by Hernán Amaya | Jul 26, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
U.S. premium network Starz (Lionsgate), the owner of streaming platform Starzplay, operating in most Latin American countries, requested an injunction prohibiting Disney from using Star and Star+ brands on the allegation that such brands are similar to Starzplay. An...
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 9, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
The owners of streaming platform Starzplay have filed legal proceedings against The Walt Disney Company in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Starzplay alleges that the names of Disney’s new OTT service Star+ (Star Plus), which has not premiered yet, and Pay TV Star...
by Virginia Anziano | May 5, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
NBCUniversal (Comcast Corporation), together with its U.S. Spanish-language TV network, has announced the creation of a new audiovisual studio called Telemundo Streaming Studios, which will provide streaming platforms worldwide with Spanish-language content. It will...
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 28, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
Claro Box TV, a streaming player with a built-in Pay TV service, will reach all those Latin American markets where América Móvil operates. The announcement was made by CEO Daniel Hajj at the presentation of the telecommunications company’s Q1 2021 financial results....
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...
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...
