Uruguay Digital TV News

427,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2009
Apr 9, 2010 – The Uruguayan communications regulator URSEC has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2009. The number of Pay TV subscribers at the end of the year was 427,000 up from 416,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Uruguay may undo decision to adopt DVB for DTT
Mar 8, 2010 – Uruguay's President-elect, José Mujica, has said that at the beginning of his term the country will have to decide whether or not to stay with DVB as its chosen method of digital terrestrial TV (DTT) transmission.
News categories: Digital TV, Regulation, SBTVD, Terrestrial, Uruguay

Increased dynamics of mobile broadcast TV around the world in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – An updated bmcoforum report describes the recent regulatory framework and implementation status as of the beginning of 2010 in countries with existing mobile TV service offers.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mobile, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Smart TV, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, Uruguay, USA

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

Claro Launches ROK-Powered Mobile TV Service in Uruguay
Dec 22, 2009 – ROK Entertainment Group and Claro Uruguay, the America Movil owned Mobile Operator in Uruguay, have announced the launch of streamed mobile TV subscription service PPV TV.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, Claro, Digital TV, Mobile, Uruguay

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

Coship doing well in South America
Nov 3, 2009 – The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.
News categories: Coship, Via Embratel, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Set Top Box, Uruguay

DIRECTV U.S. up 224,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 128,000 in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported second quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 224,000 to give 18.31 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 128,000 to give 4.16 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Visiontel Latin American DTH begins trials
Aug 3, 2009 – A new 70 channel DVB-S2 DTH service called Visiontel has begun test broadcasting in Latin America. The official launch is expected some time before the end of 2009.
News categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Paraguay, Satellite, Uruguay