USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Digital TV Penetration Rate Will Be 43% in 2012
Dec 27, 2007 – According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), the proportion of digital TV subscribers in the world is expected to exceed 40% by 2012.
News categories: Korea Information Society Development Institute, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, India, IPTV, Japan, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Auvitek's AU8515 Demodulation And Channel-decoding IC Powers Sansonic's NTIA-Certfied ATSC STB
Dec 26, 2007 – Auvitek International has announced that two of Sansonic's AU8515-based Coupon Eligible Converter Boxes (CECBs) designed by Falcon Digital have been formally certified by the NTIA as passing the most stringent standards for ATSC reception.
News categories: Auvitek, Falcon Digital, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

ICO and Alcatel-Lucent to Demonstrate First Mobile TV Broadcast in North America Based on the DVB-SH Satellite/Terrestrial Standard at CES
Dec 19, 2007 – ICO Global Communications (NASDAQ:ICOG) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU) will demonstrate North America's first video broadcast based on the DVB-SH mobile broadcasting standard at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month in Las Vegas.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, ICO Global Communications, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, North America, USA

Sigma Media Processor to Power Sharp's AQUOS Line of Blu-ray Disc Players & Recorders
Dec 19, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that its highly integrated SMP8634 media processor was selected by Sharp Corporation to power its new line of AQUOS® Blu-ray disc players and recorders.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Sharp Electronics, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, USA

Broadcom's Digital Television SoC Selected by Syntax-Brillian for New Line of Affordable High Definition Olevia LCD Televisions
Dec 19, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its digital TV (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology has been selected by Syntax-Brillian Corporation for use in its newest Olevia™ 2T Series of LCD high definition televisions (HDTVs).
News categories: Broadcom, Syntax-Brillian, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Skardin delivers ATSC-compliant STBs to NTIA for verification
Dec 19, 2007 – Skardin has sent samples of its ATSC-compliant STBs to the US National Telecommunication & Information Administration (NTIA) for certification, according to sources at the company.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Skardin, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Alticast and Samsung Launch HD-DVR OCAP set-top box with Time Warner Cable
Dec 18, 2007 – Alticast and Samsung Electronics have announced that Samsung's next generation HD-DVR OCAP set-top box, equipped with the Alticast OCAP middleware, will be launched in January of 2008.
News categories: Alticast, Samsung Electronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

D&M Holdings Divests ReplayTV
Dec 13, 2007 – D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE 1:6735) has announced that it has sold most of the assets of its ReplayTV® brand company to DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV), the leading satellite television provider in the U.S.
News categories: DIRECTV, D&M Holdings, Digital TV, DVR, MandA, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Microtune's 3-in-1 Tuner Featured in DTV Converter Box Certified by NTIA
Dec 13, 2007 – Microtune® (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that its 3-in-1 TV tuner was deployed in a digital television (DTV) converter set-top box approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the $1 billion coupon-eligible converter box program (CECB) targeted to American consumers.
News categories: Microtune, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA