Claro TV+ is a Latin American operator of

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. The service is supplied by Embratel and Claro companies and operates in

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. Its transmission system is DTH (Direct to Home) in K_u Band, and the channels are encrypted by Nagravision 3 system. The reception is made via mini-satellite dish and a

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receiver, and subscribers authentication is made by conditional access card. As of October 2011, Via Embratel had achieved 2,000,000 subscribers. In Brazil, it was launched as Via Embratel on December 16, 2008, and it was acquired by Claro on March 1, 2012, with the same service, price, payment method, programming, features and quality. The contract remained the same and the invoice was identified by Claro TV, together with Embratel Livre (which became Claro Fixo). On the same day, the Warner Channel debuted in HD. Via Embratel had operations throughout Brazil, as it operated in the satellite pay TV sector. Via Embratel Banda Larga and Via Embratel Fone were only available in some cities in the states of Mato Grosso, Pará, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Maranhão and São Paulo. On June 2, 2010 it started selling packages with HD transmission, initially to the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine channels debuted and were added to the 4 main packages. In

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, Claro is deploying

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s in order to launch its

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service which will work parallel with their current satellite service.Llega Claro TV en Navidad

Coverage

Claro TV+ SATHD Regional DTH has operations throughout Brazil. Two of the most popular broadcast networks, however, are not available nationwide: *

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local affiliates are only available for the 24 most populous markets * Futura national feed (operated by

). *

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national feed is available for most Brazilian states (except SP, RJ, DF, RS, SC, PA, PR). Claro hdtv is available in

via satellite and is currently testing their IPTV infrastructure with some customers. General availability is expected in early 2013.

References

External links

Claro TV (official website)

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