by Hernán Amaya | Oct 22, 2020 | Pay TV
AT&T’s Vrio division, which controls Satellite TV operators DirecTV (in South America and some Caribbean countries) and Sky (in Brazil), had increased its subscriber count by the end of the third quarter 2020. Vrio had 10.89 million users as of September 30, 229...
Venezuela: DirecTV to become SimpleTV
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2020 | Pay TV
Satellite TV operator DirecTV Venezuela, which has recently been acquired by investment firm Scale Capital, will change its name to SimpleTV. The new brand name has been appearing on the screens of the DTH’s users during the last few days, according to information...
Global:
AT&T puts DirecTV up for auction
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 7, 2020 | Pay TV
According to the New York Post, telecommunications company AT&T is determined to push forward with the sale of its Satellite TV operator DirecTV. That is the reason why it has invited a few suitors into the second round of the auction of the DTH. It is not clear...
Latin America:
Nagra: “As pirates continue to innovate, the Pay TV industry will require deeper collaboration between all stakeholders”
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 22, 2020 | Interviews
Xavier Fustagueras, SVP Sales, Americas, Nagra, is interviewed by TAVI Latam. Nagra is the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and provides security and multiscreen user experience solutions for the monetization of digital media. >> Highlights from the...
Cuba:
Government considers launching first Pay TV service for households
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 10, 2020 | Pay TV
Cuba’s Ministry of Economy and Planning has published a document in which it describes the socioeconomic strategy it will adopt to boost the economy and to tackle the global crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The strategy includes the possibility of...