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Latin America:
USA Network back to Latin American Pay TV
NBCUniversal has announced the relaunch of its traditional Pay TV channel USA Network in the Latin American market. The channel had been on the air in the region for a long time until the media company decided to replace it with Universal Channel,...
Latin America:
Warner Bros. Discovery to launch its classic brand Adult Swim as a Pay TV channel in Latin America
On August 22, audiovisual entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced the relaunch of its classic adult content brand Adult Swim in Latin American countries. The new proposal includes the creation of an exclusive channel for the...
Latin America:
Disney to shut down Fox Sports 2 in Central America and Dominican Republic
The Walt Disney Company carries on with its gradual process of removing the Fox Sports brand from the list of sports Pay TV channels it offers in Latin America. The company has told TAVI Latam that on June 14 Fox Sports 2 will cease its broadcasts...
Latin America:
Warner Bros. Discovery to launch TNT Novelas to replace TBS channel
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is about to launch a new Pay TV channel in Latin America on June 26: TNT Novelas. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, the new channel is to replace TBS, which will be removed from the list of channels...
Chile:
Warner Bros. Discovery sells CNN Chile
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has agreed to sell out news channel CNN Chile. The news was officially announced on April 5 through a joint press release issued by the audiovisual giant and the purchaser, a Chilean media businessman called Jorge Carey...
Global:
Sony Music Entertainment partners with Messi to produce his first own animated series
On March 6, Sony Music Entertainment, a Sony Entertainment division, issued a press release announcing a partnership with Lionel Messi for the production of the Argentine soccer player’s first own animated series. The agreement was entered into...
Argentina:
DirecTV begins to license DNews to other operators and closes first agreement with Telecentro
As a result of a new policy adopted by DirecTV (Grupo Wethein), the Pay TV company has begun to offer DNews, its own news channel, to other operators. The first company to enter into an agreement with DirecTV for the above-mentioned purpose was...
Latin America:
DirecTV to launch its own news channel
Pay TV company DirecTV, run by Grupo Wethein’s Vrio division, announced on July 1 that its own news channel is to start operations "very soon". Called DNews, it will be accessible in all Spanish-speaking markets where DirecTV does business. "It is...
Latin America:
DirecTV Go launches new own sports channel in Brazil and Mexico
On April 16, Grupo Werthein is to launch its new own sports channel in Brazil and Mexico. Called DSports, the new channel will be available on DirecTV Go, the company’s streaming Pay TV service, and will air PFL fights (Professional Fighters...
Argentina:
Fox Sports Premium to become Espn Premium
Fox Sports Premium, the Pay TV channel airing local soccer matches run by The Walt Disney Company in Argentina, will change its name to become Espn Premium on May 1. The news was confirmed on April 1 by Pay TV operator Telecentro by means of a...
Mexico:
Fox Sports Premium to debut with Wrestlemania
Grupo Lauman, the new owner of Fox Sports network in Mexico, has announced that on April 2 it will launch its new premium Pay TV channel, called Fox Sports Premium. It will mark the launch with the live broadcast of Wrestlemania, the most important...
Latin America:
Conmebol opens tender process for Copa Libertadores TV Rights
The South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) has invited channels and media companies to submit their bids for the acquisition of 2023-2026 broadcast rights for its main club tournaments: Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Recopa...
Mexico:
Grupo Lauman to launch Fox Sports Premium in Mexican market
The owner of Fox Sports in Mexico, Grupo Lauman, has begun to advertise the launch of Fox Sports Premium, its new Pay TV premium channel. The first announcement was made last weekend during Fox Sports broadcasting of the tragic match between...
Latin America:
In view of the imminent close of Nat Geo Wild, Disney integrates content into National Geographic
The Walt Disney Company has decided to integrate several Nat Geo Wild programs into the line-up of National Geographic, its emblematic documentary channel. The decision is due to the fact that Nat Geo Wild is among the Pay TV channels that Disney...
