by Hernán Amaya | Jan 14, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Amazon-owned Twitch has purchased the rights to broadcast NBB matches live for free. The NBB is the most important basketball league in Brazil. The total number of matches is ten and the premiere is scheduled for January 15 with the game between Basquete Cearense and...
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 9, 2020 | OTT / VOD
A Río de Janeiro State court held that the Christmas special produced by Porta dos Fundos should be removed from Netflix catalog. The show has aroused controvery by portraying a homosexual JesusChrist. In this way, the Judiciary granted a petition submitted by...
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...
