by Hernán Amaya | Aug 5, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Some time ago, the Walt Disney Company preannounced it would launch its new streaming platform Disney+ (which launched in the United States on November 12, 2019) in Latin America by the end of 2020. The company has just officially announced that the release will take...
Global:
Spotify advances into the audiovisual market with video podcasts
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 23, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Music streaming service Spotify has begun to launch video podcasts with a view to gaining ground in the audiovisual market. Although the music streaming service started testing this new alternative with select users some months ago, on July 21 it was made available to...
Latin America:
HBO Go to be sold through Mercado Libre
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 20, 2020 | OTT / VOD
HBO Latin America has announced that HBO Go, its SVOD streaming service, will be sold through e-commerce platform Mercado Libre in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil (in the latter country the spelling is Mercado Livre). The agreement between both companies will make it...
Argentina:
Unconcluded Disney-Fox merger delays Cabase members’ IPTV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 15, 2020 | Pay TV
Cabase (Argentine Internet Chamber) President Ariel Graizer said that many of the chamber’s members throughout Argentina, which are Internet providers (ISPs), have not launched their own IPTV service. The fact that Disney-Fox merger is still unconcluded has resulted...
Latin America:
HBO Max plans to expand into the region country by country
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 9, 2020 | OTT / VOD
“We are taking a country-by-country approach for Latin America, a territory that presents a large opportunity for the HBO Max bundle,” WarnerMedia (AT&T) press team revealed to TAVI Latam, when asked about the expansion strategy of the new OTT in the...