First IPTV Deployment in Latin America

Telefónica Chile has the first IPTV rollout in Santiago (this according to the Telefónica Group's third quarter financial report). The service began in June, and is modeled on Telefónica España's Imagenio IPTV service in Spain. Telefónica Chile already has a DTH satellite TV offering in Chile; in fact, it is the second-largest provider of pay TV services in the country.

Telefónica España does report 469,000 IPTV subscribers as of Q3, which is a 76% growth over last year's figure.