by Virginia Anziano | May 10, 2022 | OTT / VOD
According to The New York Times, Netflix executives told the staff that they had set the goal of implementing the plan to launch an ad-supported, lower-priced tier by the end of the current year, more specifically in the last quarter. Just two weeks before, the...
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TelevisaUnivision acquires US Spanish-language streaming service Pantaya
by Gustavo Hernández | May 9, 2022 | OTT / VOD
On May 9, new audiovisual giant TelevisaUnivision announced the acquisition of Spanish-language streaming service Pantaya, currently available in the United States and Puerto Rico, wholly owned by Hemisphere Media Group. According to TelevisaUnivision’s release, the...
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CNN+ to cease operations April 30, just one month after launch
by Virginia Anziano | Apr 21, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the new audiovisual giant, has decided to shut down its news streaming platform CNN+, which was launched on March 29 in the United States with a view to international expansion. The OTT service will continue in operation only until the...
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Having lost subscribers worldwide for the first time in ten years, Netflix considers lower cost, ad-supported plan
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 20, 2022 | OTT / VOD
For the first time in the last ten years, Netflix has reported a quarterly drop in its subscriber base on a global scale. The streaming platform lost 200,000 users in the first quarter of 2022, with subscriber count totaling 221.64 million. Shortly afterwards, Co-CEO...
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FIFA launches its own streaming platform
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 12, 2022 | OTT / VOD
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international soccer governing entity, is entering the streaming market with the launch of FIFA+ (FIFA Plus) on April 12. The Federation seeks to take advantage of widespread interest in Qatar World Cup...
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TelevisaUnivision launches new OTT Vix in Spanish-speaking Latin America and USA
by Gustavo Hernández | Mar 31, 2022 | OTT / VOD
As previously announced, TelevisaUnivision put into operation its new Spanish-language streaming platform, called Vix, in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and the United States on March 31. The tier that is already available is free and ad-supported (AVOD),...