Telefônica Digital TV Brazil is provided at present with approximately 280.000 subscribers in the State of Sao Paulo.

According to the Brazilian Association of Operators of television of payment (ABTA), the system of conditional access Nagravisión 2, used by Phone companhy, has been hackeado for the pirates.

Nearly 90 chains of television that offers the above mentioned platform are codified under the encriptación of the Swiss group Kudelski S.A., system ámpliamente damaged in Europe for time. We remember that several platforms, between them the Digital Spaniard +, turned out to be forced now one year ago to be changed of encriptación to avoid the fraudulent access to his channels.

Although the encriptación system in Brazil was opened half a year ago approximately, Phone companhy thinks that the magnitude of the effects of the piracy they are still minimal therefore it does not affect to a possible descent of the number of subscribers.

The director for Latin America, Pedro Luis Planas, has shown that the platform is carrying out several counter-measures as the change of the codes of access once a week this way to resist the fraudulent access to his television offer.

Telephone Digital TV Brazil offers a wide channels variety premium, of sports or of movies, including also International channel TVE.


(SatCesc, 17/12/08)