Latin America Digital TV News

Brazil - Low take-up of DTT services
Mar 5, 2008 – DTT services launched three months ago has had limited appeal with viewers. Only 10,000 households in the Greater Sao Paulo area have accessed DTT services.
News categories: Brazil, Digital TV, Market Research, SBTVD, Smart TV, Terrestrial

TiVo Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were 109,000, compared to 163,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-owned subscriptions increased slightly from the prior quarter to 1.75 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Sun Microsystems And SBTVD Forum To Develop Open-Source Java Solution For Brazil's Digital TV System
Mar 4, 2008 – Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the SBTVD Forum have agreed to join forces in the development of an open-source content platform based on Java technology for use in the country-wide conversion of television applications and services.
News categories: Sun Microsystems, GINGA, Fórum SBTVD, ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Costa Rica - RACSA plans its fiber-to-the-home network with IPTV
Mar 3, 2008 – State owned company RACSA of Costa Rica has plans to develop an optic-fiber FTTH network in the main and wealthiest urban centers in the country, with the aim of offering triple play to 250 thousand homes at a USD 360 million investment.
News categories: RACSA, Costa Rica, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2007 Results
Feb 26, 2008 – At December 31, 2007, the Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) video subscriber base of 14.7 million included 3.4 million digital cable and 1.1 million direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

CTV Telecom Delivers Central America's First IPTV
Feb 21, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that leading Panamanian telecommunications operator, CTV Telecom, has incorporated the Encryptonite ONE System to protect its innovative IPTV offering, the first deployment in Central America.
News categories: SecureMedia, CTV Telecom, Sonitel Networks, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Panama

Costa Rica - ICE has scheduled IPTV launch for 2008
Feb 18, 2008 – The state owned telecommunications company, ICE, who holds telephony monopoly over Costa Rica territory, has scheduled its IPTV launch for 2008 end.
News categories: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV

The DIRECTV Group Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Results
Feb 13, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions of 275,000 were driven by strong gross additions and the lowest monthly churn rate in 8 years. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions more than doubled to 199,000 due to higher gross additions and low monthly churn.
News categories: DIRECTV, Earnings Release, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela