by Hernán Amaya | Jun 9, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix subscriber count has already exceeded 15 million in Brazil, according to information provided by UOL, a Brazilian website. This figure equals the aggregate of Pay TV customers in Brazil, which was 15.32 million as of the end of April, as reported by the Brazil...
Venezuela:
DirecTV withdraws from Venezuelan market
by Hernán Amaya | May 20, 2020 | Pay TV
U.S. telecommunications company AT&T has resolved that its satellite TV operator DirecTV cease operations in Venezuela. AT&T announced the decision, effective immediately, through a press release issued on May 19. “The U.S. government’s sanctions on...
Latin America:
Digicel seeks to have Bermuda insolvency case recognized in the U.S.A. to preserve assets while restructuring debt
by Virginia Anziano | May 19, 2020 | Telecommunications
Digicel, a company that provides Pay TV, Internet and telephone services in many countries in Central America and the Caribbean, has filed for Chapter 15 proceedings in a U.S. bankruptcy court in order to preserve its assets and prevent attachments, so that it may...
Latin America:
Movistar Series now accessible through OTT Movistar Play only
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 8, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Telecommunications company Telefónica has made a strategic decision at a regional level in relation to its Movistar Series channel. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, the channel was dropped from Movistar Pay TV line-ups in Latin America on March 31 and...
Latin America:
Digicel seeks to reduce its debt by exchanging current bonds for new securities
by Gustavo Hernández | Mar 30, 2020 | Telecommunications
Digicel, a telecommunications company operating Pay TV and Internet, as well as mobile and fixed telephone services in many Caribbean and Central American countries, is in talks with some bondholders and is offering to exchange current bonds for new securities, as...