The operator Entel from Chile announced that from the third quarter of 2021, it stopped marketing its DTH service to new customers, while it will continue to be available to those who already had it. According to the company, the cancellation of its satellite TV offer is due to the fact that they seek to [...]
The Brazilian Ministry of Communications authorized the incorporation of 102 new digital channels for 84 cities in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco and Sergipe, which until now only had an analog signal. Within the framework of the “Digitaliza Brasil” initiative, the municipalities will be provided with the necessary infrastructure to transmit digitally, and a [...]
Telefónica Colombia exceeded 285 thousand IPTV subscribers by the end of the third quarter of 2021, which represents more than half of the total number of pay TV clients, which reached 5,345 thousand. After a growth of 74.9% year-on-year, the service surpassed the DTH subscriber base in the country for the first time, according to [...]
The Government of Venezuela launched “FTA Venezuela”, a free DTH service for its entire territory that will offer 27 national and international TV channels and 10 radio stations. Through the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), the State announced the project and described it as “the new way of watching television“. However, although content viewing will be [...]
Telmex, the Mexican telco of América Móvil, integrated Star TV’s satellite pay TV platform into its offer, after signing a contract for the promotion and marketing of the service, which is also from Mexico. From now on, the operator’s customers will be able to purchase all DTH packages, some with more than 100 channels. After [...]
Telmex, the Mexican telco of América Móvil, integrated Star TV’s satellite pay TV platform into its offer, after signing a contract for the promotion and marketing of the service, which is also from Mexico. From now on, the operator’s customers will be able to purchase all DTH packages, some with more than 100 channels. After [...]
Cuba would reach 400 thousand terrestrial digital TV users during the first stage of partial transition, as announced by Yamile Hernández Fernández, vice president of the regional technology company Copextel. In addition, she explained that the digitization process is expected to happen between November 30 and December 15 of this year, from the province of [...]
Kolbi, a telecommunications company from Costa Rica, added the Tigo Sports signal to its grid of TV channels, so that all its clients can enjoy the national men’s and women’s soccer tournament, with any of the services they have contracted. As explained from the company, kATV and advanced TV users will not have to do [...]
Bolivia’s Telecommunications Cooperative from Santa Cruz, Cotas, launched a new advanced TV service, Go On TV, based on the product of the same name from Comteco, the Cochabamba cooperative with which it partnered for the project. However, the company announced that for now its traditional Pay TV and DTH services will continue in function. Classified [...]
Eutelsat, a provider of satellite services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, rejected the takeover bid from Patrick Drahi, founder of Altice Europe. As revealed by the company, the “unsolicited” proposal of USD 14.02 per share was rejected for “unfavorable conditions” and for being “too low“. It was also explained that the [...]