Latin America:
AMC officially launches innovative channel AMC Selekt 4K in the region
AMC Networks International-Latin America (AMCNI-LA) has officially announced the regional launch of AMC Selekt 4K, an innovative channel that made its debut in Spain in early 2021. The channel proposes a concept that is new in the Pay TV market,...
Latin America:
Universal+ releases Peacock original series for the first time in the region
NBCUniversal has begun to show one of the main attractions Universal+, its recently launched premium pack, will offer in Latin America. For the first time, an original produced by its U.S. streaming service Peacock will be available to Universal+...
Venezuela:
Inter adds DirecTV Sports channels to its lineup
On February 1, Venezuelan telecommunications company Inter added DirecTV Sports channels to its Pay TV service (*). Before the above mentioned date, these channels could be accessed only through Satellite TV operator SimpleTV (Scale Capital) in...
Latin America:
NBCUniversal to launch DreamWorks Channel in the region
NBCUniversal is about to launch DreamWorks Channel in Latin America. The debut of the new kid-focused channel is expected to take place during the first quarter of 2022. The news was revealed by NBC Managing Director for Latin America Gus O’Brien...
Latin America:
Disney confirms shutdown of Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Nat Geo Wild, FXM and Star Life in the region
The Walt Disney Company press office has officially confirmed to TAVI Latam that it is to close several Pay TV linear channels across Spanish-speaking Latin America and Brazil at the end of March 2022. "With a view to adapting ourselves to the new...
Latin America:
WarnerMedia launches Cartoonito, its new preschooler-focused channel
On November 30, WarnerMedia held an event to present its new kid-focused proposal, targeted at preschoolers (aged 2 to 6). As previously reported by TAVI Latam, the name of the channel is Cartoonito, a brand already used by the company in other...
Latin America:
Disney confirms launch of Espn 4 to replace Fox Sports
The Walt Disney Company press team has confirmed to TAVI Latam that as from December 1 a new Pay TV sports channel called Espn 4 will replace Fox Sports throughout the Spanish-speaking Latin American region, with the only exceptions of Mexico and...
Latin America:
WarnerMedia to launch new kid-focused channel Cartoonito
WarnerMedia is putting the finishing touches before launching a new Pay TV kid-focused channel called Cartoonito throughout the Latin American region. Content will be targeted at preschoolers. The launch has not been officially announced by...
Latin America:
NBCUniversal launches new premium channel pack
NBCUniversal has announced that a new premium channel pack will be launched in the Latin American Pay TV market on December 2. At the beginning, the pack will be available only to DirecTV, DirecTV Go and Sky México subscribers. The new pack will be...
Latin America:
Disney confirms Champions League will be aired on Espn and Star+ in Spanish-speaking South America and Central America
The Walt Disney Company has given TAVI Latam confirmation of its acquisition of rights to broadcast the Champions League, the most important European inter-club soccer tournament, in Spanish-speaking South America and in Central America. It will be...
Latin America:
Disney denies rumor that its linear channels will cease in June
The rumor arose on June 4 on social media and soon became a trend in most Spanish-speaking countries, including Spain and Latin America. According to the rumor, Disney’s Pay TV linear kids channels (Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD)...
Mexico:
Grupo Lauman acquires Fox Sports México from Disney
Grupo Lauman announced on late May 21 that it had acquired Fox Sports México from The Walt Disney Company. On May 6, Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) had refused to extend the term for Disney to sell Fox Sports, a condition...
Venezuela:
SimpleTV launches HBO premium pack on May 3
According to information published by Venezuelan specialist reporter Edgar Rincón Molina, Satellite TV operator SimpleTV (Scale Capital) will be offering HBO (WarnerMedia) premium pack as from May 3. Some time ago, company officials said that...
Latin America:
WarnerMedia plans to bid for Copa Libertadores TV rights
According to Brazilian web portal UOL, Warner Media (AT&T), which owns sports network TNT Sports, is considering starting negotiations to acquire television rights to broadcast Copa Libertadores, the most important interclub soccer tournament...
Venezuela:
SimpleTV launches its own sports channel
On April 19, SimpleTV (Scale Capital) launched a new sports channel (channel 620) to broadcast the Superliga, Venezuela’s paramount basketball tournament. Channel 620 is the Satellite TV company’s own channel, which was included in the three top...
