Digital TV News: DIRECTV Latin America
Top LatAm pay TV operators continue to dominate
Aug 24, 2016 – Latin American pay TV is dominated by DirecTV/Sky and Claro/America Movil, which will together account for nearly half the region’s pay TV subs by end-2016, according to Digital TV Research. This share will be maintained for the next five years.
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Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers
DIRECTV up 342k; U-Verse down 391k; DTVLA up 87k subscribers in 2Q 2016
Jul 21, 2016 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported results for the second quarter of 2016. In the U.S., total video subscribers were down 49,000 in the quarter. DIRECTV Latin America second-quarter subscriber net adds were 87,000.
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AT&T, Brazil, IPTV, Latin America, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA
Intelsat 31 successfully launched for DIRECTV LA et al
Jun 9, 2016 – Intelsat (NYSE: I) has announced the successful launch of Intelsat 31. The Ku-band payload, known as DLA-2, is designed to provide redundancy and reliability for DIRECTV Latin America’s distribution services in South America and the Caribbean.
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Intelsat, DIRECTV Latin America, Stephen Spengler, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Satellite
DIRECTV up 328k; U-Verse down 382k; DTVLA down 73k subscribers in 1Q 2016
Apr 26, 2016 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported results for the first quarter of 2016. In the U.S., total video subscribers were down 54,000 in the quarter. DIRECTV Latin America first-quarter subscriber net losses were 73,000.
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AT&T, Brazil, IPTV, Latin America, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA
DIRECTV up 214k; U-Verse down 240k; DTVLA down 34k subscribers in 4Q 2015
Jan 26, 2016 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2015. U.S. video subscribers were down slightly in the quarter. The company added 214,000 satellite subscribers while U-verse TV subscribers declined 240,000. DIRECTV LA fourth-quarter subscriber net losses were 34,000.
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AT&T, Brazil, IPTV, Latin America, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA
AT&T to use DIRECTV Genie as common video platform
Aug 12, 2015 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has provided an update on its strategy and financial outlook for and each of the next three years, following its recent acquisitions of DIRECTV and Mexican wireless properties Iusacell and Nextel Mexico.
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AT&T, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Latin America, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA
AT&T completes acquisition of DIRECTV
Jul 24, 2015 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has completed its acquisition of DIRECTV. AT&T is now the largest pay TV provider in the U.S. and the world, providing service to more than 26 million customers in the United States and more than 19 million customers in Latin America.
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AT&T, DIRECTV, Randall Stephenson, John Stankey, Mike White, Caribbean, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, MandA, Mexico, Satellite, USA
DIRECTV US up 149,000 subscribers; DTVLA up 118,000 in 4Q 2014
Feb 19, 2015 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2014 results. DIRECTV U.S. added 149,000 subscribers, Sky Brasil lost 1,000 subscribers and the remainder of Latin America added 119,000 subscribers in the quarter.
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DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Brasil, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela
DIRECTV US down 28,000 subscribers; DTVLA down 119,000 in 3Q 2014
Nov 6, 2014 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has announced third quarter 2014 results. DIRECTV U.S. subscriber net losses were approximately 28,000 in the third quarter. DIRECTV Latin America subscriber net losses were approximately 119,000 in the quarter.
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DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Sky Brasil, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela
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