by Hernán Amaya | Jan 21, 2020 | Telecommunications
According to information reported by El Mundo, a Spanish newspaper, a holding of Latin American businessmen has contacted Telefónica because it is interested in acquiring a 51% stake in the telecommunication company’s autonomous unit managing business in...
Latin America:
Netflix reveals 29.4 million Latin American subs count as at Q3 2019
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 17, 2019 | OTT / VOD
For the first time, Netflix has unveiled subscribers count data for Latin America. It had 29.4 million paid users as of the end of third quarter 2019. The information was released by the company in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which also...
Latin America:
Michael Bowling replaces Manuel De Abelleyra as President of DirecTV Latin America
by Gustavo Hernández | Dec 13, 2019 | Pay TV
Michael Bowling has been appointed President of DirecTV Latin America and will report to Melissa Arnoldi, Vrio CEO (Vrio is owned by AT&T and Direct TV Latin America is under its control), as announced by the company through a press release. Bowling will replace...
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:
Absence of economic growth leads Telefónica to split its operations in Spanish-speaking Latin America and to seek options to prevent loss of value
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 28, 2019 | Telecommunications
The Spanish telecommunications company has announced that it will spin off its operations in Spanish-speaking Latin America and that it will prioritize the Spanish, Brazilian, German and British markets, since the likelihood of growth is higher there. The goal for...