by Hernán Amaya | May 8, 2024 | OTT / VOD
On May 8, The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced they had reached an innovative agreement, by virtue of which both companies were to launch a bundle offering memberships of three streaming services: Disney+ and Hulu, owned by Disney, and...
Venezuela:
SimpleTV launches fiber optic fixed Internet service
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 12, 2024 | Telecommunications
SimpleTV (Scale Capital) has broadened its telecommunications services portfolio. On April 12, the Venezuelan Satellite TV operator presented its fiber to the home (FTTH) fixed Internet service, SimpleFibra, on its web portal. The company has not provided any...
Argentina:
Government overturns executive order classifying Pay TV, Internet and mobile phone services as public utilities
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 9, 2024 | Telecommunications
By means of Urgency Executive Order (in Spanish DNU) No. 302 of April 9, Milei’s administration overturned Executive Order No. 690, which was issued in 2020 and set forth that Pay TV, Internet and mobile phone services were to be considered essential public utilities....
Global:
Disney+ to roll out crackdown on shared accounts in June
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 8, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has announced that in June 2024 an option will be deployed in order that Disney+ subscribers may pay to share their accounts with friends and relatives. The announcement was made during an interview on US Pay TV channel CNBC. In this...
Latin America:
NPlay 2024: DirecTV and Sky Brasil’s fiber optic network has reached 40 million homes passed
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 22, 2024 | Telecommunications
Grupo Werthein’s Vrio Division, which manages operators DirecTV in Spanish-speaking South America and Sky in Brazil, offers its Internet service through a Fiber to the Home network that has already totalled 40 million homes passed throughout the region. The...