Latin America Digital TV News

GVT selects Ericsson for pay TV in Brazil
Oct 29, 2010 – GVT (Paris:VIV) has announced that Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will supply the platform for its hybrid satellite/IP pay TV service to be launched in 2011. Later this year, the company will select the supplier of set top boxes.
News categories: Ericsson, GVT, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Paraguay's COPACO to develop IPTV service
Oct 26, 2010 – Paraguay's COPACO (Compañía Paraguaya de Comunicaciones) has announced that it will invest US$ 20 million to develop an IPTV service. The service is targeted for launch at the end of 2011.
News categories: COPACO, IPTV, Paraguay

Argentina distributes 170,000 DTT set-top boxes
Oct 18, 2010 – At the launch of Argentina's 'Argentina Conectada' national broadband programme, the country's President officially switched-on five digital terrestrial TV transmitters - four in Buenos Aires province and another in the city of Resistencia.
News categories: Televisión Digital Abierta, Argentina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

473,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-June 2010
Oct 3, 2010 – The Uruguayan communications regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC) has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of June 2010.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Parks Associates Predicts Latin America Poised for TV-Services Gold Rush
Sep 14, 2010 – Television services in Latin America will grow by double digits over the next five years, outpacing service growth in Asia and other emerging markets, according to international research firm Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, IPTV, Market Research, Metaverse

DiBcom Selected by Huawei for Latin America Datacard with High Definition TV
Sep 7, 2010 – DiBcom has announced the selection of its DIB10096 by Huawei, the number one manufacturer of 3G/HSPA dongles. The chip is the first to support Full-Seg ISDB-T for mobile usage, enabling HDTV reception on PCs in Latin America alongside broadband access.
News categories: DiBcom, Huawei, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, SBTVD, Semiconductor

Mexico plans $1.6bn of DTT set-top box subsidy
Sep 4, 2010 – The Government will invest 1.6 billion USD to subsidise the purchase of DTT set-top boxes for the 23 million households in Mexico according to the chairman of the country's Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL).
News categories: COFETEL, Digital TV, Mexico, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Cablemás strengthens its security platform with Conax open DVB Conditional Access
Aug 31, 2010 – Cablemás is optimizing its digitization with the Conax content-security platform. The new solution will improve quality and functionality by including redundancy, 24/7 and Evolution Digital STBs.
News categories: Conax, Evolution Digital, Cablemás, iexpertus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mexico, Set Top Box

Comcel Launch ROK-Powered 3G Mobile TV Service in Colombia
Aug 27, 2010 – Comcel (Mexico:AMXL) and ROK Entertainment have announced the launch in Mexico of Ideas Web TV, a streamed, on-demand mobile TV subscription service.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, Comcel, 5G, Colombia, Mobile