Trends in the AudioVisual Industry

Trends in the AudioVisual Industry
El Salvador:
General International Telecom enters into agreement to acquire Digicel’s local subsidiary
Digicel has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its El Salvador unit to General International Telecom El Salvador (Gites), a subsidiary of General International Telecom (GIT) operating in the country under the Movistar brand. In the...
Argentina:
Telecentro to acquire ISP Iplan
Argentina’s telecommunications market was taken by surprise on August 31 when Telecentro, which is one of the most relevant operators in the country with extensive coverage in the city of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area providing...
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Paraguay:
Personal and Tigo secure 5G spectrum after second Conatel bid
Paraguay’s National Telecommunications Entity (Conatel) has announced that the only two companies that tendered offers for the second 5G spectrum bid have been awarded licenses. The companies are Personal (doing business as Núcleo) and Tigo (doing business as Telecel:...
Global:
Hearst officially announces acquisition of Disney’s stake in A+E Global Media and gains full control of the company
After the news had been revealed some days before by LightShed Partners, a firm specialized in financial research and market analysis, Hearst Communications issued a press release on August 4 to confirm that the company is to acquire from The Walt Disney Company its...
Global:
Paramount Skydance agrees to postpone acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until antitrust trial is held
Audiovisual giant Paramount Skydance has had to desist from its intention to close the process for the acquisition of its competitor Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) before Septemper 30, 2026. Although the company has been getting regulatory approvals for the transaction...
Peru:
América Móvil acquires fiber-optic Internet provider WOW
América Móvil announced on July 20 an agreement for the acquisition of one of its competitors in the Peruvian market. The telecommunications company has acquired 100% of the capital stock of fiber-optic Internet and phone services operator WOW, which has an important...
Global:
Netflix enters into agreements with leading publishers to add short-form themed content
Netflix has closed several deals with top publishers (both print and digital media) in the US market in order to add short-form themed content to the OTT’s platform. The publishing companies involved are Penske Media Corporation, BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Hearst...
Brazil:
TIM launches new streaming Pay TV service TIM Play
Brazilian telecommunications operator TIM launched its new streaming platform a few days ago. Under the name of TIM Play, the OTT offers plans with Free-To-Air and Pay TV channels, packs with premium Pay TV channels, as well as the possibility of signing up to other...
Global:
Fox Corporation to acquire Roku
On June 15, US media giant Fox Corporation announced an agreement for the acquisition of Roku, a leader in streaming devices and operating systems. According to information included in the press release, Fox is to pay USD 160 per share. Therefore, the total amount of...
Argentina:
Multi-year agreement allows Personal Flow to add DSports channels including all World Cup 2026 games
On May 26, Argentine Pay TV operator Personal Flow (Telecom Argentina) announced an agreement with its competitor DirecTV (Grupo Werthein) for the purpose of adding DSports channels, owned by the latter, to the lineup of sports channels offered by the former. The...
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Latin America:
Mercado Libre to launch Mercado Play, its own streaming platform
According to information resulting from investigative work conducted by TAVI Latam, Argentine e-commerce leader Mercado Libre is running tests prior to the launch of its own streaming service, which will be called Mercado Play. It is already possible for some users to...
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 said that the date...
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 Argentina. TAVI Latam...
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