Latin America Digital TV News

The DIRECTV Group Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
May 7, 2008 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported that first quarter 2008 revenues increased 17% to $4.59 billion. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 275,000. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 200,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 7, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the first quarter. At March 31, 2008 total RGUs of 24.4 million included 14.7 million video and 5.6 million broadband subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

CITEL includes DVB standards in DTT Implementation Guidelines for the Americas
May 6, 2008 – The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) has decided to include the standards for digital terrestrial television DVB-T (fixed reception) and DVB-H (mobile TV) as official standards within the CITEL implementation guidelines.
News categories: DVB Project, CITEL, Digital TV, Latin America, Mobile, Terrestrial, Uruguay

Colombia to evaluate China digital TV standard
Apr 30, 2008 – The Colombian government has announced that the National Television Commission (CNTV) wants to analyze the evolution of the Chinese DMB-T/H standard thus delaying the standardisation decision to July.
News categories: CNTV, Colombia, Digital TV, DTMB, Regulation, Terrestrial

Embratel to launch DTH in Brazil
Apr 28, 2008 – Embratel has received approval of its application for a Direct to Home (DTH) licence. Embratel plans to offer a national pay TV satellite service from the second half of this year.
News categories: Embratel, Anatel, Brazil, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite

Star One C2 satellite successfully launched by Embratel
Apr 24, 2008 – Star One, a subsidiary of Embratel, has launched a new satellite - Star One C2. Thanks to the enhanced coverage of the new satellite, telecommunications in Brazil are in line with the demands of new satellite HDTV transmission technology.
News categories: Embratel, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite

DVB 'Super H' arrives in Latin America
Apr 23, 2008 – According to Alcatel-Lucent, where 10 DVB-H sites are needed to cover a city through a mobile broadcasting network and seven MediaFLO sites with the same power, only five DVB-SH sites would be necessary.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Brazil, Digital TV, Latin America, Mobile, Peru, Satellite, Uruguay

IPTV Gathering Steam: Almost 10 Million Television-Over-Broadband Subscribers Worldwide
Apr 18, 2008 – A new report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG), 'IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application,' forecasts that there will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010.
News categories: Telecommunications Management Group, Asia, China, Digital TV, Europe, France, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Subscribers, USA

Maxcom Reports Results For The First Quarter Of 2008
Apr 17, 2008 – Maxcom Telecomunicaciones (NYSE: MXT) (BMV: MAXCOM CPO) has announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The number of Pay TV RGUs reached 8,183 in the first quarter.
News categories: Maxcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers