USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Akimbo abandons set-top box strategy
May 8, 2007 – Akimbo, the US internet-delivered video-on-demand service, is abandoning its set-top box strategy and repositioning itself as a content aggregation partner for IPTV operators. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Insight Announces First Quarter 2007 Results
May 8, 2007 – Digital customer net gain of 32,200, compared to net additions in Q1 2006 of 41,700. Total digital customers at quarter end were 653,800, a penetration of 51% of the company’s digital universe. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cablevision Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
May 4, 2007 – In first quarter 2007 iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 65,000 or 2.6% from December 2006 and 384,000 or 18.1% from March 2006. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Time Warner Cable Q1 2007 earnings release
May 4, 2007 – Digital video subscribers at the end of the first quarter totaled 7.5 million, representing 56% penetration of basic video customers. Digital video net additions were 278,000 in the first quarter.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter Reports First-Quarter Financial and Operating Results
May 3, 2007 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) has reported its first quarter 2007 financial and operating results. Digital video customers increased by approximately 65,000, a 15% increase compared to 56,500 net additions in the year-ago quarter.
News categories: Charter Communications, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verizon Reports Strong 1Q 2007 Results
Apr 30, 2007 – Verizon Telecom (NYSE: VZ) added a net of 141,000 new FiOS TV customers in the first quarter 2007. Verizon served 348,000 FiOS TV customers as of the end of the quarter, and this growth is accelerating.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Comcast Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
Apr 27, 2007 – Comcast added 644,000 digital cable customers in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 82% from the 355,000 digital cable customers added in the same period one year ago.
News categories: Comcast, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

AT&T Delivers Strong First Quarter
Apr 27, 2007 – At the end of the first quarter, AT&T had 13,000 U-verse video subscribers, up from 3,000 three months earlier. As of April 24, U-verse subscribers in service had reached approximately 20,000. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

LG Electronics Launches ATSC Digital TV Broadcast Receiver Chipset
Apr 17, 2007 – To support the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition in the United States, LG Electronics Inc. is launching its sixth-generation reception circuitry in a wide range of DTV products hitting the market this year.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA