by Hernán Amaya | Aug 4, 2022 | OTT / VOD
During the earnings call held on August 4, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced that the new streaming service fusing HBO Max and Discovery+, the company’s OTT products, will launch in Latin America in the last quarter of 2023. The platform is to roll out in the US...
Costa Rica:
Cabletica removes eight Disney channels and adds HBO premium channels to basic plan
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 1, 2022 | Pay TV
Costa Rican telecommunications operator Cabletica, owned by Liberty Latin America, has informed its pay TV customers that on July 1 it will remove eight channels owned by The Walt Disney Company from its line-up and will replace them with inclusion of HBO premium...
Global:
WarnerMedia and Discovery close merger
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...
Global:
HBO Max adds shuffle button to play back ramdom episodes of series
by Virginia Anziano | Mar 24, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Streamer HBO Max (WarnerMedia) has introduced a shuffle button on a global scale. The new feature allows users to avoid wasting time in the selection of content, given that the platform selects it automatically. Unlike already in service Netflix’s shuffle button,...
Latin America:
Rappi gives paid users HBO Max as a gift
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 3, 2021 | OTT / VOD
Delivery app Rappi is to gift HBO Max (WarnerMedia) subscription to new users of its Prime Plus paid plan, according to a press release issued by the streaming platform this week. The benefit will be available “over the next few weeks” in all Latin...