Latin America Digital TV News

Mexico - Telmex and MVS finalising DTH joint venture
Sep 22, 2008 – Telmex (Mexico:TELMEXL; NYSE: TMX) and MVS Comunicaciones are finalising the details of a business alliance that will offer pay TV services via satellite in Mexico.
News categories: Telmex, MVS Comunicaciones, Digital TV, Mexico, Satellite

Macrovision's Passport IPG Solution Takes Latin America Cable Audiences to the Cutting Edge of TV
Sep 18, 2008 – Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) has announced that América Móvil (Claro), Cablevisión, Telecentro and Videomar have all chosen to provide Macrovision's Passport IPG solutions to their cable viewers, enhancing their overall TV viewing experience.
News categories: Macrovision, América Móvil, Cablevisión, Telecentro, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Middleware, Nicaragua, Set Top Box

Brazil - Anatel authorises Oi satellite TV
Sep 16, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) has given approval for Oi to undertake the provision of TV by satellite (DTH) across the country.
News categories: Anatel, Oi, Brazil, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite

Ecuador tests ISDB-T for DTT
Sep 15, 2008 – Ecuador has begun digital television transmision trials this month as part of a process to chose a new system for use after analogue switch-off.
News categories: Conartel, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Ecuador, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Brazil - Intel and Tecsys announce digital TV partnership
Sep 15, 2008 – Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has signed a partnership with Tecsys for the development of digital TV decoder technology for the local market. The partnership will develop both professional IRDs and set top boxes for the consumer market.
News categories: Intel Corp, Tecsys, Amplimatic, Brazil, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Antina DVB-T DTT grows in Argentina
Sep 12, 2008 – Argentina pay TV operator Antina, who offers 65 channels through a UHF DVB-T terrestrial system has reached almost 50 thousand subscribers and is growing steadily in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
News categories: Antina, Argentina, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, Terrestrial

América Móvil launches DTH in Central America
Sep 11, 2008 – América Móvil is planning to launch Claro TV through DTH in Central America: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
News categories: América Móvil, Digital TV, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Satellite

Newport Media Unveils World's First 65nm System-on-Chip (SoC) for Japan/Brazilian ISDB-T Mobile TV
Sep 9, 2008 – Newport Media has unveiled the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the mobile version of Japan's Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Half the world's homes to have digital TV by 2013
Sep 8, 2008 – Digital TV growth continues apace, with Informa Telecoms and Media forecasting 67 million households to be added in 2008. This figure from Informa's Global Digital TV 8th edition report will bring the worldwide total to 343 million.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA