USA (United States of America) Digital TV News

Live In New York City: Crown Castle's Modeo Subsidiary Launches Live Mobile TV Beta Service In Nation's Largest Metro Area
Jan 8, 2007 – Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI) has announced that its subsidiary, Modeo, has launched a live, commercial quality mobile TV beta service in New York City after more than three years of development.
News categories: Crown Castle, Modeo, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

DEG Year-End 2006 Home Entertainment Sales Update
Jan 8, 2007 – The home theater is one of consumers' preferred choices for enjoying entertainment as demonstrated by growing demand for high definition products in 2006, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group in an announcement made at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
News categories: DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, North America, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Verizon Wireless Lifts Curtain on V CAST Mobile TV; True Broadcast Quality, the Best of TV
Jan 7, 2007 – On the eve of the 2007 International CES, Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) has announced V CAST Mobile TV, a new and unique service that will allow TV viewers to leave the house and still watch many of their favorite TV programs while on-the-go.
News categories: Verizon Wireless, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Broadcom's Digital TV System-on-a-Chip Improves Westinghouse Digital's LCD HDTV Performance and Cost
Jan 7, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM3560 digital TV system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been selected by Westinghouse Digital for their 32- inch and 27-inch liquid crystal display high definition televisions (LCD HDTVs).
News categories: Broadcom, Westinghouse, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Sprint's Leadership in Mobile Video More Powerful Than Ever
Jan 5, 2007 – Sprint (NYSE: S) has become the first U.S. carrier to announce more than one million customers with mobile video capability across its nationwide Power Vision and Vision networks, which cover more than 8,700 cities and communities nationwide.
News categories: Sprint, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

North Dakota Telephone Company Chooses Optibase's MPEG-4 H.264 IPTV Solution
Dec 27, 2006 – Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS) has announced that North Dakota Telephone Company, NDTC, a telephone service provider, has selected Optibase's carrier-grade IPTV streaming platform, MGW 5100, to deliver local television channels to its subscribers.
News categories: Optibase, North Dakota Telephone Company (NDTC), CC&I Engineering, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

DISH Network Passes 13 Million Customer Milestone
Dec 22, 2006 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) has announced that its DISH Network™ passed the 13 million customer milestone.
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Low Cost Cable STB with Downloadable Security Announced
Dec 21, 2006 – A new "open standard" solution to providing cable set-top converters which are both economical and provide a non-integrated downloadable security system has been announced.
News categories: Beyond Broadband Technology, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Verizon Selects Microsoft TV as Software Platform for FiOS TV Service
Jan 28, 2005 – Verizon has announced that Verizon will use the Microsoft TV platform for the commercial rollout of Verizon’s FiOS TV service. The Microsoft TV platform will support high-definition television, digital video recording and on-demand programming offered by Verizon on the FiOS platform.
News categories: Microsoft, Verizon, Moshe Lichtman, Bob Ingalls, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA