USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Cablevision Systems Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Jul 31, 2008 – Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 120,000 or 4.5% from March 2008 and 239,000 or 9.4% from June 2007.
News categories: Cablevision Systems, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

DISH Network® Unveils Biggest High Definition Upgrade in TV History
Jul 31, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has set the bar for the next-generation high definition (HD) standard by becoming the first in the industry to offer HD programming in 1080p, the highest and best HD resolution available.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

LG Announces First Blu-ray Disc Player With Capability to Instantly Stream Movies From Netflix to the TV
Jul 31, 2008 – LG Electronics and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have announced plans for the first Blu-ray disc player that will have the added benefit of being able to instantly stream a growing library of movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV.
News categories: Netflix, LG Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Comcast Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Jul 30, 2008 – Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) added 320,000 digital cable subscribers during the second quarter. 7.0 million or 43% of digital cable subscribers have advanced services such as digital video recorders (DVR) and/or HD television services.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

Zenith Converter Box Shipments Surpass One-Million Unit Milestone as Distribution Expands to Reach More Americans
Jul 29, 2008 – With this Friday marking the 200-day countdown to the end of full-power analog TV broadcasting in the United States, more than 1 million Zenith digital television (DTV) converter boxes already have been shipped to thousands of retail stores.
News categories: Zenith, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Cox's Network Enhancements Enable New Services and Power Second Quarter Growth
Jul 28, 2008 – Cox Communications has announced highlights from its second quarter - a record for the company in terms of high definition customer growth -- nearly fifty percent year-over-year growth.
News categories: Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verizon Reports Double-Digit Earnings Growth
Jul 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported continued strong results in the second quarter 2008. Verizon added 176,000 net new FiOS TV customers, for a total of nearly 1.4 million FiOS TV customers as of the end of the quarter.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Gutierrez Announces TV Converter Box Coupon Redemption Data
Jul 28, 2008 – U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez has released national coupon redemption data for the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. More than 21.3 million coupons have been requested and more than 6.6 million coupons have been redeemed.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

LG Electronics and Funai Electric Sign Tru2way™ MOU
Jul 28, 2008 – CableLabs has announced that LG Electronics (Seoul:066570) and Funai Electric (Tokyo:6839) have signed the multi-industry tru2way™ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
News categories: CableLabs, LG Electronics, Funai, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, USA