by Virginia Anziano | Mar 29, 2021 | OTT / VOD
WarnerMedia, the audiovisual industry behemoth owned by multinational AT&T, has announced that its new streaming platform HBO Max will be available to DirecTV (AT&T), Sky (Brazil) and Oi (Brazil) Pay TV subscribers who have signed up for HBO premium package...
Venezuela:
State-run channel TVes airs Disney’s Soul without broadcasting rights
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 22, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
On March 19, Free-To-Air state-run channel TVes (Televisora Venezolana Social) aired Walt Disney Company’s movie Soul without having been granted the rights to broadcast it, which soon spread in social networks and was then reported by the Venezuelan media. In...
Global:
Disney+ global paid subscribers surpass 100 million barrier
by Gustavo Hernández | Mar 11, 2021 | OTT / VOD
At The Walt Disney Company’s shareholders’ meeting, CEO Bob Chapek revealed that Disney+ had just surpassed a significant barrier: 100 million paid subscribers worldwide. The company has so far not provided details about the number of subscribers in each country or...
Chile:
Telefónica penetrates OTT Pay TV market by making Movistar Play available to non-customers
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 9, 2021 | OTT / VOD
Telecommunications company Telefónica de Chile has announced that its streaming platform Movistar Play may be signed up for by non-customers. The only plan available to non-customers is Full, which offers 55 Free To Air and Pay TV linear channels and a wide VOD...
Latin America:
ViacomCBS launches Paramount+ amid aggressive campaign
by Gustavo Hernández | Mar 4, 2021 | OTT / VOD
Paramount+, the new streaming platform owned by audiovisual media multinational ViacomCBS, has just launched in Latin America (18 countries), the United States and Canada. The aggressive launch campaign being implemented in Latin America includes mainstream media and...