Tag Archives: Montecable

Lannuzel: ‘The final challenge is to have a full IP platform until the disappearance of STBs’

Another of the virtual panels that took place during the last Nextv Series South America edition was entitled How the new hybrid cable OTT platforms are performing in South America?, in which the key topics of the debate were focused on consumer adoption of the new hybrid / DTH cable with OTT; whether hybrid platforms [...]

Montecable bets on eSports and broadcasts new Counter Strike competition

Uruguayan pay TV operator Montecable continues betting on eSports and announced it will initially broadcast until July La Liga Pro, the Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) competition, developed by Temporada de Juegos and AMC Networks International Latin America. Until now, the tournament was only available on the official Temporada de Juegos YouTube, Facebook and [...]

Pay TV falls 3.8% in Uruguay and ends 2019 with 677 thousand subscribers

According to the last report published by the Uruguayan Communications Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC), the country ended 2019 with 677,290 pay TV subscribers, a 26,912 subscribers loss in relation to December 2018, which means a 3.8% less subscribers. At the same time, the country recorded 10,867 fewer clients compared to June 2019. The pay TV [...]

Montecable dabbles in eSports with FIFA eNations StayAndPlay eFriendlies

Uruguayan pay TV operator Montecable broadcast this weekend (April 24th and 25th) the FIFA eNations StayAndPlay eFriendlies eSports event, exclusively for the country, through its HD Events channel and its MCGoLive platform, recently released on Android TV. The event consisted of a live online football world cup, organized by FIFA, in which 43 football teams [...]

Montecable launches OTT MCGOLive on Android TV

Uruguayan Pay TV operator Montecable today launched its OTT MCGoLive on Android TV. As the company officially reported, the content platform will be available on all TV sets  with this operating system, and the app can be downloaded from the App Store. In case clients does not have this system available, the company will deliver [...]

Pay TV adapts to new consumption models against new platforms

Nextv CEO Latin America yesterday had its first day at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Miami. After a presentation made by Ariel Barlaro, VP Americas of Dataxis, the event began with the first panel, entitled The transformation of pay-TV operators, in which Bruno Pruneda, General Director at Star TV; Javier Ruete, CEO at TCC; [...]

Nagra enables cloud-based OTT for Montecable in Uruguay with Conax GO Live solution

Nagra, an independent provider of content protection and multiscreen TV solutions, announced that Montecable, the leading cable operator in Uruguay, has deployed the cloud-based Conax GO Live solution, NAGRAs turnkey OTT solution, to enable new features for their pay-TV service, including Android TV support and VOD. The deployment was made in partnership with Bold MSS, [...]

Pay TV operators must adapt themselves to the OTT model to stay in business

During the first  day of Nextv Series Argentina 2019, the conference developed last May 14th and 15th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buenos Aires, executives from Montecable (Uruguay), Digital TV Cable (Bolivia), Wiltel Communications (Argentina) Nagra and Videocable Continental (Paraguay), took part in the panel Future of Pay TV in South America, where they analyzed [...]

Uruguayan cable operators to debate about the country’s TV industry

Reinventing the box, event in which Uruguayan cable TV operators Montecable, Nuevo Siglo and TCC met Uruguayan and regional TV industry leaders to present, debate and propose ideas based on the new realities of consumer spending. entertainment and the different regulatory contexts, has been developed on Wednesday, March 13th at the Sofitel Hotel in Montevideo, [...]