Latin America Digital TV News

América Móvil ends 2Q 2012 with 15.1 million pay TV clients
Jul 26, 2012 – América Móvil (BMV;NYSE:AMX, NASDAQ:AMOV, LATIBEX:XAMXL) has announced results for the second quarter of 2012. At the end of June the company had 15.1 million Pay TV clients, up 30.9% over the year.
News categories: América Móvil, Brazil, Cable TV, Caribbean, Central America, Latin America, MMDS, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite TV boom to continue
Jul 25, 2012 – According to a report from Digital TV Research, the number of pay DTH (DBS) homes for the 80 countries covered will be 220 million by end-2017, up from 154 million at end-2011 and 91 million at end-2007. India will lead the sector with 50.9 million pay DTH homes in 2017.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Digital TV, India, Indonesia, Italy, Market Research, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, UK, USA

Satellite adds another 700,000 subscribers in Brazil in Q2 2012
Jul 23, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended June 2012 at 14.535 million, with more than 3.4 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months - an annual growth rate of 30.9%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

EION receives funding for wireless IPTV for rural Brazil
Jul 16, 2012 – EION Wireless has announced that it has received a funding award from ISTPCanada to create new solutions that enable the provision of reliable, high-quality wireless multimedia services to rural communities in Brazil.
News categories: EION Wireless, ISTPCanada, Quest, Brazil, Broadband, IPTV, Streaming

2.09 million pay TV subscribers in Chile at end March 2012
Jul 12, 2012 – Chile's Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has released pay TV statistics to end-March 2012. Pay TV subscriber numbers grew from 1.972 million at end-March 2011 to 2.092 million, up 6.1% year-on-year.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

1.3 billion digital TV households by 2017
Jul 3, 2012 – Based on forecasts for 80 countries, the number of digital TV homes will double between 2011 and 2017 to 1,323 million, according to a Digital TV Research. Global digital penetration will climb from 48.6% at end-2011 to 86.7% by 2017.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Mexico, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Newport Media ISDB-T SoCs Power Phones from Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola and ZTE
Jun 28, 2012 – Newport Media has announced major design wins at several suppliers of smartphone and feature phone products. In both Latin America and Japan, network operators have selected Newport Media Digital TV enabled phones.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, Japan, Latin America, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone

Global Tablet Usage for Viewing TV/Video Content Doubles Y/Y
Jun 27, 2012 – Use of tablets such as the iPad and Android-based devices by consumers for viewing TV/video content more than doubled in 14 regional markets surveyed, according to the latest Global TV Replacement Study, conducted by NPD DisplaySearch.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Market Research, Russia, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, TV Everywhere, UK, USA

Global digital TV penetration crosses halfway mark
Jun 27, 2012 – About 370 million digital homes were added around the world between end-2007 and end-2011 - or an average of 93 million more digital homes each year - according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA