by Hernán Amaya | Aug 29, 2022 | OTT / VOD
DirecTV (Grupo Werthein) keeps expanding its strategy of outsourcing the commercialization of DirecTV Go, its streaming Pay TV service. On August 29, the satellite TV provider announced an alliance with Ecuador’s fiber optic fixed Internet (FTTH) operator Celerity,...
Mexico:
Sky to change brand of its prepaid service VeTV
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 22, 2022 | Pay TV
Mexican Satellite TV operator Sky, owned by Televisa and AT&T, has informed TAVI Latam that it will cease to use the VeTV brand for its prepaid service and will replace it with the Sky Prepago brand. Users have already been notified of the change and will not be...
Global:
Eutelsat and OneWeb agree to combine assets
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 26, 2022 | Telecommunications
On July 26, just one day after the official announcement of negotiations, satellite operators Eutelsat (France) and OneWeb (Britain) announced they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to combining both companies. The new company resulting from the...
Latin America:
DirecTV to launch its own news channel
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 1, 2022 | Content
Pay TV company DirecTV, run by Grupo Wethein’s Vrio division, announced on July 1 that its own news channel is to start operations “very soon”. Called DNews, it will be accessible in all Spanish-speaking markets where DirecTV does business. “It is a...
Venezuela:
Telefónica to cancel Movistar Satellite TV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 1, 2022 | Pay TV
According to information released by telecommunications giant Telefónica on July 1, Movistar is to discontinue its satellite TV service (DTH) in Venezuela by the end of 2022. As a result, the withdrawal of the company from the Venezuelan DTH market will coincide with...