Latin America:
Fox channels to be rebranded as Star as from February 22
As officially announced in mid-December 2020 and pre-announced by TAVI Latam on November 30, Fox channels’ names will be changed so that they include the Star brand in Latin America. This week The Walt Disney Company, owned by Fox network, has...
Latin America:
HBO premieres to be aired on WarnerMedia fiction basic channels
WarnerMedia is launching a new block on its Pay TV fiction basic channels. Called Hora H, it will air the first episode of each series premiering on HBO, also owned by WarnerMedia. The new block will be available throughout Latin America as from...
Chile:
CDF to become TNT Sports January 17
Although the news has not been officially announced by audiovisual company Turner (WarnerMedia), Chile’s Canal del Fútbol (CDF) (soccer channel) will soon be renamed as TNT Sports, the brand used by the company for its premium channel in Argentina....
Latin America:
Fox channels to be renamed as Star as from February 2021
The Walt Disney Company has officially announced that as from February 2021 Fox channels’ names will be changed so that they include the Star brand in Latin America. TAVI Latam reported the news some weeks ago in an exclusive, but company sources...
Latin America:
Rumor confirmed: Disney to rename Fox channels as Star
TAVI Latam has just confirmed a rumor that spread last week. According to company sources, The Walt Disney Company will change Fox channels’ names in Latin America in order that they include the Star brand. The official announcement will be made...
Latin America:
ViacomCBS launches NickMusic in Spanish-speaking Latin America
On August 31, ViacomCBS launched a new Pay TV channel called Nickmusic. It is a kid-focused curated music channel available throughout the Spanish-speaking Latin American region. According to information provided by the company, NickMusic has taken...
Peru:
No agreement: Movistar stops carrying Televisa channels
Mexican network Televisa’s channels are no longer available to Movistar Perú (Telefónica) customers, as is evident from the telecommunication company’s new channel line up, released on July 1. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, this...
Latin America:
HBO strategy: to release new series first on HBO Go
Premium network HBO is using a peculiar strategy for the launch of some of its new series in Latin America, which consists in prioritizing its streaming platform HBO Go. Productions are first released on HBO Go and it is only a few days later that...
Latin America:
Titan Channel launches in Latin America in association with Frida Media Group
Frida Media Group, a company engaged in the distribution of TV channels and audiovisual content, has reported it has entered into a business representation agreement with Titan Channel in order to enter the Latin American and the U.S. markets. It...
Latin America:
Unión Continental Latinoamericana launches UCL channel
On June 1, Unión Continental Latinoamericana, also known as Canal U in Uruguay, launched a new channel called UCL, Un Canal Latinoamericano (A Latin American Channel). According to information provided by the company, the channel “reflects the...
Global:
UFC first sport to resume activity; in Latin America Disney and Globosat hold rights to televise fights
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Champioship), a mixed-martial arts league, is to resume activity on May 9 after several cancellations; the first date scheduled after the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was April 18. In the United States, the...
Latin America:
2BeNamed to distribute SPI International’s content in the region
Distribution company 2BeNamed and production company SPI International have entered into a contract to sell content in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. According to the press release, "the deal grants...
Argentina:
Cablevisión and Grupo MDP launch Manijomio, a new channel for teenagers
Cablevisión, a Pay TV company owned by Telecom, and Grupo MDP, a production company, have joined to create a new teen-focused linear TV channel. Its name is Manijomio and its content is mainly related to social networks and gaming. The new channel,...
Argentina:
Universal Church is responsible for the entire programming of 360 TV and CN23
Since late 2019, the Brazilian religious institution known as Universal Church of the Kingdom of God has been broadcasting its content on 360 TV and CN23, both of which are Argentine channels distributed via Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)...
Chile:
Disney offers Fox premium channels to Pay TV basic plans users without additional cost, thus giving them access to Copa Libertadores, UFC and Formula 1
Disney Company has announced that it will make all Fox premium channels available for Pay TV basic plans users. The promotion will run from March 12 thru March 15. In this way, it will be possible to access content such as Copa Libertadores, UFC...
