by Hernán Amaya | Jun 1, 2022 | Pay TV
Costa Rican telecommunications operator Cabletica, owned by Liberty Latin America, has informed its pay TV customers that on July 1 it will remove eight channels owned by The Walt Disney Company from its line-up and will replace them with inclusion of HBO premium...
Brazil:
Telefónica cancels Vivo’s Satellite TV service
by Hernán Amaya | May 31, 2022 | Pay TV
Brazilian telecommunications operator Vivo, owned by Telefónica, has notified its Satellite TV customers that it will cease to provide the service in December 2022. The last day of the current year is the expiration date of the agreement between Vivo and Media...
Uruguay:
Court judgment allows Claro to offer Pay TV
by Virginia Anziano | Apr 29, 2022 | Pay TV
A Uruguayan court has set aside a resolution issued in 2017 that precluded telecommunications company Claro (América Móvil) from providing Pay TV services, in this particular case Satellite TV (DTH). As a result, Claro is now allowed to offer the above mentioned...
Brazil:
Oi sells Satellite TV postpaid subscriber base to Sky
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 28, 2022 | Pay TV
Brazilian telecommunications company Oi has entered into an agreement to sell its Satellite TV postpaid customer base to DTH operator Sky Brasil (Grupo Werthein). Oi’s disinvestment plan also included the sale of its mobile phone operation. The news was disclosed to...
Mexico:
Izzi Android TV set-top-boxes exceed one million
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 11, 2022 | Pay TV
According to information obtained from Izzi (Televisa) by TAVI Latam, the number of set-top-boxes using Android TV (Google) as their operating system that have been installed by the Mexican telecommunications company’s Pay TV service has already exceeded one million....
Argentina:
Telecentro launches new 4K Alexa built-in STB with surround sound
by Virginia Anziano | Mar 15, 2022 | Pay TV
Argentine telecommunications operator Telecentro has launched a new set-top-box for its Pay TV service, whose main appeal is that Amazon’s Alexa voice-controlled virtual assistant is built into it. Called T1, the device makes it possible to view content in 4K quality...