by Gustavo Hernández | Dec 13, 2019 | Pay TV
Michael Bowling has been appointed President of DirecTV Latin America and will report to Melissa Arnoldi, Vrio CEO (Vrio is owned by AT&T and Direct TV Latin America is under its control), as announced by the company through a press release. Bowling will replace...
Argentina:
ATVC holds its 27th award ceremony to keep fostering and stimulating the industry
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 6, 2019 | Pay TV
The Argentine Cable Television Association (ATVC) gave awards for the best productions in the Argentine Pay TV industry at its 27th award ceremony, held on the night of December 4. “These awards make it possible for us to foster and stimulate the Argentine Cable TV...
Bahamas:
Cable Bahamas renews its digital Pay TV service with ActiveVideo
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 27, 2019 | Pay TV
Pay TV operator Cable Bahamas agreed with the technology company ActiveVideo to renew its digital Pay TV service, where the decoder functions will be virtualized in the cloud. Thus, it will launch a new user interface that will make it possible to improve navigation...
Global:
Nagra and Kaon introduce a new Android TV base solution for Pay TV operators
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 13, 2019 | Pay TV
The technology companies Nagra and Kaon agreed to work together to launch a new Android TV streaming solution for Pay TV operators. “It is designed to accelerate time to market of Android TV-based services,” told the Senior Vice President and Head of...
Chile:
Chilean Pay TV ends June 2019 with 3.31 million subs, down for fourth consecutive quarter
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 21, 2019 | Pay TV
The Chilean Telecommunications Agency (Subtel) has reported that as at the end of June 2019 the Chilean Pay TV market has 3.31 million customers. Sub count has been on the decline for four straight quarters. It peaked at 3.36 million in June 2018. In addition, Subtel...
Mexico:
Federal Telecommunications Institute confirms Televisa’s dominant Pay TV market position
by Virginia Anziano | Oct 15, 2019 | Pay TV
As it was pre-announced by the local press some days ago, IFT’s Research Unit has ascertained that Televisa group wields substantial power within the Pay TV market in 35 Mexican areas. This results from research conducted after Televisa’s purchase of infrastructure...