Tag Archives: set-top box

Ban on set-top box rental charges now effective in Peru

The Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Osiptel in Spanish) reported that the resolution banning the sale or rental of set-top boxes by pay TV companies becomes effective on May 12. “Specifically, the rental or sale of the decoders will have to disappear,” Osiptel president Rafael Muente Schwarz told Gestión.pe. The regulator established that [...]

Cablevisión Flow app reaches 580,000 users

Cablevisión Flow mobile app currently has 580,000 users in Argentina, and about 290,000 users access the service through set-top boxes, according to data provided by the company to NexTV News Latam. In Uruguay, the Flow application, which was launched in September 2017, has reached 15,000 users. Flow is the multiplatform service of the Argentine operator, [...]

Osiptel busca prohibir la venta o alquiler de set-top boxes

El Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (Osiptel) de Perú presentó una propuesta para prohibir la venta o alquiler de set-top boxes de TV paga. De acuerdo con el regulador, estos equipos son imprescindibles para la prestación efectiva del servicio. Rafael Muente, presidente Osiptel, afirmó que se busca garantizar una mayor transparencia y simplicidad [...]