by Virginia Anziano | Sep 6, 2022 | OTT / VOD
According to an article recently published by The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company is working on the addition of an online store to streaming platform Disney+ for the sale of licensed products protected by Disney brands and franchises, such as clothing,...
Latin America:
Watch Brasil to stream Rock in Rio across Spanish-speaking Latin America as a stepping stone to regional expansion
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 2, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Streaming services provider Watch Brasil has announced that it will broadcast Brazilian music festival Rock in Rio through the event website (www.rockinrio.com). According to information obtained from Watch Brasil CEO Mauricio Almeida by TAVI Latam, this is the first...
Ecuador:
DirecTV Go commercialization outsourcing to be implemented through Celerity in Ecuadorian market
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 29, 2022 | OTT / VOD
DirecTV (Grupo Werthein) keeps expanding its strategy of outsourcing the commercialization of DirecTV Go, its streaming Pay TV service. On August 29, the satellite TV provider announced an alliance with Ecuador’s fiber optic fixed Internet (FTTH) operator Celerity,...
Global:
Disney+ ad-supported tier to launch on December 8 in USA
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 10, 2022 | OTT / VOD
As announced by The Walt Disney Company on August 10, streaming platform Disney+ will launch its much-anticipated ad-supported plan, which will be called Disney+ Basic, on December 8 in the US market. The company had anticipated that the new offering would expand...
Latin America:
New streaming platform fusing HBO Max and Discovery+ to launch in Latin America in 2023
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 4, 2022 | OTT / VOD
During the earnings call held on August 4, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced that the new streaming service fusing HBO Max and Discovery+, the company’s OTT products, will launch in Latin America in the last quarter of 2023. The platform is to roll out in the US...
Argentina:
Telecom launches Flow Flex: Streaming Pay TV with daily and monthly plans available both to mobile phone and fixed Internet customers
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 2, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Telecom is deploying an advertising campaign on the media as well as in public places to present its new Pay TV offer: Flow Flex, a service that will be provided only via streaming. It will be available to users of both its mobile phone (postpaid) and fixed Internet...