USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Charter Fourth-Quarter and Annual 2006 Financial and Operating Results
Feb 28, 2007 – Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) has reported its fourth-quarter and annual 2006 financial and operating results. Digital video customers increased by approximately 40,500 in the 4th quarter.
News categories: Charter Communications, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Optical Entertainment Network Launches FISION Triple Play Plus Services in Houston
Feb 22, 2007 – Optical Entertainment Network (OEN) has announced the commercial availability of its FISION™ Triple Play Plus Services™ in Houston. OEN's bundle of services includes IPTV, VoIP and symmetrical broadband Internet at speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
News categories: FISION, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

The Kudelski Group achieves strongest-ever financial results in 2006
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX KUD.VX) has announced strongest-ever 2006 results. For the first time, Digital TV broke the CHF 500 million revenue mark, with a particularly robust development in Europe, growing by 17% compared to the previous year.
News categories: Kudelski, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middleware, Mobile, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming, USA

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA

AT&T Selects QUALCOMM MediaFLO for Mobile Entertainment Services
Feb 13, 2007 – MediaFLO and Cingular, the new wireless unit of AT&T (NYSE: T), have announced that they signed a definitive agreement to deliver mobile entertainment and information services to the wireless unit’s subscribers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

DIRECTV Announces Fourth Quarter and FY2006 Results
Feb 7, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. subscribers as of December 31, 2006 was 15.95 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.13 million subscribers reported on December 31, 2005.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Comcast Reports 2006 Results and Outlook for 2007
Feb 1, 2007 – Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2006. Comcast added 1.9 million new digital cable subscribers in 2006 - 59% above last year.
News categories: Comcast, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Time Warner announced 2006 Full-Year & Fourth-Quarter earnings
Jan 31, 2007 – Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) has reported financial results for its full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006. In the fourth quarter, Time Warner Cable net additions of digital video subscribers were 246,000.
News categories: Time Warner, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

EPA Working to Make Digital Television Technology Energy Efficient
Jan 31, 2007 – In anticipation of the nationwide changeover to digital TV signals in February 2009, EPA's Energy Star program is announcing new specifications that are expected to cut the energy use of digital-to-analog converter boxes by more than 70 percent.
News categories: Energy Star, EPA, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA