Colombia Digital TV News

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

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

Latin American mobile TV viewers to reach 21.3M in 2013
Sep 29, 2008 – According to a new TVTelco Latam report, Latin America will have 21.3 million mobile digital TV handsets in use in 2013, mostly phones, but also portable MP4 players, cars and buses, and USB for notebooks.
News categories: TV Telco Latam, Argentina, Automotive, Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Tablet, Uruguay

Colombia chooses DVB-T as DTT standard
Aug 28, 2008 – Colombia's National Television Commission (CNTV) has announced its decision to choose the DVB-T digital terrestrial television standard for Colombia, after a process of study over two and a half years.
News categories: CNTV, DVB Project, ATSC 3, Colombia, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

ETB plans IPTV in Colombia for March 2009
Aug 11, 2008 – ETB plans to begin Colombia's first IPTV service in Bogota between March and April 2009.
News categories: Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions of 129,000 were essentially flat compared with last year's second quarter. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 30% to 184,000 compared to the same period last year.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Telefónica on track to meet its 2008 targets
Jul 31, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF)'s results for the second half of the year show high growth rates. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2 million at end of the first half of the year, up 57.4% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Telmex Internacional Second Quarter 2008
Jul 23, 2008 – In the second quarter the consolidated revenues of Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) totaled 18.544 billion pesos. In Brazil, cable TV provider Net had close to 2.7 million pay TV subscribers and 1.8 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Latin America's DTH Market to Surpass US$ 4.6 Billion by 2013; Telefonica and Telmex to Represent 27% of Revenues
May 22, 2008 – According to Signals Telecom Consulting, the bundling strategies put in place by telecommunications operators will increase DTH's share of the Latin American Pay TV market from 22% in 2007 to 33% by 2013.
News categories: Signals Telecom Consulting, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Peru, Satellite, Subscribers