by Virginia Anziano | Jul 28, 2020 | OTT / VOD
British streaming platform Britbox will be launched in some South American countries in the near future, as part of a global expansion plan. The announcement was made by Britbox owners, namely pubic service broadcaster BBC and Free to Air channel ITV, both British....
Latin America:
Roku adds OTT PlayKids to its platform
by Gustavo Hernández | Jul 21, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Roku has announced that it has added Brazilian streaming service PlayKids to its platform. Now the kids-focused OTT is available through Roku in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Users may...
Latin America:
HBO Go to be sold through Mercado Libre
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 20, 2020 | OTT / VOD
HBO Latin America has announced that HBO Go, its SVOD streaming service, will be sold through e-commerce platform Mercado Libre in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil (in the latter country the spelling is Mercado Livre). The agreement between both companies will make it...
Latin America:
Netflix increases its subscriber base by 5% in Q2 and reaches 36 million
by Virginia Anziano | Jul 17, 2020 | OTT / VOD
According to the latest financial reports published by the company, Netflix totaled 36.07 million users in Latin America as of the end of the second quarter of 2020, which means that quarterly growth was 5.1%. In Latin America, the company’s revenue during Q2 2020 was...
Latin America:
HBO Max plans to expand into the region country by country
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 9, 2020 | OTT / VOD
“We are taking a country-by-country approach for Latin America, a territory that presents a large opportunity for the HBO Max bundle,” WarnerMedia (AT&T) press team revealed to TAVI Latam, when asked about the expansion strategy of the new OTT in the...
Latin America:
DAZN to start testing service in Spanish-speaking Latin America July 24
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 7, 2020 | OTT / VOD
According to research conducted by TAVI Latam, sports streaming platform DAZN is to conduct its first test for Spanish-speaking Latin American users on July 24 (in Brazil service has been available since 2019). The event chosen for the test is the boxing match between...