Brazil:
CNN Brasil to broadcast an interview with Jair Bolsonaro on its launch day
An interview with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will be the main attraction on the news channel’s launch day, according to the announcement made by Douglas Tavolaro, one of the owners of the new channel, in an interview with local newspaper...
Latin America:
Latin American version of Univision Channel to be launched in partnership with Televisa
Univision, a U.S. Spanish-language TV network, has gone into partnership with Televisa, a Mexican multimedia company, to launch a new Pay TV channel, which will become the Latin American version of Univision Channel. The name of the new channel has...
Latin America:
Conmebol hires Irdeto to combat piracy of live broadcasts of tournaments
The South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) has selected Irdeto to protect its brand and combat piracy of live broadcasts of its champsionships. Conmebol has decided to adopt Irdeto Online Piracy Detection and Cyber Services solution. The...
Latin America:
Disney’s simultaneous broadcast of upcoming Star Wars movie trailer on 11 channels
The Walt Disney Company used most of its Pay TV network in Latin America, including channels under Disney, Espn and Fox brands, to advertise the release of the Star Wars movie entitled: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX of the saga), whose debut in...
Argentina:
Turner launches the second season of Desafío Eco YPF contest series and keeps committed to branded content
Turner (Warner Media), together with YPF, an Argentine oil company, has presented the second season of Generación E, a documentary reality that shows the experiences of participants of a contest called Desafío Eco YPF. The series is a new branded...
Brazil:
New channel Trace Brazuca to be launched in early 2020
Trace production company has informed TAVI Latam that Trace Brazuca channel will be launched in Brazil in early 2020, probably in the first quarter of the year. However, the date has not been fixed yet because it depends on negotations with...
Argentina:
Discovery Home & Health releases its first original in the home-makeover genre, the most successful one in Argentina
Discovery Home & Health (Discovery Networks), a lifestyle channel, releases its first home-makeover original in Latin America for its Argentina feed on Tuesday, November 21. The show, entitled Mientras No Estabas (While You Were Out) and...
Brazil:
Disney uses ESPN sports rights to air matches on Fox channels for the first time
In Brazil, the synergy between Disney channels and recently acquired Fox channels has begun with sports content. It is the first time that a channel included in Fox portfolio has used rights held by ESPN to broadcast a soccer match. The match was...
Brazil:
Gloob premieres its first original sitcom
Gloob premieres its first original sitcom Gloob, a Brazilian Pay TV kids channel owned by Globosat programming company has begun to broadcast its first original sitcom, Bugados, this week. The series airs Monday through Friday and consists of 52...
Brazil:
Stingray’s audio music channels to be added to Sky’s line up
Canadian Stingray has reached an agreement with Brazilian DTH Sky (AT&T) on the distribution of its audio music channels. In this way, Sky subscribers will have access to 300 audio channels in their TV sets and to more than two thousand audio...
Global:
Canadian DHX Media to rebrand as WildBrain
Canadian media production DHX Media (with a great presense in Latin America) announced that it changed its name to WildBrain and has begun rolling out a new corporate brand identity. WildBrain Entertainment was an American animation studio that DHX...
Latin America:
Turner to create content starring native English speakers in Latin America
Turner Company is working on English language content, which will be produced in Latin America but whose actors will be native English speakers. The Company’s Content and Brand Portfolio Vicepresident Mariano Cesar made this comment at a press...
Latin America:
Chilean producer Lunes will make two animated series about the Condorito comic
The content producer Lunes of Chile agreed with the rights owners (World Editors Chile) the realization of two animated series based on the famous comic Condorito, according to the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio. The series could be watched...
Panama:
Cable Onda adds Kanal D Drama to its line-up
The Panamanian Pay TV company Cable Onda (Millicom) added the Turkish series channel Kanal D Drama. The operator's subscribers can enjoy it on channel 460 in standard quality and on channel 1460 in high quality. Kanal D began in 2018 as a result of...
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