by Hernán Amaya | Oct 19, 2021 | OTT / VOD
As part of its promotion strategy, sports and entertainment streaming platform Star+ (Disney) has launched a proposal called Pase Libre (Free Pass), which consists in offering free access during three days next weekend (October 22, 23 and 24). The offer will be...
Brazil:
Netflix subscriber count in Brazilian market accidentally leaked out (Correction)
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 11, 2021 | OTT / VOD
Brazil’s Economic Defense Administrative Council (Cade) revealed the number of Netflix subscribers in the Brazilian territory by mistake. According to the information leaked out, the streaming platform had 19 million users as at January 2021. The news was revealed by...
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Netflix does not rule out acquiring rights to live sports
by Gustavo Hernández | Sep 27, 2021 | OTT / VOD
During an interview conducted by German magazine Der Spiegel, Netflix founder and Co-CEO Reed Hastings said that even though entering the live sports market is not easy, it is an option to be pondered should the opportunity arise. The head of the streaming platform...
Latin America:
Disney acknowledges Star+ is growing more slowly than expected
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 22, 2021 | OTT / VOD
The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek said that Star+ numbers in Latin America are not coming up to expectations. The executive acknowledged that the new streaming platform was growing more slowly than it had been expected and added that he hoped numbers would...
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Netflix launches free plan in Kenya
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 21, 2021 | OTT / VOD
On September 20 Netflix announced the launch of a free plan in Kenya. It is the first time the streaming platform has offered a completely free plan anywhere in the world. “We hope that many of the people who try our free plan love Netflix so much that over time...
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Google plans to enter AVOD market
by Gustavo Hernández | Sep 20, 2021 | OTT / VOD
According to information published by U.S. website Protocol, Google is planning to launch linear streaming TV channels under the AVOD model, that is to say free ad-supported television. The idea is to include these channels in Google TV, the Android TV-based operating...