Digital TV News: CenturyLink

Pace preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2013
Mar 4, 2014 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2013. STB and Media Server revenues were up 8.4% to $1,979.6m in 2013, driven by demand for Media Servers in H1 2013 in North America and a number of new deployments in H2 2013.
News categories: Pace plc, Gateway, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Worldwide

CenturyLink gives Prism TV customers anywhere access to live TV
Jan 2, 2014 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has announced that it has launched version 3.0 of its Prism™ TV app. This enhanced app allows customers to view TV and video on demand content wherever they are.
News categories: CenturyLink, Shirish Lal, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, TV Everywhere, USA

U.S. Energy Dept., Pay TV industry and energy efficiency groups announce STB energy conservation agreement
Dec 23, 2013 – The U.S. Energy Department, NRDC, ACEEE, ASAP, CEA and the NCTA have announced non-regulatory energy efficiency standards for pay-TV set-top boxes that will result in energy savings for more than 90 million U.S. homes.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, NCTA, Energy Department, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

CenturyLink ends 2012 with 115,000 Prism TV subscribers
Feb 13, 2013 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has reported results for fourth quarter and full-year 2012. The company added nearly 45,000 Prism™ TV subscribers during the year to finish with a total of 115,000.
News categories: CenturyLink, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement Expected to Save U.S. Consumers $1.5 Billion Annually
Dec 6, 2012 – Fifteen U.S. multichannel video providers and device manufacturers are launching a Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that will result in annual residential electricity savings of $1.5 billion or more as the commitment is fully realized.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, NCTA, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

CenturyLink Launches Microsoft Mediaroom Upgrade
Jan 27, 2012 – CenturyLink™ (NYSE: CTL) Prism™ TV, the alternative to cable and satellite, just got better with new features and functionality through Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Mediaroom TV technology, the world's most deployed IPTV platform.
News categories: CenturyLink, Microsoft Mediaroom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Sigma Designs Ships 20 Million HomePNA Chipsets
Nov 30, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that it has shipped more than 20 million HomePNA® chipsets worldwide.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home

CenturyLink and Qwest Agree to Merge
Apr 22, 2010 – CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc., NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) have announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction.
News categories: CenturyLink, Qwest, IPTV, MandA, USA

CenturyLink (CenturyTel/EMBARQ) Reports Third Quarter Earnings
Nov 5, 2009 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has announced results for third quarter 2009, which include the effect of the Embarq acquisition completed July 1, 2009. In the quarter, video subscribers as a percentage of primary residential lines were approximately 11%.
News categories: CenturyLink, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA