Latin America Digital TV News

Communication Partner SRL selects Zhone for GPON deployments in Argentina
Sep 14, 2012 – Zhone Technologies (NASDAQ: ZHNE) has announced that its MXK™ system has been selected by Communication Partner SRL for five GPON deployments in the Argentinean provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Neuquén.
News categories: Zhone Technologies, Communication Partner SRL, Argentina, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV

EchoStar HD Satellite Set-Top Boxes Enabled by Entropic SoC and Demod
Sep 7, 2012 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced the deployment of its set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) and demodulator technology in three EchoStar models, which are currently being deployed at Bell Canada, Dish Mexico and Telus.
News categories: Entropic, EchoStar, Canada, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mexico, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

IBM Cloud to Deliver Home Entertainment Services for Philips Smart TVs
Aug 31, 2012 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled a cloud platform for CE firms and announced that it will power the Philips Smart TV platform for Internet services, which will deliver interactive services to TV viewers in Europe, as well as Brazil and Argentina.
News categories: IBM, Philips, TP Vision, Argentina, Brazil, Content Distribution, Europe, IFABerlin, Smart TV, Streaming

ALi ISDB-T HD Set-Top-Box SoC Showcased at Broadcast & Cable 2012 Brazil
Aug 28, 2012 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced that its new ISDB-T high definition STB system-on-chip was demonstrated with partner solutions at SET Broadcast & Cable held on August 21- 23, 2012 in São Paulo, Brazil.
News categories: ALi Corp, ISDB-T, Latin America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Satellite TV subscribers up 1.2 million YoY in Mexico at end 2Q 2012
Aug 27, 2012 – According to Mexico's Telecommunications Sector Production Index, at the end of the second quarter of 2012 there were 6.286 million DTH users, an increase of 23.5% versus Q2 2011. Cable TV grew 4.7% to 5.811 million subscribers.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Entel to launch satellite TV in Chile
Aug 24, 2012 – Entel has announced that it plans to launch satellite TV in Chile, targeting places that are currently poorly served by other operators, such as rural areas and some urban areas.
News categories: Entel, Chile, Digital TV, Satellite

Triple-play subscriptions to rocket to 400 million
Aug 21, 2012 – Global triple-play subscriptions will reach 400 million by 2017; up by nearly 300 million on the end-2011 total and up by 380 million on the 2007 total, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Belgium, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, UK, USA

Ginga Argentina 2.0 preview released
Aug 18, 2012 – The Comunidad Ginga Argentina has announced that a new version of Ginga.ar, version 2.0, will soon be released. The update will include several improvements, and a large part of the original code inherited from the reference implementation has been replaced.
News categories: Ginga, Argentina, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Televisión Nacional de Uruguay begins DTT pilot in Montevideo
Aug 10, 2012 – Televisión Nacional de Uruguay (TNU) has officially begun broadcasting a pilot ISDB-T digital terrestrial television service in the country's capital of Montevideo and the surrounding region.
News categories: Televisión Nacional de Uruguay, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial, Uruguay