by Hernán Amaya | Oct 28, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Starzplay, an OTT service owned by U.S. premium Pay TV network Starz (Lionsgate), presented its mobile direct-to-consumer application in Argentina and Chile at a virtual press conference held on October 27. The launch date in Chile is October 28, while in Argentina...
Mexico:
Blim TV to launch free version in 2021
by Gustavo Hernández | Oct 15, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Blim TV, Mexican media company Televisa’s streaming service, will launch a free version in 2021. The news was released by the platform’s CEO, Luis Arvizu, at Televisa 2021 Upfront event, which was held on October 14. In this way, Blim TV will combine an SVOD service...
Global:
New Discovery’s streaming service to be launched “very soon”
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 21, 2020 | OTT / VOD
At Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav commented that the company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service would be launched “very soon”. The audiovisual media company had disclosed that it was working on a project of...
Argentina:
DirecTV starts offering DirecTV Go to Satellite TV service non-subscribers
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 16, 2020 | OTT / VOD
DirectTV, a company owned by AT&T, has begun to offer its streaming platform DirecTV Go to people who are not subscribed to its Satellite TV service (DTH) in Argentina. The company has been offering the platform, which includes live channels and VOD content, to...
Latin America:
Mubi plans to expand its new rental model across the entire Latin American region
by Andrés Taurian | Aug 25, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Mubi, a curated streaming platform currently available in 190 countries, plans to expand its new movie rental model (TVOD), recently launched in Brazil, across the whole Latin American region, according to information disclosed by Mubi to TAVI Latam. “In...
Global:
Netflix is testing a shuffle button
by Andrés Taurian | Aug 22, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Nexflix is testing a shuffle button that selects content on behalf of the user, according to TechCrunch website. The automatic choice made by the system makes it possible to play randomly selected content, which may be a movie or an episode of a series the subscriber...