by Hernán Amaya | Sep 2, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Streaming services provider Watch Brasil has announced that it will broadcast Brazilian music festival Rock in Rio through the event website (www.rockinrio.com). According to information obtained from Watch Brasil CEO Mauricio Almeida by TAVI Latam, this is the first...
Ecuador:
DirecTV Go commercialization outsourcing to be implemented through Celerity in Ecuadorian market
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 29, 2022 | OTT / VOD
DirecTV (Grupo Werthein) keeps expanding its strategy of outsourcing the commercialization of DirecTV Go, its streaming Pay TV service. On August 29, the satellite TV provider announced an alliance with Ecuador’s fiber optic fixed Internet (FTTH) operator Celerity,...
Colombia:
Totalplay estimates its new Colombian operation will have 15,000 customers by the end of 2022
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 23, 2022 | Telecommunications
Spokespeople for Totalplay, a telco owned by Mexican Grupo Salinas, have told TAVI Latam that the company’s new operation in Colombia, launched in July 2021, has already reached the 6,500 subscriber mark. “Our plan is to close 2022 with 15,000 users,” they...
Mexico:
Sky to change brand of its prepaid service VeTV
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 22, 2022 | Pay TV
Mexican Satellite TV operator Sky, owned by Televisa and AT&T, has informed TAVI Latam that it will cease to use the VeTV brand for its prepaid service and will replace it with the Sky Prepago brand. Users have already been notified of the change and will not be...
Global:
Disney+ ad-supported tier to launch on December 8 in USA
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 10, 2022 | OTT / VOD
As announced by The Walt Disney Company on August 10, streaming platform Disney+ will launch its much-anticipated ad-supported plan, which will be called Disney+ Basic, on December 8 in the US market. The company had anticipated that the new offering would expand...