Claro TV
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| Industry | Telecommunication |
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| Founded | December 16, 2008 (as Via Embratel) March 1, 2012 (as Claro TV) |
| Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
| Products | Satellite television |
| Slogan | Você por dentro. ("You, in the know.", Claro hdtv slogan) É você quem faz o agora. ("You're the one who makes the now.", general Claro slogan) |
| Website | claro.com |
Claro TV is a Mexican operator of Pay television. The service is supplied by Embratel and Claro companies and operates in Star One C2 satellite. Its transmission system is DTH (Direct to Home) in Ku Band, and the channels are encrypted by Nagravision 3 system. The reception is made via mini-satellite dish and a DVB-S2 receiver, and subscribers authentication is made by conditional access card. As of October 2011, Via Embratel had achieved 2,000,000 subscribers.[1]
In Puerto Rico, Claro is deploying VRADs in order to launch its IPTV service which will work parallel with their current satellite service.[2]
Coverage
Claro hdtv has operations throughout most areas of Brazil. The service offers most popular broadcast networks, with these exceptions:
- Rede Globo is only available for the Brazilian states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
- SBT is available for the most of Brazilian states, except for: Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Paraná, Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte.
Claro hdtv is available in Puerto Rico via satellite and is currently testing their IPTV infrastructure with some customers. General availability is expected in early 2013.[needs update]
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