by Virginia Anziano | Jun 21, 2024 | Pay TV
On June 21, Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) unexpectedly issued a resolution authorizing Fox Corporation (Fox Corp.) to acquire all the assets belonging to Fox Sports México, a sports channels network run by Grupo Lauman, which is owned by...
Latin America:
DirecTV and Sky Brasil reach agreement to commercialize Amazon’s Satellite Internet service
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 14, 2024 | Telecommunications
Vrio, a división of Argentina’s Grupo Werthein, has announced it has closed an agreement for the commercialization of Amazon’s satellite Internet service, Project Kuiper, in South America. As a result, Vrio’s operations DirecTV in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru,...
Global:
Skydance not to acquire Paramount Global: Redstone declines offer and puts an end to negotiations
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 11, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
After several months of negotiations, audiovisual entertainment giant Paramount Global will not be acquired by Skydance Media studio. Even though in the last few days there have been reports in the US press about an imminent close of the deal, National Amusements...
Ecuador:
Ecuadorian soccer league terminates TV rights agreement with GolTV
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 6, 2024 | Content
The entity in charge of the organization of Ecuador’s soccer tournament, LigaPro, terminated its TV broadcasting rights contractual relationship with GolTV, a sports channel that is part of Tenfield (owned by Uruguayan businessman Paco Casal), on June 6. According to...
Venezuela:
Cantv to have its own streaming TV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 3, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (Cantv), a state-run telecom, is working towards the launch of a new service described by the company as a “TV streaming service”. The news was disclosed a few days ago by Cantv President Jesús Aldana at...