by Hernán Amaya | May 5, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
WarnerMedia has announced that it has acquired Ole Communications’ minority stake in HBO Brasil Partners. Thus, WarnerMedia has become the sole owner. Last October the production company owned by AT&T agreed to acquire Ole Communications’ minority stake in HBO Ole...
Mexico:
IFT considers imposing penalties on Pay TV channels for exceeding advertising time limit
by Virginia Anziano | Mar 12, 2020 | Pay TV
The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) has confirmed that Mexican Pay TV channels are exceeding the advertising time limit, which is six minutes per hour. Therefore, the regulatory authority might impose a penalty, which may range from a mere...
Global:
WarnerMedia creates new unit to make movies for HBO Max
by Gustavo Hernández | Feb 11, 2020 | OTT / VOD
WarnerMedia (AT&T) has set up a new label called Warner Max, which will be “the film production arm” for the new HBO Max streaming service that will be released in the United States in May this year (the release date in Latin America has not been...
Latin America:
HBO Max Latin American version different from U.S. version
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 9, 2019 | OTT / VOD
HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly said that the OTT service in the rest of the world would not take the same approach as in the United States (U.S. release scheduled for May 2020), taking into account that Latin America will be the first region the OTT will...
Latin America:
HBO: “The dropping trend in Pay TV subscriber count in the region cannot be seen in premium channels subs count”
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 2, 2019 | Interviews
Corporate Vicepresident HBO Networks at HBO Latin America Gustavo Grossmann in an interview by TAVI Latam. >> Highlights from the interview: -We are always ready for what is coming; we try to offer the best content and to keep our position as the best Pay TV...