Latin America Digital TV News

IPTV Deployments More Than Double In a Year as Broadband Continues to Achieve Strong Growth
Oct 8, 2007 – The DSL Forum today announced new broadband and IPTV statistics at the Broadband World Forum Europe in Berlin. The statistics, prepared for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic, show that the number of people using IPTV services increased by 179 per cent in the 12 months to 30 June 2007.
News categories: Point Topic, DSL Forum, Africa, Asia, BBWF, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

Red Intercable's Dibox Digital Cable TV Service in Argentina Utilizes Harmonic's H.264 Video Solutions
Sep 25, 2007 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) has announced that Red Intercable has deployed Harmonic's IP-based MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video systems for the dibox national digital television service in Argentina.
News categories: Harmonic Inc., Red Intercable, Argentina, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV

MPEG LA Issues ATSC Patent Portfolio License
Sep 20, 2007 – MPEG LA has announced the availability of the ATSC Patent Portfolio License. The joint license includes patents that are essential to the digital television standard developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and used in digital TVs sold in the United States, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and other countries.
News categories: MPEG LA, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, Korea, Licensing, Mexico, Patent, Terrestrial, USA

TiVo Service Now Available to CABLEVISION Subscribers in Mexico City
Sep 13, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and CABLEVISION, S.A. de C.V. have announced that beginning today TiVo® DVRs and the TiVo® Service are available for the first time to CABLEVISION's digital cable subscribers throughout Mexico City.
News categories: TiVo, CABLEVISION, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Set Top Box

Brazilian Forum for Digital TV Selects Coding Technologies' and DTS' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS Audio Solution for Digital Terrestrial Television Based on ISDB-T
Sep 7, 2007 – Coding Technologies has announced that the company's aacPlus audio solution has been selected by the Brazilian Digital TV Forum for Brazil's digital terrestrial ISDB-T platform to be officially launched on December 2nd, 2007.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Cablemás 2Q07 Net Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Up 14.4% and 18.6% YoY
Aug 31, 2007 – The 9.7% growth in cable television revenues, from Ps.454.9 to Ps.498.9 was principally due to a 14.6% YoY increase in the number of subscribers to 753,161 with a penetration rate of 34%.
News categories: Cablemás, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Uruguay Adopts DVB-T and DVB-H
Aug 31, 2007 – The DVB Project today commended the decision of Uruguay to adopt the DVB-T and DVB-H standards for its fixed and mobile Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Terrestrial, Uruguay

TiVo Announces Results for Second Quarter Ended July 31, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the second quarter were 41,000, compared to 74,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-Owned subscriptions totaled 1.71 million, up 136,000 on an annual basis compared to the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA

Chile - Telmex to offer wireless triple-play
Aug 16, 2007 – The Chilean unit of Mexican telecoms giant Telmex (NYSE: TMX) aims to strengthen its position in the local residential market after closing the acquisition of Chilean satellite TV operator Zap TV.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico, Satellite