Mexico (México) Digital TV News

Grupo Iusacell Selects Sezmi to Deliver Personalized Home and Mobile Video Services in Mexico
Mar 22, 2011 – Sezmi Corporation has announced that Mexico's Grupo Iusacell has chosen Sezmi's hybrid broadcast-broadband TV platform to deploy multiple next-generation video services for its mobile businesses and its fiber-to-the-home business Totalplay.
News categories: Sezmi, Grupo Iusacell, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico, Mobile, Set Top Box

Mexico satellite TV subscriptions up 83.8% in 2010
Mar 14, 2011 – In 2010, Mexico's telecommunications sector registered a growth of 13.6% according to the country's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL). Satellite television remained the most dynamic segment of the sector.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite TV subscriptions grow 91.6% in Mexico
Dec 9, 2010 – During the third quarter of 2010, Mexico's telecommunications sector registered a year-on-year growth of 11% according COFETEL. Satellite TV (DTH) subscribers grew 91.6% to 3.8 million with Cable TV subscriptions up 6.6% to 5.3 million.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Mexico plans $1.6bn of DTT set-top box subsidy
Sep 4, 2010 – The Government will invest 1.6 billion USD to subsidise the purchase of DTT set-top boxes for the 23 million households in Mexico according to the chairman of the country's Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL).
News categories: COFETEL, Digital TV, Mexico, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Cablemás strengthens its security platform with Conax open DVB Conditional Access
Aug 31, 2010 – Cablemás is optimizing its digitization with the Conax content-security platform. The new solution will improve quality and functionality by including redundancy, 24/7 and Evolution Digital STBs.
News categories: Conax, Evolution Digital, Cablemás, iexpertus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mexico, Set Top Box

27.8 million will have IP Hybrid TV in Latin America by 2015
Jun 24, 2010 – According to a new report by NexTV Latam, there will be 27.8 million households with IP Hybrid TV in Latin America in 2015. 41.4% of the households with Hybrid IPTV will have an IP-DTH option, 38.4% IP-DTT and 20.2% IP-Digital Cable.
News categories: NexTV Latam, Argentina, Bolivia, Cable TV, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Satellite subscribers grow 50% in Mexico in 2009
Mar 4, 2010 – According to Mexico's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL), cable TV subscriptions in the country grew by 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, to reach 5.042 million users.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

EchoStar to Acquire Mexican Satellite Operator SATMEX
Feb 26, 2010 – EchoStar Satellite Services (NASDAQ: SATS) and Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) have announced an agreement pursuant to which EchoStar will acquire an ownership interest in Satmex. MVS Comunicaciones will also participate in the ownership of Satmex.
News categories: MVS Comunicaciones, Satmex, EchoStar, MandA, Mexico, Satellite