Thomson Extends Satellite Set-Top Box Agreement With DIRECTV Latin America

DIRECTV Latin America has extended its agreement under which Thomson supplies digital set-top boxes for all of DIRECTV Latin America's service territories. The agreement follows the global strategic supplier agreement signed between Thomson and News Corp in November 2003. For the past year, Thomson has been targeting growth within the News Corp family of operators as a key corporate priority and recently announced satellite set-top box agreements with DIRECTV, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico. Thomson will leverage its MPEG 2 product design and the expertise of DIRECTV to deliver an advanced set-top box for DIRECTV Latin America.



DIRECTV Latin America now covers 28 countries including Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and several Caribbean island nations. http://www.thomson.net