Latin America Digital TV News

Oi Brazil DTH begins operations
Jul 16, 2009 – Oi's DTH service has been on the air since July 15th. The company is discreetly marketing TV packages only in Rio de Janeiro, pending the official launch.
News categories: Oi TV, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite

DISH Mexico at 530,000 subscribers after 6 months
Jul 9, 2009 – Dish México, the DTH joint venture between Echostar, MVS Comunicaciones and Telmex, has reported that it has reached 530,000 subscribers in the first six months since its launch in November 2008.
News categories: Dish México, Mexico, Satellite, Subscribers

Latin America Undergoes a Major Shift in Business Models With IPTV
Jul 7, 2009 – The telecommunications and entertainment industry in Latin America is experiencing a major shift in business models bringing with it new services such as IPTV, new competitors, and new challenges that includes digital distribution of content.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Argentina, Brazil, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Subscribers

Embratel Selects Nagravision New Generation CA System
Jul 2, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has announced that its conditional access (CA) system has been selected by Embratel (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII), Brazil's second largest telecommunications company, for its DTH service.
News categories: Nagravision, Embratel, Via Embratel, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Set Top Box

Brazil Pay TV subscribers reached 6.4 million in 1Q09
Jun 24, 2009 – At the end of the first quarter of 2009 the total number of pay TV subscribers in Brazil had grown by 17.6% versus the same period in 2008, reaching 6.4 million households throughout the country.
News categories: SETA, ABTA, Brazil, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Argentina starts ISDB trials
Jun 23, 2009 – Official sources have confirmed reports in La Nación that Argentina is carrying out its first ISDB trials on public service channel 7.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Selected to Secure CANTV Pay-TV Service in Venezuela
Jun 17, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced CANTV as the latest Americas customer to select the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV. CANTV plans to offer IPTV services with 140 channels to 67,000 subscribers.
News categories: Verimatrix, CANTV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Venezuela

Global IPTV market up to nearly 24 million
Jun 16, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest broadband and IPTV statistics. Its report shows that broadband grew by 16.6 million lines globally in the last quarter alone, while IPTV continues to expand strongly.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Egypt, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, USA

Mobile Video Service Subscriptions to Grow Five-Fold by 2014
Jun 4, 2009 – The global number of users paying for mobile video services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014, surpassing 534 million, with a substantial proportion of net additions coming from emerging markets, according to a report by Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, 5G, Brazil, Chile, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, USA