by Hernán Amaya | Nov 27, 2023 | OTT / VOD
Streaming Pay TV service DGo is to become Sky+ in Brazil on December 6. Vrio (Grupo Werthein), which manages Sky in Brazil and DirecTV in Spanish-speaking South America and Mexico, aims to concentrate marketing and advertising efforts into a single brand. It was...
Brazil:
Sky backs out of deal to acquire Oi’s Satellite TV postpaid customer base
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2023 | Pay TV
In a document submitted to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) last week, it was informed that Satellite TV (DTH) operator Sky (Vrio, Grupo Werthein) had decided to cancel the agreement to acquire the postpaid customer base of Oi’s DTH service. The...
Colombia:
DirecTV launches DFibra in Colombian market
by Virginia Anziano | Aug 31, 2023 | Telecommunications
Pay TV and Internet provider DirecTV (a subsidiary controlled by Vrio, which is owned by Grupo Werthein) is moving forward in its plan to expand DFibra in South America. On August 31, the company held an event to launch its fiber to the home service (FTTH) in...
Chile:
DirecTV to offer fiber-optic home Internet service in Chilean market
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 7, 2023 | Telecommunications
DirecTV, a company controlled by Vrio, which is in turn owned by Grupo Werthein, has announced that it will begin to offer DFibra, its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Internet service, also in Chile. In this way, the company keeps expanding this new service to more South...
Argentina:
Internet Day 2022: DirecTV Go already available for commercialization by Argentine ISPs
by Hernán Amaya | May 18, 2022 | OTT / VOD
DirecTV, a Pay TV company owned by Grupo Werthein, has adopted in Argentina a strategy it has been implementing in Brazil and Colombia. It has decided to outsource the commercialization of DirecTV Go, its streaming Pay TV service, through local ISPs (Internet Service...