Mexico (México) Digital TV News

Megacable digital cable subscribers up 89% in 2009
Feb 25, 2010 – Mexico's Megacable Holdings (BMV: MEGA.CPO) has announced its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The video segment ended the year with 1,592,841 subscribers, an increase of 7%. Digital cable subscribers were 311,726 up 89% in the year.
News categories: Megacable, Cable TV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Sky Mexico adds 140k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for 2009. During the fourth quarter, Sky added 143 thousand subscribers of which 140 thousand were in Mexico and three thousand were in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV U.S. up 119,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 254,000 in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 119,000 to give 18.56 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 254,000 to give 4.59 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

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

DIRECTV U.S. up 136,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 162,000 in 3Q09
Nov 5, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported third quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 136,000 to give 18.44 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 162,000 to give 4.33 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, DTVLA, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

AXTEL awarded licence to provide pay TV in Mexico
Sep 15, 2009 – AXTEL (BMV: AXTELCPO; OTC: AXTLY) has announced that it has been issued with a concession to provide satellite pay TV services in Mexico. AXTEL plans to offer bundled services of voice, data and video in early 2010.
News categories: AXTEL, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Digital TV, Mexico, Regulation, Satellite

COFETEL releases Mexico quarterly pay TV numbers
Sep 7, 2009 – Mexico's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) has released second quarter 2009 figures for its Telecommunications Sector Production Index (ITEL). Satellite is growing the fastest, year-on-year, with a rise of 13.2 percent.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Kudelski completes transition of CA to a service model
Aug 28, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its half year 2009 results. During this period, the Group started to reap the fruits of the migration of a significant share of its digital TV conditional access deployed base to the service model.
News categories: Kudelski, Advertising, Brazil, Cable TV, CAM, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA, Vietnam

TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA