USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Sigma's Media Processor Is Selected to Power the Comcast/Panasonic Unique AnyPlay™ Portable DVR
Mar 31, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that its highly integrated EM8622L media processor has been selected by Panasonic (NYSE:MC) to power the new AnyPlay™ P-DVR being jointly developed with Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK).
News categories: Sigma Designs, Panasonic, Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Tablet, USA

LG expects to sell 5 million set-top boxes in the U.S. this year
Mar 28, 2008 – LG Electronics has said that it expects to sell more than 5 million digital set-top boxes in the United States this year amid an expected increase in demand.
News categories: LG Electronics, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Microtune Sends Letter to NTIA Raising Compliance Issues about Subsidized U.S. Digital TV Converter Box Program
Mar 26, 2008 – Through internal testing in its Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) lab, Microtune has discovered tuner-related performance failures in certain certified coupon-eligible converter boxes (CECBs) that do not contain Microtune tuners.
News categories: Microtune, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Kasenna Lights Up Clarksville Electricity Dept. with IPTV
Mar 25, 2008 – Kasenna has announced that the Clarksville, Tennessee Department of Electricity (CDE LIGHTBAND) has deployed a new digital video service based on Kasenna LivingRoom™ middleware and MediaBase™ video servers.
News categories: Kasenna, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, USA

SNL Kagan estimates over 71 million HD subscribers by 2012
Mar 24, 2008 – SNL Kagan's newest study, "Economics of High Definition Cable Networks," estimates that cable and satellite high definition subscribers will penetrate 65.7% of U.S. multichannel households by 2012, up from 18.8% in 2007.
News categories: Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Echostar partner Frontier wins E block airwaves
Mar 20, 2008 – Frontier Wireless, a partner of U.S. satellite television company EchoStar, has won wireless airwaves in the "E" block spectrum auction covering almost all of the United States, the FCC has said on.
News categories: FCC, EchoStar, Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite, USA

Channel Master Digital To Analog Converter Box Now NTIA Coupon Eligible
Mar 18, 2008 – Channel Master by PCT has announced approval by the U.S. Government's National Telecommunications and Infrastructure Administration (NTIA) of its new CM-7000 digital to analog converter box as a coupon eligible converter box.
News categories: PCT International, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Global Online Television Corporation to Begin to Take Pre-Orders for its GOTV Service on March 31st, 2008
Mar 18, 2008 – Atlantis Technology (OTCBB: ATNO) has announced that wholly owned subsidiary Global Online Television Corporation (GOTV) will begin to take pre-orders for the anticipated GOTV service that will be launched in spring of 2008 on March 31st, 2008.
News categories: GOTV, Atlantis Technology, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

My Broadband TV (mybbtv) to Launch in North America in Second Quarter of 2008
Mar 14, 2008 – In a major innovation in media distribution, multicultural households in North America can now choose My Broadband TV, a personalized broadcast television delivery platform that offers a premium television experience via broadband.
News categories: My Broadband TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA