by Virginia Anziano | Nov 6, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix, the streaming service managed by Reed Hastings, keeps searching for new options to improve the user’s experience. It has just launched its first linear channel, whose name is Direct. For the time being, it is available only in France. This new initiative is...
Chile:
ViacomCBS engaged in negotiations to acquire Chilevisión from Turner
by Gustavo Hernández | Aug 3, 2020 | Free To Air Tv
According to information provided by Chilean digital newspaper El Mostrador, U.S. company ViacomCBS is about to close the acquisition of Chilean Free To Air channel Chilevisión. Negotiations with the channel’s owner, Turner (a company belonging to WarnerMedia, which...
Latin America:
Roku adds OTT PlayKids to its platform
by Gustavo Hernández | Jul 21, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Roku has announced that it has added Brazilian streaming service PlayKids to its platform. Now the kids-focused OTT is available through Roku in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Users may...
Mexico:
DirecTV Go adds TV Azteca’s Clic
by Gustavo Hernández | Jun 30, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Mexico’s DirectTV Go (AT&T’s Pay TV OTT service) added Clic, a channel owned by TV Azteca, to its line-up on June 29. In this way, the streaming platform is already offering TV Azteca’s whole Pay TV portfolio, since Mundo, Corazón and Cinema were available before...
Mexico:
There is already a solid buyer for Fox Sports México
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 22, 2020 | Pay TV
According to information published by Mexican website Mediotiempo, there is already a solid buyer for Fox Sports México. The Walt Disney Company is required to divest itself of Fox Sports México in order that the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), the Mexican...