Digital TV News: NexTV Latam

Chile's Mundo Pacífico launches digital cable TV
Jul 14, 2014 – Chilean cable TV operator Mundo Pacífico has launched a digital television offering. The 'TV Digital HD' base package offers 79 channels in standard definition and 12 more in high definition.
News categories: Mundo Pacífico, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, Set Top Box

MaxLinear MxL683 selected for ST's ISDB-T STB reference design for Latin America
May 29, 2013 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that its MxL683 has been selected by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) for the STiH207 reference design, a small form factor, cost-optimized set-top box (STB) design for Latin America.
News categories: MaxLinear, STMicroelectronics, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Three Co-ops to launch OTT and VOD in Argentina
Jun 29, 2011 – Three telephone companies belonging to Argentina's Chamber of Telecommunications Cooperatives (Catel) are planning to launch OTT and VOD TV in September. The coops, Telpin, Telviso and TelVGG, will provide the service through a dedicated IP set-top box.
News categories: Cámara de Cooperativas de Telecomunicaciones, Telpin, Telviso, TelVGG, Argentina, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Cablecom Mexico to move to DVB-C with Irdeto
May 3, 2011 – According to NexTV Latam, Cablecom will deploy Irdeto conditional access (CA) and middleware as it rolls out DVB-C in Mexico, adding another operator to the growing list of contracts that Irdeto has in Latin America.
News categories: Irdeto, Cablecom, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Latin America, Mexico, Middleware

Compunicate winning CA contracts in Latin America
Apr 26, 2011 – Compunicate has been winning conditional access (CA) contracts across northern Latin America. For example, Teleoperadora del Nordeste (Telenord) and Orbit Cable, both in the Dominican Republic, have deployed systems with Compunicate CA.
News categories: Compunicate, Cable TV, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Set Top Box

Coradir STBs and Irdeto CA for Paraguay's Star TV DTH
Apr 12, 2011 – According to NexTV Latam, Argentinian PC manufacturer Coradir has won a contract to supply 200,000 satellite set-top boxes for Paraguay's soon to be launched Star TV. Irdeto (JSE: NPN) are to supply the conditional access for the service.
News categories: Coradir, Argentina, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telmex Colombia to move cable system to DVB-C
Mar 1, 2011 – According to NexTV Latam, the winners of Telmex Colombia's tender for its move to a digital cable system based on DVB-C are Compunicate for the headend and conditional access, and Skyworth for the first set-top boxes.
News categories: Telmex, Compunicate, Skyworth, Cable TV, Colombia, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Mexico plans $1.6bn of DTT set-top box subsidy
Sep 4, 2010 – The Government will invest 1.6 billion USD to subsidise the purchase of DTT set-top boxes for the 23 million households in Mexico according to the chairman of the country's Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL).
News categories: COFETEL, Digital TV, Mexico, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Nicaragua favouring ISDB-T for DTT
Aug 17, 2010 – According to a statement from the Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor), Nicaragua looks likely to adopt the Brazilian standard for digital terrestrial television if negotiations are successfully concluded with Brazil.
News categories: Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Nicaragua, SBTVD, Terrestrial