Venezuela Digital TV News

CANTV launches satellite TV in Venezuela
Nov 27, 2011 – Venezuela's CANTV has announced that its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service will launch on November 28, 2011. CANTV Televisión Satelital offers 48 TV channels and is broadcast on Venezuela's Simón Bolívar satellite (Venesat-1).
News categories: CANTV, Digital TV, Satellite, Venezuela

DIRECTV Announces Third Quarter 2011 Results
Nov 3, 2011 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the third quarter of 2011. DIRECTV Latin America recorded 574,000 net additions in the quarter while Sky Mexico added 238,000 net new subscribers. DIRECTV U.S. net additions were 327,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Netflix Arrives In Latin America And The Caribbean
Sep 5, 2011 – Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has launched in Brazil and will be launched in 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing instant and unlimited movies and TV shows streamed to computers, game consoles and other Internet connected devices.
News categories: Netflix, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Streaming, Uruguay, Venezuela

DIRECTV Latin America Vaults Past the 10 Million Customer Mark
Jun 2, 2011 – On pace for another record-setting year of growth, DIRECTV Latin America (DTVLA), an operating unit of DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), the world's largest pay TV service, has surged past a major milestone - its 10 millionth customer.
News categories: DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, Venezuela

Venezuela ends Q1 2011 with 2.57 million Pay TV subscribers
May 19, 2011 – According to statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the first quarter of 2011 were 2.57 million, up from 2.42 million at the end of the same quarter of 2010.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

Venezuela ends 2010 with 2.5 million Pay TV subscribers
Mar 10, 2011 – According to statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the 2010 were 2.53 million, up from 2.19 million at the end of 2009. Household penetration reached 36.7%.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

Venezuela Pay TV subscriptions reach 2.2 million in 2Q10
Aug 24, 2010 – According to statistics published by CONATEL, pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the second quarter of 2010 were 2.21 million, up from 2.01 million at the end of the same period of 2009. Household penetration reached 32.39%.
News categories: CONATEL, Market Research, Subscribers, Venezuela

Venezuela develops prototype DTT set-top box
Aug 24, 2010 – Venezuela's Centro Nacional de Desarrollo e Investigación en Telecomunicaciones (CENDIT) has developed an ISDB-Tb set-top box prototype for the country's move to digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
News categories: CENDIT, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Renesas Electronics Introduces Two New DTV and Set-Top Box SoCs
Jul 15, 2010 – Renesas (TSE: 6723) has announced the availability of two system-on-chips (SoCs) for digital TVs, set top boxes, and digital broadcast receiver modules. The EMMA™3TJ and the EMMA3TS specifically target the DTT markets of Japan and South America.
News categories: Renesas, Argentina, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Venezuela