USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Optibase Demonstrates Advanced IPTV Solutions At TelcoTV 2007
Oct 22, 2007 – Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS) has announced that it will demonstrate end-to-end IPTV solutions and carrier-grade streaming platforms for Telco service providers.
News categories: Optibase, Canada, Content Distribution, IPTV, North America, USA

Motorola Celebrates 50 Million Digital Cable Set-Tops Shipped and 10 Years of Digital Cable Leadership
Oct 19, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE:MOT) celebrates the shipment of the company's 50 millionth digital cable set-top, and reflects on ten years of invention for the connected home that has turned promise into reality.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, USA

Thomson: Third Quarter 2007 Revenues
Oct 18, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.7 million satellite set-top boxes in 3Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 5.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Full release, Broadband, Cable TV, Camcorder, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK, USA

Renesas Technology Releases Single-Chip LSI for Use in LCD Digital TVs for the North American Market
Oct 17, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced the R8J66954BG offering single-chip implementation of major signal processing functions, from front-end signal input to later stages such as signal output to an LCD panel, for North American LCD digital TVs.
News categories: Renesas Technology, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, ICs, North America, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Time Warner Cable: 150K OpenCable Boxes Deployed
Oct 17, 2007 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWX) has deployed 150,000 set-top boxes running the OpenCable Platform according to senior vice president of strategy and development Kevin Leddy.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, OpenCable Application Platform, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

AT&T Moves Ahead on DISH Deal
Oct 16, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has hired Goldman Sachs to explore the acquisition of EchoStar (Nasdaq:DISH).
News categories: AT&T, DISH Network, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite, USA

Midwest TEL NET Chooses TANDBERG Television iPlex for HDTV IPTV Service
Oct 16, 2007 – TANDBERG Television has announced at Telco TV 2007 that Midwest TEL NET, a consortium of Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) throughout southwest and central Wisconsin, has selected the award-winning TANDBERG iPlex™ video processing platform to deliver high quality video to its subscribers.
News categories: Midwest TEL NET, TANDBERG Television, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

nTelos Launches the New Generation of Television
Oct 15, 2007 – Powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, nTelos Video provides an alternative to cable and satellite TV, offering video entertainment services with more than 200 all-digital channels and 18 high-definition channels at no extra charge.
News categories: Microsoft, nTelos, David Maccarelli, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Powerline home net camps mount urgent bid for unity
Oct 15, 2007 – Opposing camps in powerline home networking will face off at an IEEE meeting in Boston this week over the path toward a unified standard.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA