Digital TV News: Telmex
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.
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Telmex, Compunicate, Skyworth, Cable TV, Colombia, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Set Top Box
Colombia ends 2010 with 3.5 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 3, 2011 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2010. The total number of subscriptions grew from 3.2 million at the end of 2009 to 3.5 million at the end of 2010.
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Comisión Nacional de Televisión, Cable TV, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers
Pay TV in Latin America - Economic Miracle or Another False Dawn
Feb 2, 2011 – Pay TV in Latin America went into overdrive during 2010, and is in for a pay TV boom lasting another four years to 2014, says a new Report from Rethink Technology Research.
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Rethink Technology, Brazil, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers
Pace plc proposed acquisition of 2Wire, Inc.
Jul 26, 2010 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced the proposed acquisition of 2Wire for a cash consideration of $475 million (£308 million). The acquisition price is inclusive of 2Wire's balance sheet cash at closing, anticipated to be approximately $55 million.
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Pace plc, 2Wire, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, MandA, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA
Via Embratel adds 59,000 subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 29, 2010 – TELMEX Internacional (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has released its results report for the first quarter of 2010. Its DTH service in Brazil, Via Embratel, had a total of 441,417 services installed at the end of the quarter.
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Via Embratel, Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers
Via Embratel adds 140,000 subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 12, 2010 – TELMEX INTERNACIONAL (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has released results for the fourth quarter of 2009. DTH service Via Embratel had 382,321 subscribers at the end of the period, up from 241,897 at the end of the previous quarter.
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Via Embratel, Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers
248,000 pay TV subscribers added in Chile in 2009
Feb 1, 2010 – Chile's Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has releases pay TV statistics for 2009. During the year satellite subscribers increased from 570,000 to 670,000 and wired (cable TV/IPTV) subscribers grew from 892,000 to 1.039 million.
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Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers
Colombia ends 2009 with 3.2 million pay TV subscribers
Jan 29, 2010 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2009. In the fourth quarter both UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones and DIRECTV Colombia increased their market share.
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CNTV, Cable TV, Colombia, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers
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.
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Coship, Via Embratel, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Set Top Box, Uruguay
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