USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Fiber To The Home Will Bring Many Community Benefits
Aug 17, 2007 – EPB in Chattanooga has announced the initial approval of a Fiber to the Home initiative. EPB plans to fund the construction of the infrastructure with income generated by the sale of internet, video entertainment, and phone services.
News categories: Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

Embarq to Test Telco TV Service
Aug 16, 2007 – Embarq Corp. (NYSE: EQ) has announced that it will begin testing its own TV service next year.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

DISH Network Introduces New High Definition DVR to Complement Nation's Largest HD Package
Aug 16, 2007 – EchoStar Communications (Nasdaq:DISH), with its DISH Network® satellite TV service, has announced the introduction of its newest high definition (HD) DVR, the ViP722. The ViP722 is an advanced version of the company's award-winning ViP622 DVR.
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Insight Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 16, 2007 – Insight Communications (Nasdaq: ICCI) has announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Insight added a net 7,700 digital customers during the quarter to end at 661,500 customers.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

DIRECTV Partners with CURRENT Group to Enable Broadband and VoIP Services to its Customers
Aug 15, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV) and CURRENT Group have announced an agreement that will enable DIRECTV to offer its customers CURRENT's innovative BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) high-speed Internet and VoIP services at the end of 2007/beginning of 2008.
News categories: DIRECTV, CURRENT Group, Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, USA

EchoStar Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Aug 10, 2007 – EchoStar's DISH Network® (Nasdaq:DISH) service added approximately 170,000 net new subscribers during the second quarter of 2007, ending the quarter with approximately 13.585 million subscribers to become the nation's third largest pay-TV provider.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 9, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. net subscribers increased to 128,000 in the quarter bringing the total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of June 30, 2007 to 16.32 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.51 million subscribers reported on June 30, 2006. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 83% to 141,000. The total number of DIRECTV subscribers in Latin America as of June 30, 2007 increased to 2.94 million compared to 1.73 million as of June 30, 2006.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

ADB Deploys First IPTV STB on North American Telco Network
Aug 9, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX:ADBN) has announced that it has rolled-out its first commercial deployment of the ADB-3800W, high-definition (HD) IPTV set-top box (STB) featuring Minerva Networks' iTVManager software. The units have been deployed on North Dakota Telephone Company's (NDTC) network. The units have also been launched on over 30 Independent Operating Company (IOC) networks throughout North America.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Cablevision Systems Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 8, 2007 – Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 39,000 or 1.6% from March 2007 and 279,000 or 12.3% from June 2006.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA