Latin America Digital TV News

Broadband now in more than 700 million homes worldwide
Oct 6, 2014 – The latest milestone in the relentless march of high speed internet access was passed at the end of June this year as the total number of households with a broadband line came to 700.2 million.
News categories: Point Topic, Oliver Johnson, Brazil, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Russia, Streaming, Subscribers, UK, USA

Digital TV Research Newsletter - October 2014
Oct 1, 2014 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the October 2014 edition of Digital TV Research’s free monthly newsletter is now available for download.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Satellite, UK, Worldwide

Unotel iON TV pay TV launches in Brazil
Sep 30, 2014 – Unotel Telecom's pay-TV platform iON TV is to launch in Brazil on October 1st. The service combines satellite pay TV with free-to-air terrestrial and online content. The service is provided to customers via Unotel's ISP partners.
News categories: Unotel Telecom, KAON, iON TV, Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Huawei provides Hybrid Video Solution to Mexico's Megacable
Sep 25, 2014 – Huawei has announced that they have provided Mexico's Megacable with a Hybrid Video Solution. Megacable's subscribers will benefit from services such as a digital video recorder, catch-up TV, fast channel change and other interactive features.
News categories: Huawei, Megacable, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mexico

OTT revenues to rocket to $42 billion by 2020
Sep 24, 2014 – Global online TV and video revenues will reach $42.34 billion in 2020; up from $3.96 billion recorded in 2010 and the $19.03 billion expected in 2014, according to a report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Africa, Asia, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Streaming, Worldwide

Rovi Guide in more than half a million DTAs
Sep 23, 2014 – Rovi (NASDAQ:ROVI) has announced the deployment of its guides on over half a million digital terminal adapters. Rovi is now providing its programme guide to cable households throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Armstrong, Omar Javaid, Dave Whittmann, Argentina, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Digital TV, Latin America, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Netflix to reach 100 million international subscribers by 2020
Sep 22, 2014 – Digital TV Research has estimated that Netflix is aiming for 104 million international subscribers by 2020 - just for the countries where it has already launched.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Netflix, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latin America, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Argentina's ARSAT-1 satellite to launch on October 16th
Sep 17, 2014 – ARSAT has announced that Argentina's first geostationary satellite, ARSAT-1, will be launched on October 16, 2014. The satellite is to be launched by Arianespace from its Spaceport in French Guiana.
News categories: ARSAT, Matías Bianchi, Argentina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Nearly 1 billion TV sets Internet connected by 2020
Sep 17, 2014 – The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 965 million by 2020, up from 103 million at end-2010 and the 339 million expected at end-2014, according to a report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Africa, Asia, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, Gaming, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide