by Virginia Anziano | Nov 6, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Netflix, the streaming service managed by Reed Hastings, keeps searching for new options to improve the user’s experience. It has just launched its first linear channel, whose name is Direct. For the time being, it is available only in France. This new initiative is...
Mexico:
Blim TV to launch free version in 2021
by Gustavo Hernández | Oct 15, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Blim TV, Mexican media company Televisa’s streaming service, will launch a free version in 2021. The news was released by the platform’s CEO, Luis Arvizu, at Televisa 2021 Upfront event, which was held on October 14. In this way, Blim TV will combine an SVOD service...
Venezuela: First conflict between Conatel and SimpleTV, formerly DirecTV Venezuela
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 13, 2020 | Pay TV
Venezuela’s Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has rejected the price scheme submitted by investment company Scale Capital, which has recently acquired DirecTV Venezuela. Scale Capital is supplying the Satellite TV service to existing DirecTV users free of...
Venezuela: DirecTV to become SimpleTV
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2020 | Pay TV
Satellite TV operator DirecTV Venezuela, which has recently been acquired by investment firm Scale Capital, will change its name to SimpleTV. The new brand name has been appearing on the screens of the DTH’s users during the last few days, according to information...
Global:
AT&T puts DirecTV up for auction
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 7, 2020 | Pay TV
According to the New York Post, telecommunications company AT&T is determined to push forward with the sale of its Satellite TV operator DirecTV. That is the reason why it has invited a few suitors into the second round of the auction of the DTH. It is not clear...