Marcatel and Aldea to launch Pay-TV in Mexico

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The telecommunications company Marcatel will launch Pay-TV services in Mexico by taking advantage of the alliances its subsidiary, AldealVision – acquired in 2008 – holds with content companies such as ESPN and ABC, among others. Moreover, Marcatel is planning to … >More

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GVT launches multiroom for DVR clients

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The Brazilian operator GVT, which relies on a hybrid DTH/IPTV platform, has released its multiroom service for those clients relying on DVR. Therefore, users can access to recorded content from any TV placed in the house, without needing to buy … >More

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Uruguay limits Cablevisión´s UHF channels

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Uruguay has delayed its digital TV decree signing due to the legal tangle produced by a number of UHF channels that were originally assigned to Cablevisión and the MSO will have to return, according to what the government had ordered … >More

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As from April on, Telefónica will use Vivo brand in Brazil

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Telefónica Brazil has confirmed that, as from April 15 on, it will start utilizing Vivo brand for all its services, including Pay-TV, which will be named Vivo TV. The company had already announced such change, after the corporate integration of … >More

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Supercanal wants to go ahead with 4Play in Argentina

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The Argentine MSO Supercanal (Uno Group) was the only Pay-TV operator in applying for 850 MHz and 1900 MHz spectrum auction with the purpose of being enabled to offer mobile telephony services, which would turn the company into the first … >More

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Univision and Disney would launch an English news channel targeted to US Hispanics

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The Wall Street Journal has informed that Univision and Disney are in talks to create a news channel that will broadcast in English targeted to US Hispanics. The confirmation of such project would entail a strategy change of the Latin … >More

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Multi-Choice TV from Barbados has chosen Conax CAS for its digital service

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Barbados operator Multi-Choice TV has chosen Conax for the protection of its digital TV deployment. According to what Conax has disclosed, the company’s security solution “will strengthen the existing digital platform through subscription, Pay Per View and On Demand services”. … >More

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Telefónica to offer all new Sony Pictures films in VOD and OTT in Latam

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Telefónica Digital -the new media unit of Telefónica Group- and Sony Pictures have reached an agreement through which the Telefónica group will offer in Latin America all new Sony Pictures film releases over the next few years, in addition to … >More

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TV sets stood out at CES 2012

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The main TV set manufacturers took advantage of the recent edition of CES to present their novelties for this year. Therefore, Samsung will keep on deploying its Smart TV strategy with the introduction of new functionalities, such as voice and … >More

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Dish will offer its Latin clientes located in the USA Univision content

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The DTH Dish Network and Univision Communications have entered into a multiannual agreement that will enable the operator to offer Dish Latino subscribers in the United States Univision’s new soap-opera, sport and news chains. The agreement also adds more than … >More

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