Brazil (Brasil) Digital TV News

Brazil adds 2.86 million satellite TV subscribers in 2012
Jan 28, 2013 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended 2012 at 16.2 million, with more than 3.4 million new subscribers being added during the year - an annual growth rate of 27.0%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica and Microsoft to Deploy New Global Video Platform
Nov 15, 2012 – Telefónica (Madrid, NYSE: TEF) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced an agreement to create a new Global Video Platform (GVP) for all video entertainment services across Telefónica's Operating Businesses.
News categories: Telefónica, Microsoft, Vivek Dev, Tom Gibbons, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming

TV Integração selects Net Insight for Brazil regional DTT network
Nov 14, 2012 – Net Insight has announced that the Brazilian broadcaster TV Integração has selected Net Insight's Nimbra platform for building a new multi-service, regional DTT network covering contribution, distribution and IT services.
News categories: Net Insight, TV Globo, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Brazil's satellite subscribers up another 700,000 in Q3 2012
Oct 24, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended September 2012 at 15.4 million, with more than 3.5 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefônica|Vivo Selects Cisco Set-Top Box Series for IPTV Launch in Brazil
Oct 10, 2012 – Telefônica|Vivo has selected the Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) IP Set-Top Box Series for its new Vivo TV Fibra service. The platform will enable Vivo TV to deliver IP television services in HD, including integrated Digital Video Recorder (DVR) capabilities.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Telefônica, Vivo, Hugo Baeta, Brazil, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

IBM Cloud to Deliver Home Entertainment Services for Philips Smart TVs
Aug 31, 2012 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled a cloud platform for CE firms and announced that it will power the Philips Smart TV platform for Internet services, which will deliver interactive services to TV viewers in Europe, as well as Brazil and Argentina.
News categories: IBM, Philips, TP Vision, Argentina, Brazil, Content Distribution, Europe, IFABerlin, Smart TV, Streaming

Triple-play subscriptions to rocket to 400 million
Aug 21, 2012 – Global triple-play subscriptions will reach 400 million by 2017; up by nearly 300 million on the end-2011 total and up by 380 million on the 2007 total, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Belgium, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, UK, USA

Bichara and Cianet offer IPTV solutions for Brazilian ISPs
Aug 3, 2012 – Brazilian companies Bichara and Cianet have developed their own end-to-end IPTV systems targeted at the 300-400 of the country's 3000 regional ISPs that are planning to deploy FTTH.
News categories: Cianet, Bichara, Brazil, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Record Quarter for DIRECTV Latin America
Aug 2, 2012 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the second quarter of 2012. DIRECTV U.S. ended the quarter with 19.91 million subscribers, up 2% year-on-year. In Q2, DIRECTV Latin America added an all-time record 645,000 subscribers to pass the 9 million mark.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, Venezuela