USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

New Era in Cable TV is Coming as RCN Starts Today to Go All Digital in Chicago
Jan 22, 2008 – RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) has announced that a new era is coming to Chicago Cable TV when the company today starts switching to all digital TV programming.
News categories: RCN Corporation, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

AT&T Mobility set to join mobile TV space
Jan 21, 2008 – After numerous delays, AT&T Mobility is preparing to launch broadcast mobile TV service from MediaFLO USA Inc. in early February, according to sources.
News categories: Qualcomm, AT&T, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

FCC Announces Plans For Conducting Measurements Of Additional Prototype TV White Space Devices
Jan 17, 2008 – The Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has announced that it will begin a second phase of laboratory bench testing on the performance of prototype television white space devices on January 24, 2008.
News categories: FCC, Plan for Tests, Broadband, Terrestrial, USA

Tivax Approved by NTIA for Coupon Eligible Converter Box (CECB)
Jan 15, 2008 – Tivax's Digital TV Converter STB-T9 has obtained National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Coupon Eligible Converter Box (CECB) approval. The boxes will be available to the retailers in mid February.
News categories: Tivax, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Apple Introduces New Apple TV Software & Lowers Price to $229
Jan 15, 2008 – Apple® has unveiled all new software for Apple TV® that allows movie fans to rent movies on the iTunes® Store directly from their widescreen TV, and lowered the price of Apple TV to just $229.
News categories: Apple TV, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Show, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Moxi maker cuts staff by half, loses CEO
Jan 15, 2008 – The Kirkland, Wash.-based company has revealed significant changes, including the cancellation of two previously announced product lines, the Multi-Room HD DMR and the Moxi Home Cinema Edition DMR.
News categories: Digeo, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Toshiba Deploys New HD DVD Marketing Initiatives Based on Strong Fourth Quarter Unit Sales
Jan 14, 2008 – Toshiba America Consumer Products has announced that it is stepping up its successful marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Toshiba America, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, USA

Auvitek's AU8522 Demodulator IC Drives Hauppauge's HVR-950q PC-TV Solution
Jan 10, 2008 – Auvitek International has announced that Hauppauge (NASDAQ: HAUP) has selected Auvitek's AU8522 ATSC/QAM/NTSC demodulator for use in its WinTV HVR-950q PC-TV USB stick.
News categories: Auvitek, Hauppauge, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

Polaroid Selects Qpixel's Industry-Leading H.264 Codec for Its Freescape™ Set-Top Box
Jan 9, 2008 – Qpixel Technology has announced that Polaroid has adopted Qpixel's QL201B H.264 codec for its new line of Freescape™ set-top boxes.
News categories: Qpixel, Polaroid, Avtrex, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA