by Virginia Anziano | Oct 10, 2019 | Pay TV
News channel CNN Brasil, which is to be launched in early 2020, has signed an agreement with América Móvil group in order to be included in the lineups of Pay TV operators Net and Claro. The owner of CNN, Turner company, has granted a licence for this project in...
Uruguay:
Cablevisión launchs Flow STB for its subs and Antel broadband users
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 2, 2019 | Pay TV
Uruguay Pay TV company Cablevisión is offering decoders for its Flow service, which a short time ago was available only through a mobile app. In addition, the company has reached an agreement with state-run telecom operator Antel so that Antel broadband users may sign...
Argentina:
Telecom and DirecTV CEOs in Argentina to discuss the future of the industry at Jornadas Internacionales 2019
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 18, 2019 | Pay TV
The Argentine Cable TV Association (ATVC in Spanish) and the Producers and Programmers of Audiovisual Channels Chamber (Cappsa in Spanish) have confirmed that Telecom Argentina and DirecTV Argentina top executives Carlos Moltini and Manuel Abelleyra will be members of...
Chile:
AMC sues VTR for decision to discontinue distribution of AMC’s channels
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 9, 2019 | Pay TV
The programmer AMC Networks initiated a lawsuit in the Free Competition Defense Court (TDLC in Spanish) against the Chilean telecommunications operator VTR for removing AMC’s channels from VTR’s line-up, a fact that occurred earlier this year. The stations...
Brazil:
Pay TV market kept declining in July and reached 2013 levels
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 5, 2019 | Pay TV
Brazil Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has reported that in July 2019 the number of Pay TV subscribers decreased to 16.5 million. Similar numbers can be found for January 2013, when the market was growing steadily. Within this period the number of subscribers...