by Gustavo Hernández | Jan 13, 2020 | Content
The South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) has selected Irdeto to protect its brand and combat piracy of live broadcasts of its champsionships. Conmebol has decided to adopt Irdeto Online Piracy Detection and Cyber Services solution. The most important...
Latin America:
Michael Bowling replaces Manuel De Abelleyra as President of DirecTV Latin America
by Gustavo Hernández | Dec 13, 2019 | Pay TV
Michael Bowling has been appointed President of DirecTV Latin America and will report to Melissa Arnoldi, Vrio CEO (Vrio is owned by AT&T and Direct TV Latin America is under its control), as announced by the company through a press release. Bowling will replace...
Global:
CBS and Viacom completed the merger and launched the new ViacomCBS
by Gustavo Hernández | Dec 5, 2019 | Audiovisual Market in General
As it had been announced, CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc. completed the merger on December 4. The combined company, which is renamed ViacomCBS, creates a media group with global scale, including leadership positions in markets across the United States, Europe, Latin...
Mexico:
Telmex adds Netflix to service packages offered to customers
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 29, 2019 | Telecommunications
Mexican telecommunications company Telmex (América Móvil) has launched Internet and phone packages including Netflix membership. There are several plans, all of which allow users to save up money if the price of the package is compared with the price of signing up for...
Bahamas:
Cable Bahamas renews its digital Pay TV service with ActiveVideo
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 27, 2019 | Pay TV
Pay TV operator Cable Bahamas agreed with the technology company ActiveVideo to renew its digital Pay TV service, where the decoder functions will be virtualized in the cloud. Thus, it will launch a new user interface that will make it possible to improve navigation...