Caribbean Digital TV News

Cisco SPVTG to take off in Latam with IPTV
Aug 1, 2008 – The Service Provider Video Technology Group, a division of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), will provide STBs to Carlos Slim's first IPTV operations in Latin America. The services will be launched in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
News categories: Cisco Systems, América Móvil, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Puerto Rico, Set Top Box

Televisa Second-quarter 2008 results
Jul 17, 2008 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV:TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for second quarter 2008. As of June 30, 2008, the number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,694,330, compared with 1,490,298 as of June 30, 2007.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

The DIRECTV Group Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
May 7, 2008 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported that first quarter 2008 revenues increased 17% to $4.59 billion. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 275,000. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 200,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Kasenna Powers Caribbean's First IPTV Service
Apr 16, 2008 – Kasenna has announced that Telefonia Bonairiano NV (Telbo), the Dutch Caribbean's telecommunications company, has selected Kasenna LivingRoom™ middleware and MediaBase™ video servers.
News categories: Kasenna, Telbo, Caribbean, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Netherlands

Caribbean Innovator WIND Telecom Selects Irdeto to Secure and Grow MMDS Pay TV Subscriber Base
Apr 14, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it has deployed its DVB conditional access (CA) system at WIND Telecom to secure pay-TV programming and services across the operator's wireless MMDS network, WIND TV.
News categories: Irdeto, WIND Telecom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, MMDS, NABShow

Telbo selects Amino to Deploy Caribbean's First Telco IPTV Service
Mar 10, 2008 – Amino Communications has announced that Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo) has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) to power 'mitv', the first IPTV service in the Caribbean island of Bonaire over ADSL2+ network.
News categories: Amino, Telefonia Bonairiano, Caribbean, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

The DIRECTV Group Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Results
Feb 13, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions of 275,000 were driven by strong gross additions and the lowest monthly churn rate in 8 years. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions more than doubled to 199,000 due to higher gross additions and low monthly churn.
News categories: DIRECTV, Earnings Release, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

SecureMedia Protects The Caribbean's First IPTV Deployment
Jan 14, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that Bonairean telecom operator Telefonia Bonairiano NV (Telbo) has launched 'mitv', its new Digital TV over ADSL 2+ network protected by the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo), Broadband, Caribbean, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands

Telefonia Bonairiano Launches IPTV Under the Name of 'MITV' as A First in the Caribbean Region
Dec 20, 2007 – Telefonia Bonairiano has launched IPTV under the name of "mitv" to its residential and business subscribers, becoming the first in the Caribbean and Central America to establish a triple play (video, voice and data) offering.
News categories: Telbo, Broadband, Caribbean, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands