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...
Global:
Netflix reinforces its bet on live sports with a boxing fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 7, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Netflix takes a new step within the live sports segment. The streaming giant’s new proposal is a boxing fight between US former boxer Mike Tyson and US influencer Jake El Gallo Paul. The event is scheduled for next July 20 and will be aired live for the whole world...
Chile:
NBCUniversal activates Universal+ ad-supported version and launches it in partnership with VTR
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 4, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Premium channel package Universal+ variant as a streaming platform has just added an ad-supported version. The new option, which was activated by NBCUniversal on March 1, is available only through Chilean operator VTR for the time being. All the company’s Pay TV...
Latin America:
HBO Max becomes Max throughout the region
by Hernán Amaya | Feb 27, 2024 | OTT / VOD
As had been scheduled, audiovisual multinational Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) implemented the transformation of its main streaming platform in Latin America on February 27, when HBO Max became Max throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean. A...