Latin America Digital TV News

Pay TV in Brazil grows fastest since 2002
Jan 26, 2010 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), with 1,152,624 new subscribers in 2009, Brazil reached 7,473,476 pay TV households at the end of 2009. The growth rate of 18.24% is the highest recorded since 2002.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

Colombia issues tender for DTH coverage of remote areas
Jan 6, 2010 – Colombia's CNTV is requesting quotations from parties interested in participating in its 'TV Satelital Directa al Hogar' project. The project is intended to provide coverage to the 8 per cent of the country that still has no television signal.
News categories: CNTV, Colombia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Claro Launches ROK-Powered Mobile TV Service in Uruguay
Dec 22, 2009 – ROK Entertainment Group and Claro Uruguay, the America Movil owned Mobile Operator in Uruguay, have announced the launch of streamed mobile TV subscription service PPV TV.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, Claro, Digital TV, Mobile, Uruguay

Ofcom releases International Communications Market report
Dec 17, 2009 – Ofcom's International Communications Market data provides a snapshot of the communications market in twelve major economies and the four fast growing economies of Brazil, India, Russia and China in the five years to 2008.
News categories: Ofcom, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

COTAS launches digital TV in Bolivia with Motorola
Dec 16, 2009 – The Home & Networks Mobility unit of Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has been chosen by Bolivian cable operator COTAS for the implementation of its digital TV system, which will provide advanced television services to customers in Santa Cruz.
News categories: Motorola, COTAS, Bolivia, Cable TV, Content Distribution

Panama begins DVB-T broadcasting
Dec 10, 2009 – On December 10, 2009, Panama's state television operator, SERTV, began digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting. The DVB-T service is on Channel 41 as defined by the Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP).
News categories: SERTV, ASEP, Digital TV, Panama, Terrestrial

Brazil has 7.16 million households with pay TV
Dec 8, 2009 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), 62,186 new pay TV subscribers were added in the country in October giving a total 7,160,566 households with pay TV.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Cable & Wireless Panamá launches digital TV with Motorola
Nov 26, 2009 – The Home & Networks Mobility business unit of Motorola has announced that it has been selected by Cable & Wireless, a leading telecommunications companies worldwide, as a technology provider for its new Digital TV service in Panama, '+TV Digital'.
News categories: Motorola, Cable & Wireless, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Panama