by Gustavo Hernández | Apr 28, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Popcorn Time, a pirate OTT platform, has introduced a new app called Popcorn Time Kids. It is a filtered version allowing access to content for children only. Created by Argentine geeks in 2014, the OTT has become very popular in Latin America. “Popcorn Time Kids...
Brazil:
Telecine Play optimizes its service by deploying MediaMelon
by Gustavo Hernández | Apr 27, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Brazilian OTT Telecine Play, owned by Globosat’s Telecine premium channel network, has deployed a streaming optimization platform called SmartPlay, designed by MediaMelon. Thanks to this tool, Telecine Play can “deliver a better video quality of experience...
Latin America:
Netflix has 34.3 million subs in the region as at the end of Q1 with quarterly growth reaching 9%
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 22, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix reported that it had 34.3 million paid subs in Latin America as at the close of first quarter 2020. By the end of March, the number of users had increased by 9.2%, with the addition of 2.9 million customers. These figures were released by the company in its...
Global:
Netflix to make audiovisual productions based on Boom! Studios’ comics
by Virginia Anziano | Apr 17, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix and Boom! Studios, a comics publishing company, have announced an agreement under which the OTT service led by Reed Hastings will produce new original content based on Boom!’s stories. This company is among the leading comics publishers in the United States,...
Puerto Rico:
Questioned Free OTT Locast launched in Puerto Rico
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 16, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Locast (www.locast.org), a U.S. OTT platform, is now available in Puerto Rico. The service is free and offers local FTA (Free-To-Air) TV channels via streaming. Locast, which is controlled by Sports Fans Coalition NY, Inc., was launched in the United States in 2018...
Latin America:
Movistar Series now accessible through OTT Movistar Play only
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 8, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Telecommunications company Telefónica has made a strategic decision at a regional level in relation to its Movistar Series channel. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, the channel was dropped from Movistar Pay TV line-ups in Latin America on March 31 and...