USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Open Mobile Video Coalition Doubles Membership
Jul 24, 2007 – Nine more major television broadcaster station groups have joined the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), taking the group from 281 stations to 422 stations, the Coalition has announced.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

AT&T Posts Strong Second-Quarter Results
Jul 24, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) posted strong video growth in the second quarter. U-verse services are now available in parts of 23 metro areas. At the end of the second quarter, AT&T had 51,000 U-verse video subscribers, up from 13,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

TiVo Announces Lower Priced Cable-Ready HD DVR
Jul 24, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has announced the launch of a new TiVo high definition DVR, delivering a premium HD experience at an affordable price. Consumers can pre-order the TiVo HD today with product expected to arrive on retail shelves in early August.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Crown Castle Announces Long-Term Modeo Spectrum Lease
Jul 23, 2007 – Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI) has announced that a subsidiary has entered into a lease of its US nationwide 1670-1675 MHz spectrum. The Spectrum has been leased to a venture formed by Telcom Ventures and Columbia Capital until October 1, 2013.
News categories: Crown Castle International, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

North American Free-To-Air Set-Top Boxes: It's A Big Biz
Jul 22, 2007 – FTA pirates tapping into Echostar's DISH Network service and Canada's Bell ExpressVU system, have now distributed their illegal services and products to an estimated two million illegal TV Households, according to the Carmel Group.
News categories: Carmel Group, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Broadcom and Verizon Wireless Announce Broad-based Strategic Alliance
Jul 19, 2007 – Broadcom and Verizon Communications have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance involving new mobile device chipsets and other products, including Bluetooth® and wireless LAN solutions, optical network solutions, Multimedia over Coaxial Cable (MoCA) devices, GPS location technology, and DSL and fiber network components including set-top boxes.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, USA

CinemaNow Adds Xbox Video Download Support
Jul 18, 2007 – CinemaNow has released an upgraded version of its 'Media Manager', a software application enabling the download, management and playback of video content. CinemaNow video downloads are now directly accessible by networked Xbox 360™ users.
News categories: CinemaNow, Digital TV, Gaming, Streaming, USA

Hiwire™ and SES AMERICOM Load the Programming Lineup for Mobile TV Trial
Jul 18, 2007 – SES AMERICOM and Hiwire have unveiled an initial group of TV content companies and channels that will be part of its overall channel lineup for the parties' upcoming DVB-H mobile TV consumer trials in Las Vegas.
News categories: SES AMERICOM, Aloha Partners, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

DEG: 52 million HDTV homes in US by 2008
Jul 18, 2007 – More than 30 million U.S. households have at least one HDTV, according to figures compiled by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group based on data from the Consumer Electronics Assn., retailers and manufacturers.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, USA