec 11, 2008 – The Ciel Satellite Group has announced that its Ciel II communications satellite has been launched. Ciel II will be providing HDTV services into the North American market with DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) as the anchor customer.
News categories: Ciel Satellite, Content Distribution, North America, Satellite, USA

Commerce's NTIA, 25 Federal Agencies Partner to Urge Households to Apply for TV Converter Box Coupons by December 31
Dec 8, 2008 – To date, more than 20 million U.S. households have requested more than 39 million TV Converter Box coupons and redeemed more than 16 million coupons since the program opened on January 1, 2008.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, TV Converter Box Coupon Program, ATSC 3, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

IPTV Making Its Way Through Pay-TV Markets with an Increasing Popularity
Dec 5, 2008 – According to InfoCom's most recent release of its quarterly television monitoring service, IPTV has been making its way through the pay-TV market with an increasing popularity in countries that generally have a large broadband subscriber base.
News categories: InfoCom GmbH, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

MobiTV Surpasses Five Million Subscribers
Dec 3, 2008 – MobiTV has announced that its managed network for mobile television and radio has surpassed the five million subscriber mark. Available across 20 carrier networks, MobiTV continues to shape the mobile TV market it introduced more than five years ago.
News categories: MobiTV, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

Fairpoint Communications to pilot HD IPTV
Dec 3, 2008 – FairPoint Communications (NYSE:FRP) will give free high definition flat screen televisions to 100 Portsmouth, New Hampshire homes as it tests new video television technology in its fiber-optic service area.
News categories: FairPoint Communications, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

National Geographic Channel Is First Network To Receive Second-By-Second Data From Nielsen's DigitalPlus Set Top Box Service
Dec 2, 2008 – Nielsen and National Geographic Channel (NGC) have announced that NGC will be the first network to access analyses on commercial performance through Nielsen's new DigitalPlus service, part of the Company's set top box analytics business.
News categories: Nielsen, Cable TV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

On-Demand Video Entertainment Experience, Sling.com launches
Dec 2, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced the launch of Sling.com, an online video entertainment destination. Users can go to Sling.com to watch a huge selection of clips, TV shows, films, news and sports in high quality, for free, anytime they want.
News categories: Sling Media, Sling.com, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Streaming, USA