USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Major Cable Operators Sign Up for OCAP Technology Licenses
Jan 31, 2007 – Major cable operators Comcast and Time Warner Cable have executed required agreements to license essential OpenCable™ Applications Platform (OCAP™) intellectual property and obtain security certificates for OCAP applications.
News categories: Via Licensing, OpenCable, CableLabs, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, USA

Verizon's 4Q 2006 Results Cap Strong Year of Organic Growth
Jan 29, 2007 – Verizon Telecom (NYSE:VZ), which serves wireline residential and small-business customers, had 207,000 FiOS TV customers at the end of its first full year of offering the service, adding 89,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

AT&T's Delivery of TV Hits a Glitch
Jan 26, 2007 – AT&T Inc.'s rollout of its new television service is being delayed by glitches in the Microsoft Corp. technology that helps power the Internet-based system.
News categories: AT&T, Microsoft, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

AT&T Posts Strong Fourth-Quarter Earnings Growth
Jan 25, 2007 – AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has reported strong fourth-quarter earnings growth. Video connections - AT&T | DISH Network satellite television and AT&T U-verse service - increased by 49,000 to reach 635,000 in service.
News categories: AT&T, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

SAMSUNG, Time Warner Cable And Advance/Newhouse Join Together To Launch OCAP On Interactive HDTV Sets And HD Set-Top Boxes
Jan 19, 2007 – Samsung, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWX) and Advance/Newhouse Communications have announced that interactive digital cable services are now live on the Samsung HL-S5686C Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP™) compliant DLP HDTV and SMT-H3050 High Definition Set-top Boxes (HDSTB).
News categories: Samsung, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

US - Growth of Broadband over Power Line to outpace Cable and DSL
Jan 18, 2007 – The number of U.S. households subscribing to broadband over power line (BPL) services will increase from 400,000 in 2007 to 2.5 million by 2011, according to Parks Associates' 'FTTx and BPL: Analysis and Outlook' report.
News categories: Parks Associates, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home, Subscribers, USA

Broadcom Chipsets Power DIRECTV Set-Top Box Roadmap
Jan 9, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its semiconductor solutions for the satellite set-top box market are being used as the core technology in many DIRECTV high definition television (HDTV) and basic standard definition (SD) set-top boxes.
News categories: Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Samsung Sells More Digital TVs Than Any Other Manufacturer in the US
Jan 8, 2007 – Samsung Electronics becomes the number one seller of digital televisions in the United States in 2006 (January through November), according to data from the NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Comcast and Motorola Expand Relationship With Next-Generation Digital Set-Top Deal
Jan 8, 2007 – Motorola, Inc (NYSE:MOT) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) have announced that the companies have expanded their previously announced multi-year purchase agreement for digital set-tops.
News categories: Comcast, Motorola, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA