Latin America Digital TV News

TV Integração selects Net Insight for Brazil regional DTT network
Nov 14, 2012 – Net Insight has announced that the Brazilian broadcaster TV Integração has selected Net Insight's Nimbra platform for building a new multi-service, regional DTT network covering contribution, distribution and IT services.
News categories: Net Insight, TV Globo, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Satellite subscriber numbers growing fastest in Uruguay
Oct 24, 2012 – The Uruguayan communications regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC) has released a survey of the telecom market in Uruguay up to the end of June 2012. Over the preceding 12 months DIRECTV Uruguay grew by over 19%.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Brazil's satellite subscribers up another 700,000 in Q3 2012
Oct 24, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended September 2012 at 15.4 million, with more than 3.5 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

ANTIK announces IP STB with integrated DVB+ISDB-T multi-tuner
Oct 16, 2012 – ANTIK Technology has announced a new member of its Juice line of IPTV set-top boxes, Juice MultiHybrid with integrated multi tuner, that can receive DVB-T/DVB-C plus ISDB-T signals along side OTT content over the public internet.
News categories: ANTIK, Cable TV, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Tijuana to be first city in Mexico to have digital television
Oct 11, 2012 – At the opening of the Tijuana Innovadora, Mexico's president announced that Tijuana would be the first city in Mexico to have digital television, and that the conversion there would begin in 2013.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mexico, Terrestrial

Telefônica|Vivo Selects Cisco Set-Top Box Series for IPTV Launch in Brazil
Oct 10, 2012 – Telefônica|Vivo has selected the Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) IP Set-Top Box Series for its new Vivo TV Fibra service. The platform will enable Vivo TV to deliver IP television services in HD, including integrated Digital Video Recorder (DVR) capabilities.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Telefônica, Vivo, Hugo Baeta, Brazil, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Latin America adding 10 million digital TV households each year
Oct 9, 2012 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the Digital TV Latin America 2012 report has been added to its Market Research store. Most Latin American territories are experiencing a surge in digital TV take-up, according to the report.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cablecom Mexico Selects Irdeto to Secure New Digital 3.0 Service
Oct 3, 2012 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Cablecom has selected the Irdeto Conditional Access System (CAS) for its Digital 3.0 pay TV offering. The HD service includes the possibility of connecting to multiple devices as well as pay-per-view and other premium content.
News categories: Irdeto, Cablecom, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mexico

Bazuca Chooses Avail-TVN For OTT Video Service In Chile And Across Latin America
Sep 24, 2012 – Avail-TVN has announced that Bazuca launched the next version of its over-the-top (OTT) video service with Avail-TVN. Bazuca is a subsidiary of Chilean cable operator, VTR, a Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) company.
News categories: Avail-TVN, Bazuca, Chile, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Streaming