by Hernán Amaya | Jan 7, 2020 | Pay TV
According to the latest data released by Brazil Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), the loss of Pay TV subscribers within the Brazilian market as from the beginning of the year had already exceeded 1.5 million by the end of November 2019. The regulatory authority has...
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 6, 2020 | OTT / VOD
The Argentine government has enacted a law that levies an 8% tax on all foreign platforms and apps providing digital services. The list includes OTTs operating in Argentina such as Netflix, Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video, as well as apps such as Spotify, AirBnb and...
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 6, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
ViacomCBS (merger between Viacom and CBS, effective in early December 2019) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with beIN Media Group to acquire a 49% stake in Miramax, a global film and television studio up to now solely owned by beIN, which will keep...
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 22, 2019 | OTT / VOD
The Argentine Soccer Association (AFA) has officially launched its new OTT platform, which goes by the name of AFA Play. “In addition to VOD content, we will have live content,” AFA Commercial and Marketing Manager Leandro Petersen told TAVI Latam during the launch...
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 19, 2019 | Pay TV
Discovery has acquired Latin American Golf company, which operates Golf Channel Latin America, a Pay TV channel. Its former owners were Simple Networks LLC and Fornaluz Productions S.A., an affiliate of Inversiones Bahia. Discovery’s bet on golf is not new. Earlier...
