Television in Uruguay

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 has three other channels, Channel 12 Teledoce, Channel 4 Monte Carlo TV and Television Nacional Uruguay

Digital television

On August 27, 2007, the Uruguayan government issued a decree stating that the DVB-T and DVB-H standards would be adopted.^[1][2] On February 17, 2011, the government issued a new decree revoking the former one, and selecting ISDB-T as the standard to be adopted.^[3][4] Uruguay hoped for neighboring countries to reach an agreement on an HDTV standard, but so far^[when?] 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.^{[clarification needed]} The prices of digital TV receivers and set-top boxes are rapidly decreasing.^{[clarification needed]}
• Argentina is now^[when?] 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^[5] 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.
• 2010: All subscription television operators offer HDTV premium packages at varying prices. The offers rely on proprietary set-top boxes.

Most viewed channels

Position	Channel	Share of total viewing (%)
1	Teledoce	12.3
2	Channel 10	9.8
3	Channel 4	8.9
4	Canal 5	3.6
5	TV Ciudad	3.3
6	La Red	2.5
7	VTV	2.0
8	UCL TV	1.2
9	VTV Plus	1.0
10	Canal A+V	0.6

References

1. "Uruguay" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
2. DVB.org announcement on Uruguay's decision Archived 2008-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-17.
4. "Televisión Digital Abierta". Retrieved 2014-07-17.
5. "Inicio". Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

• "Uruguay celebra 60 años de TV" (in Spanish). EL PAIS. 4 December 2016. With interviews to Cristina Morán, Julio Sánchez Padilla, Julia Möller, and Cacho de la Cruz.

• Uruguay portal

https://www.amasv.com.uy (in Spanish) https://mediospublicos.uy (in Spanish)