by Hernán Amaya | Mar 22, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
On March 19, Free-To-Air state-run channel TVes (Televisora Venezolana Social) aired Walt Disney Company’s movie Soul without having been granted the rights to broadcast it, which soon spread in social networks and was then reported by the Venezuelan media. In...
Chile:
WOM television service project moves forward
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 7, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Chilean mobile operator WOM keeps working on its project to launch a TV service, known as WOM TV for the time being. Specialized website Pisapapeles has provided details on the beta version of the service and revealed that it will use an Android TV-based STB. It is...
Global:
Warner Bros. confirms simultaneous theater-streaming release of all 2021 movies in U.S.
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 3, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Warner Bros. (WarnerMedia) has announced that all the movies it will release in 2021 in the United States will be put on HBO Max, the company’s subscription streaming service, at the same time as they premiere in theaters. Some weeks ago, the company reported that it...
Latin America:
DirecTV working on a new Android TV STB for DirecTV Go
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
According to Android TV Guide website, DirecTV (Satellite TV company owned by AT&T) has already got Google certification for a new set-top-box decoder that will use Android TV 10 update as its operating system. The device is to be used for OTT service DirecTV Go...
Mexico:
Televisa discloses agreement with Disney to add Disney+ to Izzi service
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Mexican media and telecommunications company Televisa has announced that its operator Izzi will offer Disney+ as an “additional service”. The new streaming platform will be launched in Latin America on November 17. The news was disclosed on October 23,...
Global:
Google showcases new Chromecast with a remote control and its own operating system
by Virginia Anziano | Oct 1, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Technology behemoth Google has officially announced its new Chromecast device. The new version of Google’s streaming device, so far known as Sabrina, is called Chromecast with Google TV, its most outstanding features being the inclusion of a remote control and the...