USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Pace achieves world's first qualified device for new Energy Star® program in the US
Sep 12, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is to lead the way in energy-efficient products in the USA with the first device to be qualified under the new ENERGY STAR Program.
News categories: Pace plc, ENERGY STAR, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box, USA

Osmosys & HitachiSoft Announce First Commercial Deployment for Interactive Blu-ray Software Platform
Sep 11, 2008 – Osmosys (SWX:ADBN) and HitachiSoft (NYSE: HIT; TSE: 6501) have announced the first commercial deployment of the companies' integrated Blu-ray Software Platform embedded in chipsets from Renesas in a new product introduction in the USA.
News categories: Osmosys, HitachiSoft, Renesas, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, USA

AT&T U-verse Introduces Total Home DVR, Taking 'When You Want, Where You Want' TV Viewing to Whole New Level
Sep 9, 2008 – AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced the launch of AT&T U-verse Total Home DVR, giving U-verse TV customers the freedom to play back Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) recorded programs on any connected TV in the home.
News categories: U-verse, Jeff Weber, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Smart Home, USA

Half the world's homes to have digital TV by 2013
Sep 8, 2008 – Digital TV growth continues apace, with Informa Telecoms and Media forecasting 67 million households to be added in 2008. This figure from Informa's Global Digital TV 8th edition report will bring the worldwide total to 343 million.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Consumer Electronics Household Penetration is Strong, but There Are More Opportunities for Growth
Sep 4, 2008 – The typical U.S. household is brimming with consumer electronics according to a new NPD report Household Penetration Study: Ownership Landscape 2008. DVD players can be found in 85 percent of U.S. homes.
News categories: NPD Group, Blu-ray, DVD, Market Research, USA

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA

HUMAX development deal with DIRECTV® for HD DVRs
Sep 3, 2008 – HUMAX (Kosdaq:028080) has announced that the company has been selected as an official supplier of high-definition (HD) digital video recorder (DVR) set top boxes (STB) to DIRECTV (Nasdaq:DTV).
News categories: HUMAX, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Amazon.com Launches Video-On-Demand
Sep 3, 2008 – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows.
News categories: Digital TV, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

DIRECTV and TiVo to Launch New HD DIRECTV DVR with TiVo Service
Sep 3, 2008 – DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) and TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) have announced that they have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new HD DIRECTV DVR featuring the TiVo® service.
News categories: TiVo Inc, DIRECTV, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA