by Hernán Amaya | Apr 8, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has announced that in June 2024 an option will be deployed in order that Disney+ subscribers may pay to share their accounts with friends and relatives. The announcement was made during an interview on US Pay TV channel CNBC. In this...
Latin America:
Disney to relaunch Disney+, to integrate it with Star+ and to introduce an ad-supported plan
by Camila Sirolli | Apr 1, 2024 | OTT / VOD
On June 26, The Walt Disney Company’s streaming platforms operating in Latin America Disney+ and Star+ will join under the already existing name of Disney+. The OTT service wil be relaunched and will include all Star+’s entertainment and sports content (under the Espn...
Global:
Netflix reinforces its bet on live sports with a boxing fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 7, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Netflix takes a new step within the live sports segment. The streaming giant’s new proposal is a boxing fight between US former boxer Mike Tyson and US influencer Jake El Gallo Paul. The event is scheduled for next July 20 and will be aired live for the whole world...
Chile:
NBCUniversal activates Universal+ ad-supported version and launches it in partnership with VTR
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 4, 2024 | OTT / VOD
Premium channel package Universal+ variant as a streaming platform has just added an ad-supported version. The new option, which was activated by NBCUniversal on March 1, is available only through Chilean operator VTR for the time being. All the company’s Pay TV...
Latin America:
HBO Max becomes Max throughout the region
by Hernán Amaya | Feb 27, 2024 | OTT / VOD
As had been scheduled, audiovisual multinational Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) implemented the transformation of its main streaming platform in Latin America on February 27, when HBO Max became Max throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean. A...
Mexico:
Preliminary proposal aimed at having Amazon and Mercado Libre dissociate streaming services from e-commerce
by Hernán Amaya | Feb 15, 2024 | OTT / VOD
The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), an autonomous regulatory agency created by virtue of the Mexican Constitution, has issued a preliminary report on the Mexican e-commerce industry, in which it states that the conditions are such that there is no...