USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

CableLabs Issues RFI for PacketCable 2.0 Products
Jun 13, 2007 – Signaling progress in its advanced Internet Protocol initiative, CableLabs® has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit responses from vendors regarding their PacketCable(TM) 2.0 product roadmaps. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, USA

IPTV heats up with a bumper 70,000 set-top box order
Jun 8, 2007 – UK IPTV specialist, Global Digital Broadcast, turns up the heat in the IP set-top box market, with an additional sale order of 70,000 units of the GDB audio visual entertainment centre (AVEC). More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Thomson Ships Millionth MPEG-4 HD Receiver to DIRECTV
Jun 3, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE:TMS) has announced delivery of its one-millionth high-definition set-top box to US satellite programming service DIRECTV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

TiVo Announces Results for First Quarter Ended April 30, 2007
May 31, 2007 – TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), has reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Latin American TV reaps the digital dividend
May 24, 2007 – A report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make major inroads in Latin America over the next 5 years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 5.9 million at present to 22.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, USA, Venezuela

SIRIUS selects NXP Semiconductors for satellite TV service
May 24, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) has selected its Nexperia(TM) PNX9520 processor for SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM), a TV service that delivers live TV directly to vehicles. More …
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, USA

Nearly One Quarter of TV Sets in the US Only get Broadcast TV
May 23, 2007 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 23% of all TV sets in consumers’ homes do not receive cable or Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) programming. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

EchoStar Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
May 10, 2007 – DISH Network™ added approximately 310,000 net new subscribers during the first quarter of 2007, ending the quarter with approximately 13.415 million subscribers.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

The DIRECTV Group Announces First Quarter 2007 Results
May 9, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of March 31, 2007 was 16.19 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.39 million subscribers reported on March 31, 2006. More …
News categories: Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA