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DirecTV announced enhancements to its venerable NFL Sunday Ticket programming package. As more specialized NFL programming, namely the Red Zone channel, makes its way to DirecTV competitors, they are keen on adding incremental value to their exclusive package. Enhancements ...

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has adopted new specifications that are expected to quintuple performance as compared to current HomePlug AV solutions at the application layer. Members, of which Comcast is one, are looking to the HPPA-AV2 spec to ensure reliable delivery of "throughput-intensive applications, such ...

In case you’ve been under a rock for the past six months, 3D TV is the newest hype kid on the block for video and entertainment services. Recent 3D TV coverage of the Masters Golf Tournament by several players, including Comcast and Time Warner helped fuel the 3D TV hype ...

Significant Industry Milestone Includes Launch of EPIX HD ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 19, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- DISH Network L.L.C., America's fastest-growing pay-TV provider, today became the first and only company to offer 200 national high definition channels. New additions to the nation's largest full-time HD line-up include EPIX HD, G4 HD, Headline News HD, History International HD, Nat ...

TiVo launched its latest HD DVR, TiVo Premiere, with great fanfare yesterday. The new box offers a lot of new features, including integration of over-the-top (OTT) video from sources like Netflix, Amazon, Blockbuster, and YouTube. TiVo is marketing Premiere as a cable set-top-box ...

Walmart has been busily trying to implement a digital media strategy as it’s DVD sales cash cow begins to fade. They initially launched a competitive service to Netflix, but gave up on it after a while. We reported earlier that Walmart was looking ...

ENGLEWOOD, CO--(Marketwire - January 20, 2010) - EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), announced today an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV™ video transport service to BTC Broadband, a provider of whole home telecommunications services in Oklahoma. BTC will receive transport of up to 49 HDTV channels to its IPTV headend. BTC Broadband is a ...

Minimum of 85 Live 3D Events Committed During First Year ESPN will launch ESPN 3D - the industry’s first 3D television network - it was announced today by George Bodenheimer, Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, and President, ESPN and ABC Sports. ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning with the first ...

Dallas, Texas, December 14, 2009 - AT&T* today announced several additions to the AT&T U-verseSM TV channel lineup, including five new High Definition (HD) channels and new international programming channels for Filipino and Cantonese viewers. With the latest additions, AT&T U-verse has launched more than 60 channels this year, including 30 HD channels. The U-verse HD channel lineup now offers more ...

HD television penetration is on the rise, thanks to declining prices and increased availability. Leichtman Research Group (LRG) reports that HDTVs are now in 46% of U.S. television households.  According to LRG, this new penetration figure is almost double the ...