Argentina Digital TV News

Skyworth delivering ISDB STBs to Argentina
Jun 10, 2010 – Skyworth has told NexTV Latam that it is cooperating with a customer in Argentina on the government's ISDB-T project, and will deliver 250,000 set-top boxes in the coming month.
News categories: Skyworth, Argentina, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Coradir, Cometrans, UTE to make free STBs for Argentina
May 11, 2010 – According to NexTV Latam, Coradir, Cometrans and UTE (Unión Transitoria de Empresas) will manufacture the 1.2 million ISDB set-top-boxes that the Argentine government plans to distribute free-of-charge this year.
News categories: Coradir, Cometrans, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Argentina to distribute 1.2 million free STBs this year
May 5, 2010 – Argentina's Planning Ministry (MinPlan) has announced that over the next two months the government will distribute, free of charge, 750,000 ISDB-T set-top-boxes, with another 450,000 to be allocated by the end of the year.
News categories: MinPlan, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Argentina launches digital TV
Mar 30, 2010 – Argentina's Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido has said that 75 percent of Argentines will be able to enjoy free-to-air digital terrestrial television this year, with 95% of the country covered by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Satellite, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Telefónica España adds 49k IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 26, 2010 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its fourth quarter 2009 results. Worldwide, pay TV accesses stood at around 2.5 million at the end of 2009, 9.8% up from a year earlier. In Spain net adds were 48,725 to finish the year at 702,980.
News categories: Telefónica, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

DIRECTV U.S. up 119,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 254,000 in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 119,000 to give 18.56 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 254,000 to give 4.59 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

DiBcom Launches ISDB-T Mobile TV Solution in Latin America
Feb 10, 2010 – DiBcom has announced the launch of the DIB10096, a new IC supporting Japanese ISDB-T in Full-Seg and One-Seg as well as European DVB-T, the two most widely used standards in the world today.
News categories: DiBcom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Conditional Access, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA