by Matteo Comberti | Jan 10, 2025 | OTT / VOD
Venu Sports, the streaming service jointly planned by The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), will not see the light of day. According to a press release issued on January 10, the companies have decided to cancel the launch of the...
Global:
The path is clear for Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner to launch their sports OTT upon Fubo’s agreement to drop lawsuit
by Matteo Comberti | Jan 8, 2025 | OTT / VOD
The path is now clear for the launch of the sports streaming service whose creation was jointly planned by audiovisual giants The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The project to create the new OTT, called Venu Sports and...
Argentina:
Mercado Play’s first live stream: the Buenos Aires Trap Festival
by Matteo Comberti | Dec 6, 2024 | OTT / VOD
The streaming platform owned by e-commerce company Mercado Libre, whose name is Mercado Play, is to livestream the Buenos Aires Trap Festival, a music event to be held at Parque de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires City, Argentina, on December 7 and 8. This is the first time...
Latin America:
Disney+ implements extra member add-on option in Latin America to crack down on account sharing
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 13, 2024 | OTT / VOD
As confirmed to TAVI Latam by The Walt Disney Company, on November 12 Disney+ extra member add-on option was implemented in all those Latin American countries and territories where the streaming platform is available. In this way, Disney steps up its crackdown on...
Global:
Warner Bros. Discovery to start crackdown on Max account sharing in 2024
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 11, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is set to follow suit with the strategy to combat account sharing already implemented by Netflix and Disney+. According to the announcement made by WBD President of Global Streaming and Games JB Perrette when the company reported its third...
Brazil:
Amazon Prime Video to expand ad-supported tier into Brazilian market in 2025
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 16, 2024 | OTT / VOD
At UnBoxed 2024, an event organized by Amazon’s advertising division Amazon Ads, the e-commerce giant announced on October 15 that it would expand the geographic reach of the ad-supported version of its streaming service Amazon Prime Video. The ad-based tier is to be...