by Virginia Anziano | Apr 8, 2022 | Audiovisual Market in General
AT&T and Discovery Inc. have announced the close of the transaction announced in May 2021. Assets owned by WarnerMedia and Discovery have been combined to create a single company called Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The visual identity of the new company preserves...
Brazil:
Discovery+ to launch in Brazilian market next September
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 24, 2021 | OTT / VOD
In a press release issued on June 24, Discovery Inc. announced that its streaming service Discovery+ would start its Latin American adventure in Brazil. Although the exact date was not disclosed, Discovery revealed that the launch month would be September. The...
Global:
Netflix open to acquiring audiovisual media companies
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 15, 2021 | OTT / VOD
At Canadian Banff World Media Festival (June 14 thru July 16), Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that the company was “open to acquiring” audiovisual content production companies. This shows that the streaming platform is likely to join the mergers and...
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CNN to launch its own streaming platform
by Gustavo Hernández | Jun 14, 2021 | OTT / VOD
John Stankey, CEO at telecommunications company AT&T, has revealed that CNN will soon offer its own streaming service. He unveiled the project last week at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., a widely recognized forum. CNN is a news network owned by...
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New Discovery’s streaming service to be launched “very soon”
by Virginia Anziano | Sep 21, 2020 | OTT / VOD
At Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav commented that the company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service would be launched “very soon”. The audiovisual media company had disclosed that it was working on a project of...