SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital), ISDB-TB, SATVD-T News

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA

Venezuela adopts ISDB digital TV standard
Oct 6, 2009 – The Venezuelan government has announced that it has adopted the Japanese-Brazilian ISDB-T system of digital TV.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Brazil ISDB set-top box sales still slow
Jul 21, 2009 – According to Brazil's Minister of Communications, digital TV set top boxes are still selling slowly. It has been estimated that only 250,000 units have been sold since the introduction of the ISDB service at the end of 2007.
News categories: Ministério das Comunicações, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Market Research, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ecuador to also test ISDB-TB and DTMB
May 14, 2009 – In addition to ISDB and DVB, Ecuador's SUPERTEL is testing the Chinese standard (DTMB) and the Brazilian variant of the Japanese standard (ISDB-TB or SBTVD) with a decision to be taken on the broadcasting choice in June this year.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Digital TV, DTMB, Ecuador, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Cuba takes first steps to Digital TV
May 12, 2009 – Cuba has created a commission to manage its transition to digital TV transmission. This was announced at a press conference by representatives of the ICRT and Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones that formed the commission.
News categories: ICRT, Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, Content Distribution, Cuba, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Brazil to mandate ISDB in TVs next year
Apr 30, 2009 – The Brazilian Government plans to force manufacturers of TV sets of 32" or above to incorporate ISDB-T digital TV reception capability in new models released next year.
News categories: Ministério das Comunicações, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Peru goes with ISDB standard for DTT
Apr 23, 2009 – Peru has decided to adopt the Japanese-Brazilian standard for digital TV from 2011. The decision was announced by Enrique Cornejo, the minister from the Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones.
News categories: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Regulation, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Brazil's digital TV to go interactive in 2010
Jan 16, 2009 – Sales of Set-Top-Boxes fitted with the Brazilian interactive middleware 'Ginga' will start in December this year. The system will be interactive by 2010 instead of this year as originally planned.
News categories: Ginga, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Argentina follows Brazil with ISDB-T
Sep 30, 2008 – A delegation from Argentina is to travel to Japan in October to discuss adopting Japan's ISDB-T standard.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Regulation, SBTVD, Terrestrial