Digital TV News: Ministério das Comunicações

Brazil to move final analogue switchover to 2018
Jun 11, 2013 – Brazil has announced that it has updated its plan for analogue television shut down. The schedule will now begin in March 2015 and end in 2018. The original plan was that the shutdown of the analogue service and the migration to fully digital would occur in 2016.
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IDTV production reaches 6 million units in Brazil
Dec 29, 2010 – According to the Ministry of Communications, Brazil will close the year with six million integrated digital televisions (IDTVs) having been produced.
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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.
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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