Trends in the AudioVisual Industry
Trends in the AudioVisual Industry
Global:
Netflix reinforces its bet on live sports with a boxing fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
Netflix takes a new step within the live sports segment. The streaming giant’s new proposal is a boxing fight between US former boxer Mike Tyson and US influencer Jake El Gallo Paul. The event is scheduled for next July 20 and will be aired live...
Chile:
NBCUniversal activates Universal+ ad-supported version and launches it in partnership with VTR
Premium channel package Universal+ variant as a streaming platform has just added an ad-supported version. The new option, which was activated by NBCUniversal on March 1, is available only through Chilean operator VTR for the time being. All the...
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Latin America:
HBO Max becomes Max throughout the region
As had been scheduled, audiovisual multinational Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) implemented the transformation of its main streaming platform in Latin America on February 27, when HBO Max became Max throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean. A...
Mexico:
Preliminary proposal aimed at having Amazon and Mercado Libre dissociate streaming services from e-commerce
The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), an autonomous regulatory agency created by virtue of the Mexican Constitution, has issued a preliminary report on the Mexican e-commerce industry, in which it states that the conditions are such that there is no...
Latin America:
Funimation to cease operations worldwide next April
Sony has announced that its anime streaming platform Funimation will cease to operate in all parts of the world on April 2, on which date all its users will have their subscriptions automatically transferred to Crunchyroll, the anime and Japanese content streaming...
Latin America:
HBO Max to become Max next February 27 in the region
Audiovisual giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has finally set a date for the official launch of Max in Latin America. The new streaming platform, which will include the whole catalogs of its two current OTTs (HBO Max and Discovery+), is to launch on February 27. In...
Chile:
ClaroVTR sells its Satellite TV business to TuVes
Chilean operator ClaroVTR has sold its Satellite TV business to TuVes, a Latin American wholesale and retail Satellite TV provider. The merger between VTR, owned by Liberty Latin America, and Claro Chile, owned by América Móvil, was approved in October 2022 by Chile’s...
Global:
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount in negotiations to merge into a single company
According to information published by US website Axios, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Paramount have engaged in talks to discuss a potential merger between the two media and entertainment multinational conglomerates. That is the reason why Paramount Global CEO Bob...
Latin America:
Warner Bros. Discovery to discontinue Glitz, I.Sat and MuchMusic
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has officially informed TAVI Latam that Pay TV channels Glitz, I.Sat and MuchMusic are to be discontinued in Latin America in early 2024. The audiovisual entertainment multinational has already notified Pay TV operators in the region, some...
Latin America:
Amazon relaunches MGM streaming service as MGM+ following content agreement with Lionsgate
On December 18, Amazon announced its decision to expand its brand MGM+ throughout Latin America. The e-commerce company will rename its SVOD streaming service (monthly subscription), currently called MGM, in early 2024. In addition to rebranding its service, the OTT...
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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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