by Hernán Amaya | Jun 9, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
The owners of streaming platform Starzplay have filed legal proceedings against The Walt Disney Company in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Starzplay alleges that the names of Disney’s new OTT service Star+ (Star Plus), which has not premiered yet, and Pay TV Star...
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 4, 2021 | Content
The rumor arose on June 4 on social media and soon became a trend in most Spanish-speaking countries, including Spain and Latin America. According to the rumor, Disney’s Pay TV linear kids channels (Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD) would cease broadcasting...
by Hernán Amaya | May 21, 2021 | Content
Grupo Lauman announced on late May 21 that it had acquired Fox Sports México from The Walt Disney Company. On May 6, Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) had refused to extend the term for Disney to sell Fox Sports, a condition imposed by the telecom...
by Hernán Amaya | May 13, 2021 | OTT / VOD
The Walt Disney Company has decided to postpone the launch of its new streaming platform Star+ (Star Plus) until August 31, 2021 in Latin America. The originally scheduled date was June 2021. The news was disclosed on May 13 by Senior Executive Vice President and...
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 23, 2021 | Content
According to Brazilian web portal UOL, Warner Media (AT&T), which owns sports network TNT Sports, is considering starting negotiations to acquire television rights to broadcast Copa Libertadores, the most important interclub soccer tournament in South America. The...
