by Gustavo Hernández | Apr 6, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
ViacomCBS and Qatar-based beIN Media Group have reported the closing of the Miramax transaction, which was announced in early January. In this way, ViacomCBS has acquired 49% Miramax stake and beIN keeps the remaining 51% stake. “Miramax’s current...
Chile:
Screen Capital launches USD 20 million investment fund to produce TV series and movies in Spanish
by Gustavo Hernández | Jan 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
A new Chilean company called Screen Capital is launching a USD 20 million investment fund aimed at the production of Spanish-language television series and movies. The new firm is to begin operating in March 2020. It will become the first Chilean private investment...
Brazil:
Roku agrees with AOC to launch smart TVs for the first time in Brazil
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 22, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
TV streaming platform Roku has announced its arrival in Brazil as a result of an agreement with AOC (TPV), one of the leading TV manufacturers in that country. There are two new AOC Roku TV models, which are launched for sale this January 22. One of them is a 32-inch...
Brazil:
Samsung to launch TV Plus in Brazil
by Virginia Anziano | Jan 13, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
The South Korean technology company is to launch its streaming app for smart TVs in the Brazilian market. The news was released by Samsung Brasil Associate Product Director for TV and Audio Erico Traldi during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas,...
Mexico:
Roku adds seven new brand partners to manufacture smart TVs
by Virginia Anziano | Jan 10, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
The US company Roku has announced it has entered into agreements with seven companies to manufacture smart TVs with its Roku TV platform in Mexico. The only existing Roku partners in Mexico are TCL and Hisense. The new list will include InFocus, JVC, Polaroid,...
Global:
ViacomCBS purchases 49% stake in Miramax
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 6, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
ViacomCBS (merger between Viacom and CBS, effective in early December 2019) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with beIN Media Group to acquire a 49% stake in Miramax, a global film and television studio up to now solely owned by beIN, which will keep...