by Hernán Amaya | Jul 23, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Music streaming service Spotify has begun to launch video podcasts with a view to gaining ground in the audiovisual market. Although the music streaming service started testing this new alternative with select users some months ago, on July 21 it was made available to...
Global:
Black Dragon Capital closes acquisition of Grass Valley
by Gustavo Hernández | Jul 9, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Investment firm Black Dragon Capital has completed the acquisition of Grass Valley, one of the world’s leading companies in the development solutions for audiovisual broadcasting and content distribution, according to a press release. Belden Inc. is the former...
Global:
Telefónica and Atresmedia launch new production house for Spain and Latin America
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 19, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Telecommunications company Telefónica and media group Atresmedia, both based in Spain, have announced that they are setting up a company for the production of audiovisual content, after the approval of the operation by the European antitrust authorities. The new...
Brazil:
Disney not required to sell Fox Sports in order to purchase Fox assets
by Hernán Amaya | May 6, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has decided to exempt Disney from complying with the requirement of selling sports network Fox Sports as a condition to take over Fox. The requirement had been imposed by the regulatory authority in February...
Brazil:
WarnerMedia becomes HBO Brasil’s sole owner following the acquisition of Ole Communications’ minority stake
by Hernán Amaya | May 5, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
WarnerMedia has announced that it has acquired Ole Communications’ minority stake in HBO Brasil Partners. Thus, WarnerMedia has become the sole owner. Last October the production company owned by AT&T agreed to acquire Ole Communications’ minority stake in HBO Ole...
Brazil:
Globo’s MG4 studios uses Grass Valley’s IP infrastructure solutions
by Gustavo Hernández | Apr 15, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Technology company Grass Valley (based in Canada) has announced the deployment of its IP infrastructure solutions in MG4 complex, a new set of audiovisual production studios built in Rio de Janeiro and inaugurated in mid-2019 by Brazil’s Globo. According to Grass...