From October 1, 2020, the analog television signal will cease to function in the provinces of Panama, Panama West and Colon, to switch to the digital signal.
Starts analog power off countdown for open TV signal. On October 1, 2020, the Digital Terrestrial Television open signal enters into force in Phase I in the provinces of Panama, Colon and West Panama, informed the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP).
In El Salvador, the Ministry of Economy drafted a bill to regulate the commercialization and importation of devices not compatible with digital television, but the Superintendence of Competition failed to endorse it.
At the end of 2018, the country began its transition to digital television, since the state-owned TV channel Canal 10 began broadcasting the open digital signal, and it was reported that in the next three years it will have to be implemented by private TV stations.
During the first half of 2018, imports of televisions in the region totaled $240 million, and purchases from Mexican companies increased 58% over the same period in 2017.
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With a few days to go before the end of the football world cup, Guatemalan companies dedicated to selling electronic equipment state that sales registered in June exceeded the sector's expectations.
According to figures from the Superintendency of Tax Administration, in the first five months of the year the entry of 526,000 televisions was recorded, for a value close to $76 million, highlighting a greater demand for devices of 43 inches and up.
In 2017, television imports from China totaled $120 million, equivalent to an increase of 8% compared to figures from 2016.
Information from the interactive system "Television Market in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graph"]
In the first nine months of 2017, Central American countries imported $282 million worth of televisions, 8% more than was bought during the same period in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the the Televisions Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Between January and September 2016, the countries in the region imported $262 million worth of TVs, which is an increase of 14% compared to the same period in 2015.
Figures from the information system on theTV market in Central America by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
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