by Hernán Amaya | Dec 19, 2019 | Pay TV
Discovery has acquired Latin American Golf company, which operates Golf Channel Latin America, a Pay TV channel. Its former owners were Simple Networks LLC and Fornaluz Productions S.A., an affiliate of Inversiones Bahia. Discovery’s bet on golf is not new. Earlier...
Mexico:
Izzi accused of interfering with TV Azteca’s signal during Andy Ruiz Jr.’s fight
by Virginia Anziano | Dec 10, 2019 | Audiovisual Market in General
Journalists at TV Azteca and many Izzi users reported on social networks that the Mexican Pay TV company owned by Televisa had interfered intentionally with Azteca Siete during the live broadcast of the fight between Andy Ruiz Jr., a U.S. born boxer of Mexican...
Global:
CBS and Viacom completed the merger and launched the new ViacomCBS
by Gustavo Hernández | Dec 5, 2019 | Audiovisual Market in General
As it had been announced, CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc. completed the merger on December 4. The combined company, which is renamed ViacomCBS, creates a media group with global scale, including leadership positions in markets across the United States, Europe, Latin...
Bahamas:
Cable Bahamas renews its digital Pay TV service with ActiveVideo
by Gustavo Hernández | Nov 27, 2019 | Pay TV
Pay TV operator Cable Bahamas agreed with the technology company ActiveVideo to renew its digital Pay TV service, where the decoder functions will be virtualized in the cloud. Thus, it will launch a new user interface that will make it possible to improve navigation...
Brazil:
New channel Trace Brazuca to be launched in early 2020
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 22, 2019 | Content
Trace production company has informed TAVI Latam that Trace Brazuca channel will be launched in Brazil in early 2020, probably in the first quarter of the year. However, the date has not been fixed yet because it depends on negotations with operating companies and...