Juan Carlos Duarte, President at Conatel in Paraguay, said that, by the end of 2021, the regulator will implement the analog blackout in the first of 14 zones established in the country. The first area includes Asuncion, Departamento Central and some towns of Cordillera, Paraguari and Presidente Hayes, as well as the Ñeembucu district. ‘To [...]
Edith Copland, commissioner at the Honduran National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), explained that the analog blackout is planned to take place in the country from the first day of 2020, with a deadline set for next April 27th. To date, it is estimated that 70% of Honduran TV channels are ready to migrate to DTT. Copland [...]
As reported by Telecom Argentina in its Q3 2019 quarterly results report, the company confirmed it has acquired a 30% of the Paraguayan DTH operator TuVes shareholding package. This way, the agreement ran in 2017 was completed, whereby Telecom Argentina, through is Paraguayan subsidiary Nucleo, had acquired TuVes in a 70%. TuVes provides telecommunications and [...]
The Head of the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commision (Conatel), Eng. Juan Carlos Duarte Dure, explained that the Paraguayan regulator has seven regional TV channels available on the VHF system, and is not distributing them. It is also unknown if a public tender can be made during this year. The TV channels will be available at [...]
As reported by Honduran newspaper El Heraldo, that country’s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) is developing an audit in order to determine which companies are meeting the measure that, by January 2020, 500 TV channels must migrate to DTT in the country. Six years ago, Conatel came to terms with TV operators in the country, that [...]
Victor Martinez, Technical Manager at the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), confirmed that the country has delayed the analog blackout, now scheduled to take place on December 31st, 2021, one year after it was originally agreed. Martinez also reported that DTT migration will take place in stages, starting in Asuncion and surrounding cities. ‘Paraguayan market [...]
According to what was reported on Paraguayan newspaper ‘Ultima Hora’’s website, Ernesto Caceres, LG’s Commercial Manager, told the previous mentioned media that all the company’s models are prepared for the standard that Paraguay will adopt when implementing the analog blackout. ‘I can express myself only for the brand we represent. I have no information available [...]
According to what the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) officially reported, and, with the aim of planning the analog blackout implementation, scheduled for next year in the country, an important meeting took place this Tuesday at the regulator’s auditorium between the entity’s senior officials and representatives from the Paraguayan TV Broadcasters Chamber (Catelpar) and the [...]
In its ‘Telecommunications Area Figures Report’ belonging to the fourth quarter 2018, Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) recorded 4,623,817 pay TV subscribers in the country. The previous mentioned figure represents a 1.51% fall compared to last year’s same period, where there were 4,694,862 pay TV subscribers in Venezuela. From the total pay TV subscribers already [...]
From the Innovation and Technology Fair of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, created the country’s National Telecommunications Corporation through a decree, and announced that telecommunications companies like Cantv, Movilnet, Telecom, Venezuela’s Broadcasting Network, Gran Caribe Communications and Ipostel (postal area) will be unified. The new corporation will be in charge [...]
