USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

TiVo and Netflix announce partnership to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV through TiVo DVRs
Oct 30, 2008 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are teaming up to provide Netflix and TiVo® Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL subscribers with the ability to have movies and TV episodes instantly streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Netflix, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Seagate® Showcase™ DVR Storage Expander Certified With Pace Set-Top Boxes
Oct 29, 2008 – Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) has announced that its Showcase™ DVR expander has been certified for compatibility with Pace (LSE: PIC) cable set-top box digital video recorders (DVR).
News categories: Seagate, Pace, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Qwest Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – In the third quarter, Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) reported steady gains in DIRECTV subscribers. Video subscribers increased by 39,000 during the quarter resulting in total video subscribers of 761,000.
News categories: Qwest, Fibre, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Comcast Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Comcast added 417,000 digital cable customers in the third quarter of 2008, compared to 503,000 in the same period one year ago.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Verimatrix Awarded Key Patents for VideoMark Forensic Watermarking
Oct 27, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,430,302 for unique features in VideoMark™, Verimatrix's user-specific, forensic watermarking technology.
News categories: Verimatrix, Content Protection, Patent, USA, Watermarking

Verizon Reports Continued Growth in 3Q
Oct 27, 2008 – Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has reported results for the third quarter 2008. Verizon added 233,000 net new FiOS TV customers. The company has 1.6 million FiOS TV customers, compared with more than 700,000 FiOS TV customers at the end of Q3 2007.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Netflix and Samsung Partner to Instantly Stream Movies on Next Generation Blu-ray Disc Players
Oct 23, 2008 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Samsung Electronics America have announced a partnership to offer consumers the ability to stream movies and TV episodes from the Netflix web site directly to Samsung BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray disc players.
News categories: Netflix, Samsung Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Strong Wireless Gains, Sound Operational Execution Highlight AT&T's Third Quarter
Oct 22, 2008 – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) further accelerated its ramp in U-verse TV growth with a net gain of 232,000 subscribers in the third quarter. At the end of the quarter, subscribers to the company's next-generation, IP-based TV service totaled 781,000.
News categories: U-verse, Broadband, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BBT First Field Trial Next Month
Oct 20, 2008 – Beyond Broadband Technology (BBT) will begin the first field trial of its downloadable conditional access system (DCAS)-based video platform by the end of the month, using the WinDBreak Cable system in Lyman, Nebraska.
News categories: Beyond Broadband Technology, R.L. Drake, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA