Analog television in Uruguay had a history of more than 50 years since it began in 1956, with the first television channel,
Channel 10.
Since then Uruguay counts with three other channels, Channel 12
Teledoce
Teledoce Televisora Color, also known as Canal 12 is a Uruguayan free-to-air television network, located in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo. It is owned by Grupo Disco. Television transmissions commenced in 1962.
History
It was the third ...
, Channel 4
Monte Carlo TV and
Television Nacional Uruguay
Digital television
On August 27, 2007, the
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an government issued a decree stating that the
DVB-T and
DVB-H standards would be adopted. On February 17, 2011, the government issued a new decree revoking the former one, and selecting
ISDB-T as the standard to be adopted.
Uruguay hoped for neighboring countries to reach an agreement on an HDTV standard, but so far that does not seem to be the case.
* Brazil adopted the ISDB-T system in November 2007 after a very extensive and consistent study (executed by Mackenzie University and Television Engineering Association) where ISDB-T standard presented a more robust signal, more flexible services including mobile TV reception for free and excellent user interactive services. The implementation rollout through the country has been very successful. The prices of digital TV receivers and set-top boxes are rapidly decreasing.
* Argentina is now analyzing ISDB-T to verify if the standard also attends their needs. There is a wish to implement only one digital TV standard in all Mercosur Area, and if Argentina chooses ISDB-T it will be an important step for that integration (except for Uruguay and Colombia).
* Uruguayan URSEC authorities
provided no information on which road they would go until late in 2007. On August 27, 2007, Ursec settled on DVB-T and DVB-H. The TV sets being sold in Uruguay seem to be closer to ATSC HDTV-based standards (60 Hz systems, with ATSC tuners in some cases). Most of the DVD-based content in the country is NTSC/60 Hz-based, while the TV standard in use is PAL/50 Hz-based. Most of the analog TV sets sold are PAL-N, PAL-M and NTSC-capable, while most DVD players are multiregion. Authorities are not asking retailers to identify which standard the HDTV sets sold adhere to. It seems that most HDTV standards support both 60/50 streams, so that should not be an issue since the TV sets will have to also support both standards to be certified.
* 2010: All subscription television operators offer HDTV premium packages at varying prices. The offers rely on proprietary set-top boxes.
Most viewed channels
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* With interviews to
Cristina Morán,
Julio Sánchez Padilla,
Julia Möller
Julia Möller Roche (born 1949 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan television presenter and former model. She is a granddaughter of the late Communist senator Julia Arévalo de Roche.
In 1969 she won the pageant Miss Uruguay and was a contestant for ...
, and
Cacho de la Cruz
Arturo de la Cruz Feliciani, better known for his stage name Cacho de la Cruz (Buenos Aires, 8 May 1937) is an Argentine-born television presenter, humorist and entertainer who developed almost all his career in Uruguay.
Son of Moroccan and Ital ...
.
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