by Hernán Amaya | Apr 22, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix reported that it had 34.3 million paid subs in Latin America as at the close of first quarter 2020. By the end of March, the number of users had increased by 9.2%, with the addition of 2.9 million customers. These figures were released by the company in its...
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Netflix to make audiovisual productions based on Boom! Studios’ comics
by Virginia Anziano | Apr 17, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix and Boom! Studios, a comics publishing company, have announced an agreement under which the OTT service led by Reed Hastings will produce new original content based on Boom!’s stories. This company is among the leading comics publishers in the United States,...
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Netflix purchases 80 movies from Italy’s Rai
by Virginia Anziano | Mar 2, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix has bought 80 films from Rai, the Italian public TV broadcaster, according to information released by Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The amount of the transaction was close to USD 3 million. The purchase was divided into two parts: 61 movies are RaiCinema...
Latin America:
Netflix subscribers can now choose whether to turn autoplay on or off
by Virginia Anziano | Feb 10, 2020 | OTT / VOD
A few days ago, Netflix decided to allow its users to enable or disable autoplay both for previews while browsing and for the next episode in a series. This feature is already available in Latin America and the rest of the world. “Some people find this feature...
Brazil:
Netflix expected to surpass 15 million subscribers in 1Q 2020
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 30, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix will surpass 15 million users in Brazil during the first quarter of 2020, according to Brazilian website Na Telinha, which noted that the information had been exclusively revealed by “a Netflix Brasil executive”. The figure is approaching the total number of...