by Hernán Amaya | Jun 10, 2022 | Pay TV
Satellite TV and streaming TV company DirecTV has entered into an agreement with Grupo Alpha Media to launch in Argentina a new radio station entirely devoted to sports, which will be called D-Sports Radio and will start broadcasting next week. DirecTV will sublicense...
Costa Rica:
Cabletica removes eight Disney channels and adds HBO premium channels to basic plan
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 1, 2022 | Pay TV
Costa Rican telecommunications operator Cabletica, owned by Liberty Latin America, has informed its pay TV customers that on July 1 it will remove eight channels owned by The Walt Disney Company from its line-up and will replace them with inclusion of HBO premium...
Brazil:
Telefónica cancels Vivo’s Satellite TV service
by Hernán Amaya | May 31, 2022 | Pay TV
Brazilian telecommunications operator Vivo, owned by Telefónica, has notified its Satellite TV customers that it will cease to provide the service in December 2022. The last day of the current year is the expiration date of the agreement between Vivo and Media...
Argentina:
Internet Day 2022: DirecTV Go already available for commercialization by Argentine ISPs
by Hernán Amaya | May 18, 2022 | OTT / VOD
DirecTV, a Pay TV company owned by Grupo Werthein, has adopted in Argentina a strategy it has been implementing in Brazil and Colombia. It has decided to outsource the commercialization of DirecTV Go, its streaming Pay TV service, through local ISPs (Internet Service...
Brazil:
Oi sells Satellite TV postpaid subscriber base to Sky
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 28, 2022 | Pay TV
Brazilian telecommunications company Oi has entered into an agreement to sell its Satellite TV postpaid customer base to DTH operator Sky Brasil (Grupo Werthein). Oi’s disinvestment plan also included the sale of its mobile phone operation. The news was disclosed to...