Television in Uruguay

Cable television

Digital television

• Brazil adopted the ISDB-T system in November 2007 after a very extensive and consistent study 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.
• In the late 2000s, Argentina was 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.
• 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. 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.
• 2010: All subscription television operators offer HDTV premium packages at varying prices. The offers rely on proprietary set-top boxes.

Channels

Regional

• Artigas

• Canelones

• Cerro Largo

• Colonia

• Durazno

• Flores

• Florida

• Lavalleja

• Maldonado

• Montevideo

• Paysandú

• Río Negro

• Rivera

• Rocha

• Salto

• San José
• Soriano

• Tacuarembó

• Treinta y Tres

Most viewed channels