Latin America Digital TV News

Brasil Telecom Launches First IPTV Service With UTStarcom's RollingStream System
Dec 10, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced its first IPTV win in Latin America for its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with the launch by Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP) of its Videon IPTV service.
News categories: UTStarcom, Videon, Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Amino selected for Central America's first IPTV service
Dec 6, 2007 – Amino has announced that Panama's CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) for Central America's first IPTV service.
News categories: Amino, CTV Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Panama, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Innova and SKY Brasil Sign Agreement with Intelsat to Build and Launch New Satellite
Dec 5, 2007 – Innova and SKY Brasil have announced that they have reached an agreement with Intelsat to build and launch a new 24-transponder satellite. Innova plans to use this extra capacity for HD and other value-added services.
News categories: Intelsat, Innova, SKY Brasil, DIRECTV Group, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mexico, Satellite

DIRECTV Extends Partnership with NDS
Dec 5, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has signed an agreement with DIRECTV to extend the term of their relationship. NDS has been contracted to continue to provide conditional access technology and services to DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America until June 2013.
News categories: NDS Group, DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Digital Television Broadcasting is Tested in Peru
Dec 3, 2007 – Field tests for the implementation of terrestrial digital television broadcasting in Peru have begun, announced the Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MTC).
News categories: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones (MTC), ATSC 3, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Terrestrial, TV Services

European DVB "full of risks": Chilean TV honcho
Dec 2, 2007 – In an interview published Friday in a Chilean paper, two influential players voiced their support for the Japanese ISDB-T HDTV standard for the country.
News categories: Chile, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial, TV Services

MTV Selects Envivio Encoders for Mobile TV Services in Brazil
Dec 2, 2007 – MTV and five other broadcasters - TV Globo, TV Record, BAND TV, SBT, and TV Gazeta - officially began their digital terrestrial TV broadcasts in Sao Paulo on December 2nd. Service bouquets include mobile, SD and HD content.
News categories: Envivio, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Mobile, SBTVD, Terrestrial, TV Services

Brazil - Digital TV to be transmitted via satellite to the entire country
Nov 30, 2007 – With satellite technology it is possible to receive digital TV anywhere in the country, even an indigenous tribal areas in the middle of the Amazon. A successful trial has been conducted in Brasilia in front of the Minister for Communications, Hélio Costa.
News categories: Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, TV Services

TiVo Announces Results for Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2007
Nov 28, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the third quarter were 69,000 for a total of 1.7 million from 1.6 million in the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, USA