by Hernán Amaya | Jun 14, 2024 | Telecommunications
Vrio, a división of Argentina’s Grupo Werthein, has announced it has closed an agreement for the commercialization of Amazon’s satellite Internet service, Project Kuiper, in South America. As a result, Vrio’s operations DirecTV in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru,...
Ecuador:
Ecuadorian soccer league terminates TV rights agreement with GolTV
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 6, 2024 | Content
The entity in charge of the organization of Ecuador’s soccer tournament, LigaPro, terminated its TV broadcasting rights contractual relationship with GolTV, a sports channel that is part of Tenfield (owned by Uruguayan businessman Paco Casal), on June 6. According to...
Venezuela:
Cantv to have its own streaming TV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 3, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (Cantv), a state-run telecom, is working towards the launch of a new service described by the company as a “TV streaming service”. The news was disclosed a few days ago by Cantv President Jesús Aldana at...
Latin America:
Paramount+ ceases to air Premier League matches in Mexico and Central America one year before agreement expiration date
by Gustavo Hernández | May 23, 2024 | Content
Paramount+, Paramount Global’s streaming service, will no longer air the Premier League, the highest level of the English football league system, in Mexico and Central America. The announcement was made by Ricardo Sales, the main play-by-play sportscaster of Premier...
Venezuela:
SimpleTV launches fiber optic fixed Internet service
by Hernán Amaya | Apr 12, 2024 | Telecommunications
SimpleTV (Scale Capital) has broadened its telecommunications services portfolio. On April 12, the Venezuelan Satellite TV operator presented its fiber to the home (FTTH) fixed Internet service, SimpleFibra, on its web portal. The company has not provided any...