USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Cisco, Motorola and NDS Take Control of DCAS
Jun 6, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) and NDS Group (Nasdaq: NNDS) have taken over the architecture work and some degree of the implementation of the downloadable conditional access system (DCAS) project initially managed by PolyCipher.
News categories: PolyCipher, Motorola, Cisco, NDS, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Pace signs significant new US cable contract
May 29, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that it has signed a significant new contract for the US cable market.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

TiVo Reports Results for the First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Ended April 30, 2008
May 28, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-Owned subscription gross additions for the first quarter were approximately 48,000, compared to 57,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Sony Electronics and Major U.S. Cable Operators Negotiate National 'Two-Way' Plug and Play Solution
May 27, 2008 – Sony Electronics and major U.S. cable operators have signed an agreement that will enable consumers to purchase innovative 'two-way' digital TVs and other devices that can receive interactive digital and HD video services without a set-top box.
News categories: Sony Electronics, NCTA, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Roku Announces the Netflix Player by Roku
May 20, 2008 – Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Roku have announced the introduction of The Netflix Player by Roku™, a device that enables Netflix subscribers to instantly stream a growing library of movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV.
News categories: Netflix, Roku, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Charter Communications to Deploy Moxi Cable HD DVR 3012 from Digeo
May 19, 2008 – Digeo has announced that Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) will begin deploying the new Moxi Cable HD DVR 3012.
News categories: Digeo, Charter Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Digeo, Inc. to Exhibit at The Cable Show, May 18-20, 2008
May 19, 2008 – At The Cable Show, Digeo is showcasing its line of Moxi products for cable operators, including the next generation Moxi Cable HD DVR 3012 and Moxi for tru2way™ (OCAP).
News categories: Digeo, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

NCTA and TiVo Announce Progress on Switched Digital Adapter for TiVo DVRs
May 19, 2008 – The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) have announced that after a series of successful informal interoperability tests TiVo and several manufacturers of switched digital external tuning adapters have submitted products for formal testing at CableLabs.
News categories: TiVo, NCTA, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, USA

Pace Americas Announces Family of Next-Generation MPEG-4 Set-Top Boxes for Cable
May 18, 2008 – Pace Micro Technology (LSE:PIC) has announced a new family of next-generation MPEG-4 advanced video compression set-top boxes for cable operators in North and South America.
News categories: Pace Micro, Cable TV, Content Protection, DOCSIS, DVR, Latin America, Middleware, North America, Set Top Box, USA