by Virginia Anziano | Dec 15, 2020 | Telecommunications
According to U.S. financial advisory services company Bloomberg, telecommunications operator Liberty Latin America (LLA) is considering the acquisition of Telefónica’s businesses in Colombia and Ecuador, where Telefónica operates under the brand name Movistar. The...
Chile:
WOM television service project moves forward
by Hernán Amaya | Dec 7, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
Chilean mobile operator WOM keeps working on its project to launch a TV service, known as WOM TV for the time being. Specialized website Pisapapeles has provided details on the beta version of the service and revealed that it will use an Android TV-based STB. It is...
Latin America:
Rumor confirmed: Disney to rename Fox channels as Star
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 30, 2020 | Content
TAVI Latam has just confirmed a rumor that spread last week. According to company sources, The Walt Disney Company will change Fox channels’ names in Latin America in order that they include the Star brand. The official announcement will be made within the next few...
Latin America:
DirecTV working on a new Android TV STB for DirecTV Go
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
According to Android TV Guide website, DirecTV (Satellite TV company owned by AT&T) has already got Google certification for a new set-top-box decoder that will use Android TV 10 update as its operating system. The device is to be used for OTT service DirecTV Go...
Venezuela:
Recently acquired DirecTV operation extends free period one month
by Virginia Anziano | Nov 16, 2020 | Pay TV
SimpleTV, the Venezuelan Satellite TV operation formerly owned by DirecTV, has announced that its free period will extend one further month, until December 14. Scale Capital, the company that has acquired DirecTV Venezuela, had initially reached an agreement with...