USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

LG Electronics Selects Broadcom® Solution to Power World's First Network Blu-ray Disc® Player Featuring Netflix® Instant Streaming
Oct 20, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM7440 Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been selected by LG Electronics (Seoul:066570) to power the world's first Blu-ray Disc player featuring Netflix® instant streaming.
News categories: Broadcom, LG Electronics, Netflix, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Streaming, USA

Panasonic Announces Arrival of First Tru2way™ HDTVs at Retail
Oct 15, 2008 – Panasonic (NYSE: PC) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) have announced the arrival of the first tru2way VIERA HDTVs at Abt Electronics in Glenview, IL and officially declared the tru2way platform active in Chicago and Denver.
News categories: Panasonic, Comcast, Abt Electronics, CableLabs, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, USA

Kit Digital Signs Multi-Year Partnership to Deliver IPTV Set-Top Box Solution for Global Ethnic Programming in North America
Oct 15, 2008 – KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD) has announced that it has been selected by TV2Moro to deploy a new IPTV set-top box (STB) service to deliver programming to ethnic consumers in North America.
News categories: KIT digital, TV2Moro, Canada, IPTV, North America, Set Top Box, USA

AT&T to Sell U-verse Services at Circuit City and Wal-Mart Retail Stores
Oct 13, 2008 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced agreements with Circuit City (NYSE:CC) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) to sell AT&T U-verse TV and AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet in more than 600 retail locations beginning this month.
News categories: AT&T, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

BendBroadband to Deploy Moxi® Cable HD DVR 3012 from Digeo
Oct 10, 2008 – Digeo has announced that BendBroadband will begin deploying the new Moxi® Cable HD DVR 3012. The announcement marks the second order and deployment of Digeo's next generation Digital Video Recorder (DVR) which incorporates a dual HD-tuner.
News categories: Digeo, BendBroadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

SlingCatcher on Store Shelves Beginning Today
Oct 9, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that its SlingCatcher is now available for purchase in the US, Canada and UK. The SlingCatcher is a universal media player that delivers broadcast TV, Internet video and personal content to the TV.
News categories: Sling Media, Canada, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK, USA

NexHorizons Chooses Blankom USA for Digital Headend Transition
Oct 8, 2008 – Blankom USA has announced that NexHorizon Communications (OTCBB:NXHZ) has chosen the Blankom turnkey digital cable television solution for its system in Chula Vista, CA.
News categories: Blankom, NexHorizon Communications, Cable TV, Content Distribution, USA

Time Warner Cable Brings Web Video to Television in Hawaii
Oct 8, 2008 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and ActiveVideo Networks™ today announced the deployment of an entirely new television experience that will bring a wealth of Web content and interactivity directly to the TVs of cable subscribers in Hawaii.
News categories: ActiveVideo Networks, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

CEA Launches Mobile DTV Standard Group
Oct 8, 2008 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® seeks participation in a new Special Interest Group to address A/153 - the mobile/handheld addition to the ATSC broadcast digital television standards in the United States.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Digital TV, Mobile, USA