by Hernán Amaya | Dec 12, 2023 | OTT / VOD
On December 12, The Walt Disney Company issued a press release to announce the introduction of a change in its direct-to-consumer streaming strategy in Latin America. The content currently offered by its OTT Star+, including Espn sports and general entertainment...
Latin America:
TV Azteca boosts its Pay TV offering and launches new sports channel
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 29, 2023 | Pay TV
At a press event that took place on June 28, Mexican audiovisual company TV Azteca announced the overhauling of its Pay TV package, including the launch of a new sports channel to be called Azteca Deportes Network. In addition to the introduction of a new channel,...
Brazil:
Netflix to perform first-ever live-streaming of Brazilian content
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 27, 2023 | OTT / VOD
Following its first two live-streaming experiences from the United States to the whole world (March and April 2023), Netflix has announced it will live-stream Brazilian original content for the first time on July 2. In this way, the streaming platform takes a further...
Global:
Netflix planning its first-ever live-streamed sporting event
by Andrés Taurian | Jun 13, 2023 | OTT / VOD
The first-ever sporting event to be live-streamed by Netflix will come next fall (Northern hemisphere). According to the Wall Street Journal, the streaming platform is in talks to create a celebrity-driven golf tournament to take place in Las Vegas (USA), which will...
Latin America:
Disney to shut down Fox Sports 2 in Central America and Dominican Republic
by Hernán Amaya | May 31, 2023 | Content
The Walt Disney Company carries on with its gradual process of removing the Fox Sports brand from the list of sports Pay TV channels it offers in Latin America. The company has told TAVI Latam that on June 14 Fox Sports 2 will cease its broadcasts in Guatemala,...