by Hernán Amaya | Aug 10, 2023 | OTT / VOD
During the presentation of its latest financial reports, Lionsgate announced the withdrawal of Lionsgate+, the international studio’s streaming platform formerly known as Starzplay, from the Latin American market. The OTT will be in operation in the region until...
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: First-ever Netflix original movie to debut in major US theatrical chains
by Virginia Anziano | Oct 7, 2022 | Audiovisual Market in General
In an unprecedented move, Netflix has entered into agreements with the three main theatrical chains in the United States ─AMC Theatres, Regal and Cinemark─ to debut its original movie entitled Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Although the streaming platform had...
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Starz to rebrand Starzplay as Lionsgate+
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 28, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Starz, the U.S. premium TV network owned by Lionsgate studio, has announced the rebranding of its international streaming platform Starzplay. As from September 29, the subscription service will be called Lionsgate+. It is worth mentioning that Lionsgate has filed a...
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Cinemark in negotiations to show Netflix originals
by Virginia Anziano | May 24, 2022 | Audiovisual Market in General
Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble revealed that he had contacted Netflix executives with a view to entering into an agreement to release Netflix originals in movie theaters owned by the international chain. In fact, he noted that a test run had been conducted during the...
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Netflix subscriber count in Brazilian market accidentally leaked out (Correction)
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 11, 2021 | OTT / VOD
Brazil’s Economic Defense Administrative Council (Cade) revealed the number of Netflix subscribers in the Brazilian territory by mistake. According to the information leaked out, the streaming platform had 19 million users as at January 2021. The news was revealed by...