by Virginia Anziano | Dec 19, 2019 | OTT / VOD
Netflix is offering some subscribers a new feature to enjoy its service. Through the Watch Now option, the OTT platform automatically selects the content to be viewed and the subscriber doesn’t need to browse to choose what to watch. As reported by US news media, this...
Mexico:
Telmex adds Netflix to service packages offered to customers
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 29, 2019 | Telecommunications
Mexican telecommunications company Telmex (América Móvil) has launched Internet and phone packages including Netflix membership. There are several plans, all of which allow users to save up money if the price of the package is compared with the price of signing up for...
Latin America:
Netflix to start reporting Latin American subscriber count
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 18, 2019 | OTT / VOD
Netflix published yesterday its quarterly earnings for the Q319 and announced that in the next financial results it would start disclosing revenue and membership by region. The OTT has never officially released Latin American numbers. As of the end of September 2019,...
Global:
Disney stops running Netflix ads on its Entertainment channels in USA
by Virginia Anziano | Oct 4, 2019 | OTT / VOD
Communication media company Disney will no longer run OTT platform Netflix commercials on its entertainment channels in the United States, as was reported by The Wall Street Journal. According to this newspaper, advertising on TV channels accounted for 38% of Netflix...
Global:
Netflix’s CEO predicts tough competition due to OTTs new releases
by Hernán Amaya | Sep 23, 2019 | OTT / VOD
Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings said that the market will be a “tough competition” since next November, when several companies launch their own OTT platforms. This was at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge, England. “While we have...