Digital TV News: Telmex

Via Embratel reaches 242,000 subscribers at end-3Q09
Oct 28, 2009 – Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) has released its results report for the third quarter of 2009. The Service Via Embratel, which was launched in December 2008 in Brazil, reached 241,897 subscribers at the end of the period.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Results, 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, IBC2023, IPTV, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA, Vietnam

DISH Mexico at 530,000 subscribers after 6 months
Jul 9, 2009 – Dish México, the DTH joint venture between Echostar, MVS Comunicaciones and Telmex, has reported that it has reached 530,000 subscribers in the first six months since its launch in November 2008.
News categories: Dish México, Mexico, Satellite, Subscribers

Latin America Undergoes a Major Shift in Business Models With IPTV
Jul 7, 2009 – The telecommunications and entertainment industry in Latin America is experiencing a major shift in business models bringing with it new services such as IPTV, new competitors, and new challenges that includes digital distribution of content.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Argentina, Brazil, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Subscribers

Latin America dances to a digital tune
May 27, 2009 – Research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make significant progress in Latin America over the next five years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 12.2 million at present to 37.1 million by 2014.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Digital TV, Market Research, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Subscribers, USA, Venezuela

Telcos in Latin America Seek Alternatives to IPTV to Meet Market Demand
Apr 22, 2009 – IPTV will take a backseat to other pay-TV platforms as telcos seek alternative strategies to meet the significant market demand, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Subscribers

Telmex launches Pre-Paid DTH in Chile
Jan 27, 2009 – Telmex (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) has launched a pre-paid version of its DTH service in Chile. The price is 17 USD for one month. Customers also need to buy the Telmex Prepago Kit for 50 USD which includes a dish, set-top box and access card.
News categories: Telmex, CAM, Chile, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telmex Internacional Third Quarter 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – In the third quarter Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) consolidated revenues totaled 19.573 billion pesos. In Brazil, Net had close to 2.9 million pay TV users and 2.1 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Mexico - Telmex and MVS finalising DTH joint venture
Sep 22, 2008 – Telmex (Mexico:TELMEXL; NYSE: TMX) and MVS Comunicaciones are finalising the details of a business alliance that will offer pay TV services via satellite in Mexico.
News categories: Telmex, MVS Comunicaciones, Digital TV, Mexico, Satellite