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Brazil Trials Killer Billboard

by Tom Allen

Two companies in Brazil (Posterscope and NBS) have created a sign that they call the ‘Mosquito Killer Board’. It releases a mixture of a lactic acid solution and carbon dioxide, attracting mosquitoes from as …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Acer Changes LATAM Leadership

by Tom Allen

Acer has appointed Jorge Tunon and Francisco de Casto as co-general managers of Acer Latin America. Tunon and de Castro currently manage Acer’s operations in Chile through their distribution company, Netnow. While they will …

Samsung Revives Safety Truck

by Tom Allen

Eight months ago, in June 2015, Samsung tested a truck equipped with displays on the rear, which would show the road ahead of the vehicle through a camera feed (Overtaking Problem Solved by Samsung?). …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Panasonic Brings Signage to Brazil

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has installed the first digital signage system at the Arena da Baixada in Brazil, consisting of 220 Viera TV sets and signage servers. This is in addition the the 77m² of LED displays, …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Zytronic Brings Good Luck to Global Monitor

by Tom Allen

Global Monitor, a Mexican supplier of screens to the casino industry, has overcome a problem with a good luck tradition. Women in Mexico will often kiss their diamond rings and touch them to the …

Tags:Casinos| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Acer Signs New LATAM Deals

by Tom Allen

Acer has announced that Bahamas Telecommunications and Ecuador’s Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones will now sell its smartphones and wearables in Latin America.

Tags:Acer| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Liberty Global Agrees C&W Acquisition

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global is acquiring Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.3 billion. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $8 billion. CWC is a cable operator in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Mexico Prepares Homes for ASO

by Tom Allen

The Mexican government is distributing 7 million STBs to low-incoming families in the country, as part of the promise to ensure that every home has access to digital TV signals. The move has boosted …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Colmbian Pay-TV Enjoys Small Rise

by Tom Allen

According to Dataxis, the pay-TV market in Colombia will reach 5.8 million households by 2018: a 3.4% rise from end-2015. Households with CATV services will have a 64.8% share of the country’s pay-TV market. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Technicolor Builds 20 millionth STB for DIRECTV PanAmericana

by Milos Pavlovic

Technicolor said that it has built 20 million STBs for DirecTV PanAmericana since 1993. DirecTV PanAmericana provides services in 9 territories: Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Uruguay.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Technicolor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

JCDecaux to Acquire Outfront’s LATAM Operations

by Tom Allen

Outfront Media has agreed to sell its Latin American business to JCDecaux Latin America/Corameq (which is 85% owned by JCDecaux SA). JCDecaux will pay $82 million for the acquisition, which is expected to close …

Mexico Will Complete ASO in 2015

by Tom Allen

Mexico’s Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones has confirmed that the country will complete ASO this year. 89% of the country can now access one DTT frequency channel, and 76% can access four channels. However, commercial …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 43