by Hernán Amaya | Oct 31, 2019 | OTT / VOD
John Stankey, who is the president and COO of AT&T and the CEO of WarnerMedia, has unveiled a plan to expand OTT HBO Max, a new service that will premiere in the United States in May 2020, to make it available in Latin America in 2021. The Latin American version...
Latin America:
Warner Media acquires minority interest from Ole Communications and is now HBO’s sole owner
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 28, 2019 | Audiovisual Market in General
WarnerMedia, a company owned by AT&T, has reached an agreement to acquire the minority interest in HBO Ole Partners so far held by Ole Communications in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and thus will become the sole owner of HBO joint venture. In this...
Argentina:
Carlos Moltini no longer Telecom CEO in 2020
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 23, 2019 | Telecommunications
Telecom CEO Carlos Moltini is to cease serving in his current position in the Argentine company in order to “undertake new responsibilities in the company and to focus on its strategic plans,” announced Telecom group in a press release. He will be succeeded by Roberto...
Chile:
Chilean Pay TV ends June 2019 with 3.31 million subs, down for fourth consecutive quarter
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 21, 2019 | Pay TV
The Chilean Telecommunications Agency (Subtel) has reported that as at the end of June 2019 the Chilean Pay TV market has 3.31 million customers. Sub count has been on the decline for four straight quarters. It peaked at 3.36 million in June 2018. In addition, Subtel...
Latin America:
Netflix to start reporting Latin American subscriber count
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 18, 2019 | OTT / VOD
Netflix published yesterday its quarterly earnings for the Q319 and announced that in the next financial results it would start disclosing revenue and membership by region. The OTT has never officially released Latin American numbers. As of the end of September 2019,...