by Hernán Amaya | Oct 7, 2024 | Mas noticias 3 inglés, Telecommunications
On October 4, Argentina’s National Communications Agency (Enacom), currently under government intervention, approved the application for a license to provide mobile services filed by DirecTV, a telecommunications company owned by Grupo Werthein. The company has been...
Global:
DirecTV enters into agreement to acquire Dish in USA and Puerto Rico, with both Satellite TV giants to operate jointly
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 30, 2024 | Mas noticias 4 inglés, Pay TV
On September 30, two companies that had been flirting with the idea of merger for over ten years announced they had finally entered into an agreement. In the United States and Puerto Rico, Satellite TV giant DirecTV is to acquire Dish, also an important Satellite TV...
Latin America:
Vrio reveals DGo and Sky+ total 2 million subscribers throughout the region
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 12, 2024 | OTT / VOD
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:
DirecTV and Sky Brasil reach agreement to commercialize Amazon’s Satellite Internet service
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 14, 2024 | Telecommunications
Vrio, a división of Argentina’s Grupo Werthein, has announced it has closed an agreement for the commercialization of Amazon’s satellite Internet service, Project Kuiper, in South America. As a result, Vrio’s operations DirecTV in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru,...
Ecuador:
Ecuadorian soccer league terminates TV rights agreement with GolTV
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 6, 2024 | Content
The entity in charge of the organization of Ecuador’s soccer tournament, LigaPro, terminated its TV broadcasting rights contractual relationship with GolTV, a sports channel that is part of Tenfield (owned by Uruguayan businessman Paco Casal), on June 6. According to...