Latin America Digital TV News

Telcos in Latin America Seek Alternatives to IPTV to Meet Market Demand
Apr 22, 2009 – IPTV will take a backseat to other pay-TV platforms as telcos seek alternative strategies to meet the significant market demand, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Subscribers

Hi-tv Deploys Nagravision End-to-End Solution
Apr 17, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has announced that Hi-tv, part of Grupo Salinas, a US $10 billion group of Mexico-based companies, has launched an end-to-end Nagravision MPEG-4-based digital terrestrial television (DTT) solution.
News categories: Nagravision, Hi-tv, TV Azteca, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mexico, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SIDSA seeks further expansion in Latin America
Apr 16, 2009 – SIDSA will be looking to Latin America at NAB. The company has carried out DVB trials, both DVB-T and DVB-H, in countries such as Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay and Panama, with plans to lead other DVB projects in the region.
News categories: SIDSA, Argentina, Colombia, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Ecuador, Latin America, Mobile, NABShow, Panama, Peru, Terrestrial, Uruguay

EU matches Japan's Digital TV offer in Peru
Apr 14, 2009 – The European Commission has sent a letter to Peruvian President Alan García proposing to allocate $662,000 to a DVB pilot project. Japan had offered the same amount to carry out an ISDB test.
News categories: European Commission, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Terrestrial

Pay-TV subscriptions in Brazil grew 19% in 2008
Apr 9, 2009 – According to an ABTA/SETA survey, the number of pay TV subscribers in Brazil grew by 19% in 2008 to reach 6.2 million households across the country.
News categories: SETA, ABTA, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV Growth Doubles in North America in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest IPTV and broadband statistics, showing that the North American IPTV market has more than doubled in size in 2008 -- with growth of 113 percent despite the global economic downturn.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers

ANTEL Uruguay goes with Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft for IPTV
Mar 13, 2009 – The Uruguayan state owned operator Antel has reportedly chosen a platform from Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU), with Microsoft Mediaroom middleware, for its IPTV network.
News categories: Microsoft, ANTEL, Alcatel-Lucent, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Uruguay

TiVo Reports First Full Year of Profitability for Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2009
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were around 59,000, compared to 109,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Ecuador tests DVB-T and ISDB-T
Feb 27, 2009 – Officials of Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) are testing the technical performance of the ISDB-T and DVB-T digital terrestrial television systems, at different sites in the city of Quito.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Digital TV, Ecuador, ISDB-T, Terrestrial