Latin America Digital TV News

ETB plans IPTV in Colombia for March 2009
Aug 11, 2008 – ETB plans to begin Colombia's first IPTV service in Bogota between March and April 2009.
News categories: Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions of 129,000 were essentially flat compared with last year's second quarter. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 30% to 184,000 compared to the same period last year.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Cisco SPVTG to take off in Latam with IPTV
Aug 1, 2008 – The Service Provider Video Technology Group, a division of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), will provide STBs to Carlos Slim's first IPTV operations in Latin America. The services will be launched in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
News categories: Cisco Systems, América Móvil, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Puerto Rico, Set Top Box

Telefónica on track to meet its 2008 targets
Jul 31, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF)'s results for the second half of the year show high growth rates. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2 million at end of the first half of the year, up 57.4% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Maxcom Reports Results For The Second Quarter And First Half Of 2008
Jul 24, 2008 – Maxcom Telecomunicaciones (NYSE: MXT)(BMV: MAXCOM CPO), one of the leading integrated telcos in Mexico, has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. The number of pay TV RGUs reached 11,217, adding 3,034 in the quarter.
News categories: Maxcom, IPTV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Brazil - TVA launches HD set-top box in time for the Olympics
Jul 24, 2008 – TVA has launched its convergente HD (high definition) decoder along with a package of attractions in the technology.
News categories: Televisão Abril, Brazil, Cable TV, MMDS, Set Top Box

Telmex Internacional Second Quarter 2008
Jul 23, 2008 – In the second quarter the consolidated revenues of Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) totaled 18.544 billion pesos. In Brazil, cable TV provider Net had close to 2.7 million pay TV subscribers and 1.8 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Televisa Second-quarter 2008 results
Jul 17, 2008 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV:TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for second quarter 2008. As of June 30, 2008, the number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,694,330, compared with 1,490,298 as of June 30, 2007.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers