by Hernán Amaya | Oct 28, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Starzplay, an OTT service owned by U.S. premium Pay TV network Starz (Lionsgate), presented its mobile direct-to-consumer application in Argentina and Chile at a virtual press conference held on October 27. The launch date in Chile is October 28, while in Argentina...
Mexico:
Televisa discloses agreement with Disney to add Disney+ to Izzi service
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Mexican media and telecommunications company Televisa has announced that its operator Izzi will offer Disney+ as an “additional service”. The new streaming platform will be launched in Latin America on November 17. The news was disclosed on October 23,...
Latin America:
DirecTV increases subscriber count in Q3
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 22, 2020 | Pay TV
AT&T’s Vrio division, which controls Satellite TV operators DirecTV (in South America and some Caribbean countries) and Sky (in Brazil), had increased its subscriber count by the end of the third quarter 2020. Vrio had 10.89 million users as of September 30, 229...
Venezuela: First conflict between Conatel and SimpleTV, formerly DirecTV Venezuela
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 13, 2020 | Pay TV
Venezuela’s Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has rejected the price scheme submitted by investment company Scale Capital, which has recently acquired DirecTV Venezuela. Scale Capital is supplying the Satellite TV service to existing DirecTV users free of...
Venezuela: DirecTV to become SimpleTV
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2020 | Pay TV
Satellite TV operator DirecTV Venezuela, which has recently been acquired by investment firm Scale Capital, will change its name to SimpleTV. The new brand name has been appearing on the screens of the DTH’s users during the last few days, according to information...