by Gustavo Hernández | Jul 21, 2020 | OTT / VOD
Roku has announced that it has added Brazilian streaming service PlayKids to its platform. Now the kids-focused OTT is available through Roku in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. Users may...
Latin America:
HBO Go to be sold through Mercado Libre
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 20, 2020 | OTT / VOD
HBO Latin America has announced that HBO Go, its SVOD streaming service, will be sold through e-commerce platform Mercado Libre in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil (in the latter country the spelling is Mercado Livre). The agreement between both companies will make it...
Argentina:
Unconcluded Disney-Fox merger delays Cabase members’ IPTV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 15, 2020 | Pay TV
Cabase (Argentine Internet Chamber) President Ariel Graizer said that many of the chamber’s members throughout Argentina, which are Internet providers (ISPs), have not launched their own IPTV service. The fact that Disney-Fox merger is still unconcluded has resulted...
Peru:
No agreement: Movistar stops carrying Televisa channels
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 3, 2020 | Content
Mexican network Televisa’s channels are no longer available to Movistar Perú (Telefónica) customers, as is evident from the telecommunication company’s new channel line up, released on July 1. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, this is due to the...
Brazil:
CNN Brasil intends to enter FTA TV market
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 29, 2020 | Free To Air Tv
CNN Brasil, which launched on March 15 as a Pay TV channel, has engaged in negotiations to enter the Free-To-Air TV market, with the aim of gaining viewers and increasing its revenue, according to Brazil’s website Notícias da TV. It has reported that the most likely...