Latin America Digital TV News

TVA Plans Mobile WiMAX Trial in Brazil Powered by Nortel
Mar 7, 2007 – In preparation for future large-scale deployment of wireless broadband access services across Latin America's largest market, TVA, one of the leading pay TV companies in Brazil, is building a WiMAX trial network based on innovative 4G solutions and services from Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT].
News categories: Nortel, TVA, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile

Brazil announces program to stimulate digital TV
Feb 16, 2007 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday launched an ambitious program to stimulate the development of digital TV in the country.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Terrestrial

The Kudelski Group achieves strongest-ever financial results in 2006
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX KUD.VX) has announced strongest-ever 2006 results. For the first time, Digital TV broke the CHF 500 million revenue mark, with a particularly robust development in Europe, growing by 17% compared to the previous year.
News categories: Kudelski, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middleware, Mobile, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming, USA

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA

NDS MediaHighway Middleware Deployed Across DIRECTV Latin America
Feb 14, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that its MediaHighway middleware, currently deployed on 41.6 million set-top boxes worldwide, is being downloaded to all DIRECTV Latin America L10 and L11 set-top boxes as well as the LR15 Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
News categories: NDS Group, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Middleware, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Set Top Box, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

DIRECTV Announces Fourth Quarter and FY2006 Results
Feb 7, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. subscribers as of December 31, 2006 was 15.95 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.13 million subscribers reported on December 31, 2005.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Widevine Technologies Selected by Brasil Telecom to Protect IPTV Deployment
Jan 29, 2007 – Widevine Technologies has announced that Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BTM) has chosen Widevine to protect its IP video service.
News categories: Widevine, Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV

Honduras - ATSC selected for the DTT platform
Jan 19, 2007 – The telecommunications regulator Conatel has announced that Honduras will adopt the ATSC standard for its digital terrestrial television platform.
News categories: Conatel, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Honduras, Terrestrial