Brazil (Brasil) Digital TV News

Brazilian Forum for Digital TV Selects Coding Technologies' and DTS' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS Audio Solution for Digital Terrestrial Television Based on ISDB-T
Sep 7, 2007 – Coding Technologies has announced that the company's aacPlus audio solution has been selected by the Brazilian Digital TV Forum for Brazil's digital terrestrial ISDB-T platform to be officially launched on December 2nd, 2007.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 9, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. net subscribers increased to 128,000 in the quarter bringing the total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of June 30, 2007 to 16.32 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.51 million subscribers reported on June 30, 2006. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 83% to 141,000. The total number of DIRECTV subscribers in Latin America as of June 30, 2007 increased to 2.94 million compared to 1.73 million as of June 30, 2006.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Brazil - GVT will offer IPTV by the end of the year
Jul 24, 2007 – Brazilian operator GVT will launch the first phase of its IPTV offering by the end of this year [Portuguese].
News categories: Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV

Brazil - Nokia-Siemens to develop Oi's IPTV infrastructure
Jul 18, 2007 – Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has won a contract to develop IPTV infrastructure for Brazil's largest fixed line operator Oi.
News categories: Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Oi, Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV

Latin American TV reaps the digital dividend
May 24, 2007 – A report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make major inroads in Latin America over the next 5 years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 5.9 million at present to 22.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, USA, Venezuela

The DIRECTV Group Announces First Quarter 2007 Results
May 9, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of March 31, 2007 was 16.19 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.39 million subscribers reported on March 31, 2006. More …
News categories: Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Telefonica wins Brazil satellite pay-TV license
Mar 7, 2007 – Spain's Telefonica (TEF.MC) has won a license from Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel to operate a pay television service in Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite

TVA Plans Mobile WiMAX Trial in Brazil Powered by Nortel
Mar 7, 2007 – In preparation for future large-scale deployment of wireless broadband access services across Latin America's largest market, TVA, one of the leading pay TV companies in Brazil, is building a WiMAX trial network based on innovative 4G solutions and services from Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT].
News categories: Nortel, TVA, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile

Brazil announces program to stimulate digital TV
Feb 16, 2007 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday launched an ambitious program to stimulate the development of digital TV in the country.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Terrestrial