usdigital inc. 7 2006 5 2007 former type subsidiary corporation industry broadcasting fate bankrupt founded draper utah june 2003 2003 06 founder steve lindsley 1 defunct may 2007 2007 05 headquarters draper utah usa area served salt lake city utah albuquerque new mexico las vegas nevada and dallas texas key people steven lindsley chairman and ceo 2 products digital television receivers box devices brands usdigital services over the air pay tv parent usdtv 28.28 % hearst argyle lin television corp. mcgraw hill ventures inc. news usdtv holdings inc. telcom dtv llc 09 2005 2006 nexgen telecom 9 2006 5 2007 website usdtv.com archived usdtv an acronym for u.s. digital television was an over the air pay television service in the united states . based in draper utah near salt lake city it was founded in 2003 and started service there in 2004 . 3 the company ceased operations march 12 2007 . usdtv leased subchannel space from local tv stations for its subscription tv service . usdtv ended services in 2007 . 4 history edit u.s. digital television was formed in june 2003 1 and launched its service as a test in salt lake city near the end of 2003 . on march 16 2004 1000 subscribers signed up with no advertising . us digital also launched into the albuquerque new mexico market . at that time the company expected to enter the las vegas market next and an additional 30 markets by the end of the year . 2 in the fourth quarter 2004 fifth generation chips and atsc tuners would be supplied by lg for usdtv tuners and would be available . 5 in september 2005 hearst argyle television mcgraw hill companies news corp. s fox television stations lin tv and morgan murphy stations broadcasters invested 26 million in the company . 6 7 8 steven lindsley indicated that the investing broadcasting companies did not think that the service would be able to compete against the cable companies thus withdrawing support from usdtv . 8 on july 6 2006 in delaware bankruptcy court the company filed for chapter 7 . 3 while usdtv filed for liquidation bankruptcy the company continued to operate in its four markets while two other companies were interested in purchasing its assets to continue the service . investors at bankruptcy were usdtv 28.28 % and those with 12.35 % each hearst argyle split between hatv investments inc. and hearst broadcasting lin television corp. mcgraw hill ventures inc. news usdtv holdings inc. and telcom dtv llc . the company was placed under the control of a trustee alfred thomas giuliano . 3 in september 2006 nexgen telecom an original investor purchased the assets of the company for a reported 1 million cash . 8 9 nexgen had a major loss in another investment in fourth quarter 2006 forcing them to curtail their ongoing investment in usdtv . when no new bridge funding could be found us digital ended services in march 2007 . 9 services edit usdtv served customers in and near salt lake city utah albuquerque new mexico las vegas nevada and dallas texas . 3 the company used extra bandwidth on digital television stations to send channels to subscribers who had a special set top box digital tuner provided by the company and an attic or roof mounted antenna 2 4 which were available nationwide via wal mart and in the west by rc willey furniture and electronics stores . the usdigital brand boxes sold were the service was not available operated like an ordinary digital television tuner . two technology companies ewest and servicepower partnered to help clients install the equipment while self installers would get two months free . 2 the cost for the basic tier service was 19.95 per month . usdtv also offered starz for an additional monthly fee . the basic tier started out with 11 cable channels espn espn2 disney channel toon disney discovery channel the learning channel lifetime lifetime movie network home & gardening television fox news and the food network . 2 by july 2003 the service had 30 channels . 1 references edit a b c wallace brice july 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