Brazil (Brasil) Digital TV News

NET Serviços selects Humax HD cable STBs and residential gateway
Apr 29, 2014 – Humax has announced that it has been selected by NET Serviços as the lead set-top box manufacturer for two HD, MoCA 2.0-enabled, two-way interactive cable STBs, plus a Residential Gateway, featuring DOCSIS 3.0, eMTA, and 802.11ac WiFi.
News categories: Humax, NET Serviços, Demerval Martins, Albert Son, Charles Hong, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Brazil adds 388,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2014
Apr 24, 2014 – According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended March 2014 at 18.41 million, with 388 thousand new subscribers being added in the quarter and 1.6 million over the preceding 12 months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Brazil adds 1.8 million pay TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 7, 2014 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended December 2013 at 18.02 million, with more than 1.8 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months - an annual growth rate of 11.3%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica selects Technicolor HD set-top boxes for Latin America
Jan 9, 2014 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has announced a partnership with Telefónica as its HD satellite set-top box provider, starting in Latin America. In parallel, Technicolor will provide support to Telefónica's cable operations in Peru.
News categories: Technicolor, Telefónica, Francois Rossiensky, David del Val, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Peru, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telefónica and NAGRA launch Pay TV in Latin America
Jan 6, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) and Telefónica Digital (NYSE: TEF) have announced the launch of next generation TV services powered by NAGRA’s latest middleware solution, OpenTV 5, in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.
News categories: NAGRA, Telefónica, David del Val, Ivan Verbesselt, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, CES2025, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Peru, Satellite, Set Top Box, Venezuela

Embratel acquires Net Serviços in Brazil
Nov 28, 2013 – Net Serviços de Comunicação has announced that Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações (Embratel) has acquired 13,675,932 of NET’s shares, corresponding to 83.62% of the total amount of NET’s outstanding shares.
News categories: Embratel, Net Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA

Brazil adds 432,000 pay TV subscribers in 3Q 2013
Nov 18, 2013 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended September 2013 at 17.4 million, with more than 2 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV adds 139,000 subscribers; DTVLA adds 260,000 in 3Q 2013
Nov 5, 2013 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has announced third quarter 2013 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscribers increased by 139,000 in the quarter principally due to lower monthly churn. DTVLA net additions in the quarter were 260,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Unotel, Media Networks and NAGRA launch Pay TV in Brazil
Oct 10, 2013 – Unotel Telecom, Media Networks and NAGRA have announced the signature of an agreement for the launch of a new pay-TV offering. The new service will be initially offered to the four million broadband subscriber base of the shareholders and partners of Unotel.
News categories: NAGRA, Media Networks, Unotel, Orlando Ferreira Neto, Thierry Martin, Leandro Gaunszer, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Terrestrial