Last year in Latin America pay TV growth overtook virtual the entire world, with the revenues from Pay TV in Latin America growing at about $1 billion a month, while the region added some 6.7 million new homes. And funnily enough it is a UK set top vendor, Pace, the number one in the world, which is best positioned to make hay …

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Sunday 20th February 2011 23:54 GMT John Smith 19

Impressives to see a UK mfg lead in this area

Although obviously not *making* them in the UK.

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Monday 21st February 2011 00:20 GMT MJI

UK sells to South America and

we buy from Korea.

funny really.

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Monday 21st February 2011 05:42 GMT Rodrigo Valenzuela

last year...

The football world cup was transmitted in full by pay TV (in this side of the world). Open TV transmitted only a handful of matches. That may help explain the "explosion".

Everybody was installing satellite dishes or some form of cable to get to see the matches.

But is this growth here to stay?

How many people will ditch their contracts after the first year?

R

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Monday 21st February 2011 13:23 GMT andy gibson

completely unconnected

But I have some Pace BBC gear here - still working!

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1. Monday 21st February 2011 16:47 GMT MJI
  
  And I have a Pace PVR which will soon fail
  
  Already a right PITA with turning it on and off. But come DSO scrap time.
  
  I took it on holiday to a DSO region and it didn't record anything. And Pace support are not interested.
  
  Will be replaced by a Humax very soon.
  
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Friday 25th February 2011 15:33 GMT druck

If only...

...they still used RISC OS in the STBs.

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