by Gustavo Hernández | Jan 27, 2020 | Audiovisual Market in General
A new Chilean company called Screen Capital is launching a USD 20 million investment fund aimed at the production of Spanish-language television series and movies. The new firm is to begin operating in March 2020. It will become the first Chilean private investment...
Brazil:
Pay TV loses over 1.5 million subscribers in 2019
by Hernán Amaya | Jan 7, 2020 | Pay TV
According to the latest data released by Brazil Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), the loss of Pay TV subscribers within the Brazilian market as from the beginning of the year had already exceeded 1.5 million by the end of November 2019. The regulatory authority has...
Latin America:
Discovery is the new owner of Golf Channel Latin America
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...