by Hernán Amaya | Mar 22, 2024 | Telecommunications
Grupo Werthein’s Vrio Division, which manages operators DirecTV in Spanish-speaking South America and Sky in Brazil, offers its Internet service through a Fiber to the Home network that has already totalled 40 million homes passed throughout the region. The...
Brazil:
Sky backs out of deal to acquire Oi’s Satellite TV postpaid customer base
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2023 | Pay TV
In a document submitted to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) last week, it was informed that Satellite TV (DTH) operator Sky (Vrio, Grupo Werthein) had decided to cancel the agreement to acquire the postpaid customer base of Oi’s DTH service. The...
Global:
Netflix makes videogame service available worldwide
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 2, 2021 | OTT / VOD
On November 2, Netflix made its videogame service available to all countries. The new service offered by the streaming giant debuted on a trial basis in Poland in late August 2021 and then in Italy and Spain. Now all Netflix subscribers, regardless of the country they...
Latin America:
On the eve of takeover by Werthein, DirecTV posts subscriber loss for three quarters in a row
by Virginia Anziano | Nov 1, 2021 | Pay TV
DirecTV Latin American unit, managed by Vrio division, posted a decrease in its subscriber count for three quarters in a row, according to telecommunications company AT&T Q3 2021 financial results. Grupo Werthein is to become the owner of Vrio on the close of the...
Argentina:
Claro launches Amazon Prime Video mobile-only plan
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 29, 2021 | OTT / VOD
The mobile edition of streaming platform Amazon Prime Video took its second step in Latin America. After making its debut with Tigo (Millicom) in Guatemala in 2020, it was launched for Claro (América Móvil) mobile phone service pre-paid customers in Argentina on...