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[Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television] USDTV, a low-cost subscription TV service delivered over the broadcast airwaves, has survived bankruptcy. New owner NexGen Telecom reportedly paid $1 million for the company’s assets—a mere pittance, really, when you consider the billions spent by AT&T and Verizon to roll out their U-Verse and FiOS video services.

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Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television: USDTV transmits its programming over the air using digital TV broadcast spectrum leased from local television stations. As digital TV’s early adopters in the U.S. have found, reception can be difficult or fragile in certain areas. (via Cosmos)

[Technology360.typepad.com] Technology360: USDTV to team with LG on digital TV: (USDTV) has announced a technology partnership with LG Electronics and LG Innotek to supply fifth-generation 8-VSB chips and ATSC tuners for use in USDTV's set-top boxes. ¶ USDTV, an over-the-air TV subscription service based in Salt Lake City, will begin including the LG components in set-top-boxes planned for shipments beginning the fourth quarter.

Tmcnet.comhttp://www.tmcnet.com [Tmcnet.com] USDTV Unveils Second-Generation Set-Top Box: The USDTV service includes all the local and national broadcast channels from networks like ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, along with many leading cable networks such as, Fox News Channel, ESPN, ESPN2, Discovery, TLC, The Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, HGTV, The Food Channel and Starz. USDTV averages 30 all-digital channels per market and enables viewers to receive high-definition pictures and surround sound, when available from their local broadcast stations.

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