Trends in the AudioVisual Industry
Trends in the AudioVisual Industry
Global:
Acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance confirmed, there being no other bids on the table
After long months of negotiations, the transaction arranged between audiovisual giant Paramount Global and movie and TV studio Skydance Media for the acquisition of the former has been confirmed. Announced on July 7, the agreement provided for a...
Peru:
Linzor Capital Partners acquires Win
Investment management company Linzor Capital Partners has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of Win (Wi-Net Telecom), a Peruvian telecommunications operator owned by ON Group. The operator currently offers Internet, fixed phone...
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Mexico:
Caliente TV acquires rights to broadcast 50% of Champions League matches in Mexico
Caliente TV, a channel owned by Mexican betting platform Caliente, announced on August 14 that it had acquired rights to broadcast Champions League (the most important European soccer club tournament) matches in the Mexican market. By virtue of the agreement, Caliente...
Latin America:
Vrio reveals DGo and Sky+ total 2 million subscribers throughout the region
Grupo Werthein’s Vrio division revealed that the number of subscribers of its streaming Pay TV services DGo and Sky+ had broken the 2 million barrier in July. The information was disclosed on August 12 by Sky Brasil CEO Gustavo Fonseca during Pay-TV Forum, a...
Latin America:
Warner Bros. Discovery acquires Premier League broadcasting rights for Max and TNT in Mexico and Central America
At the end of last week audiovisual giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced it had been granted a license to show English soccer matches live in Mexico and Central America. The company has acquired rights to air half of Premier League (England’s first division...
Ecuador:
Zapping launches in Ecuadorian market with the exclusive broadcast of local soccer matches
Chilean OTT Pay TV platform Zapping held a launch event on July 24 with the aim of introducing its service in the Ecuadorian market with heavyweight content. It has been granted exclusive rights to air first and second division local soccer matches. For that purpose,...
Latin America:
Universal+ special version added to Mercado Play’s free offering
Mercado Play, a free streaming platform operated by e-commerce giant Mercado Libre, has added a special version of NBCUniversal’s premium package, Universal+. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, both companies are conducting tests prior to the execution...
Uruguay:
TCC, Nuevo Siglo and Montecable are granted approval to form a consortium
The three Uruguayan Cable TV companies based in Montevideo −TCC, Nuevo Siglo and Montecable- have already been granted regulatory approval to form a consortium. As a result, they will start joint operation of both Pay TV and fixed Internet services. The application...
Global:
Skydance Media closes agreement to take over Paramount Global
Skydance Media and Paramount Global have entered into an agreement by which the US film and TV production company is to become the holder of a controlling stake in the global media conglomerate. The transaction includes two steps. First, Skydance will acquire National...
Mexico:
Fox Corp. to acquire Fox Sports México from Grupo Lauman
On June 21, Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) unexpectedly issued a resolution authorizing Fox Corporation (Fox Corp.) to acquire all the assets belonging to Fox Sports México, a sports channels network run by Grupo Lauman, which is owned by...
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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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