Brazil (Brasil) Digital TV News

A new scenario for IPTV and Pay-TV in Latam
Jan 25, 2009 – At the IPTV World Forum Latin America, Ariel Barlaro, TVTelco Latam's CEO, presents updated 'IPTV and Pay-TV in Latin America 2002-2012' forecasts, affected by the global financial crisis and IPTV launching delays in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.
News categories: TVTelco Latam, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Subscribers, Video Exchange

Brazil's digital TV to go interactive in 2010
Jan 16, 2009 – Sales of Set-Top-Boxes fitted with the Brazilian interactive middleware 'Ginga' will start in December this year. The system will be interactive by 2010 instead of this year as originally planned.
News categories: Ginga, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Embratel launches satellite pay-TV
Dec 16, 2008 – Embratel (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has announced the launch of its Via Embratel DTH service in Brazil. Via Embratel uses MPEG-4 compression and DVB-S2 satellite transmission.
News categories: Embratel, Via, Brazil, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite

Brazil's ANATEL releases September Pay TV quarterly report
Dec 1, 2008 – ANATEL has released September's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. The data shows a growth of over 5% versus June 2008 to 6.119 million customers.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica earns €5,596 million to September and confirms all growth forecasts for 2008
Nov 14, 2008 – During the third quarter of 2008 Telefónica (Madrid, NYSE: TEF) maintained the intense commercial activity registered since the beginning of the year. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.1 million at the end of the quarter, up 54.0% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Brasil Telecom launches mobile TV service
Nov 13, 2008 – Brasil Telecom (BOVESPA: BRTO3/BRTO4; NYSE: BTM) has launched a trial mobile TV service in the city of Porto Alegre. The full service will be launched in December.
News categories: Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Digital TV, Mobile

The DIRECTV Group Reports Third Quarter 2008
Nov 6, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported that third quarter 2008 revenues increased 15% to $4.98 billion. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 156,000. DIRECTV Latin America net additions were 79,000 in the quarter.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Telemar (Oi) 3rd Quarter 2008
Oct 30, 2008 – Tele Norte Leste (Bovespa: TNLP4,TNLP3) and Telemar Norte Leste (Bovespa: TMAR3,TMAR,TMAR6) have announced results for the third quarter of 2008. Oi has acquired licenses to offer DTH pay-TV and plans to share its infrastructure with Telefônica.
News categories: Oi, Brazil, Cable TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telmex Internacional Third Quarter 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – In the third quarter Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) consolidated revenues totaled 19.573 billion pesos. In Brazil, Net had close to 2.9 million pay TV users and 2.1 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers