Netflix announced that it will develop 30 productions in Brazil in the next two years, including original series, films and documentaries. Contents range to be included covers thrillers, romance, comedy and family and children issues. The company will record its projects in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Cimbres and Tocantins. ‘Brazil has [...]
The sports OTT DAZN will develop its first boxing broadcast in Brazil, with the fight that will face Mexican boxer Juan Francisco Estrada and Thai Srisaket Sor Rungvisai for the World Boxing Council’s (CMB) Flyweight Championship, at the Inglewood Forum, in California. Apart from DAZN, the fight will be also broadcast by ESPN Latin America, [...]
Brazilian pay TV operator Vivo allows its subscribers to access to the HBO Go OTT. The subscription has a USD 9 monthly cost, and can be paid directly into the operator’s account, or with prepaid credits. With this new feature, Vivo’s customers can access the entire HBO content, either through a subscription or by hiring [...]
Viacom International Media Networks announced it will launch its OTT Paramount + in Latin America. Its catalog will include the company’s regional contents, and will be marketed through operators and directly to the consumer. The chosen date for the launch is April 30th through the Brazilian operator Net, to later expand it to the entire [...]
Heineken launched the new OTT Heineken TV, which provides real-time upgrades during matches played in the UEFA Champions League, broadcast on Facebook. The offer is available throughout Brazil since last April 13th, as part of an agreement between the Dutch beer company and the football competition. The streaming platform, created by the marketing agency Publicis, [...]
Amazon and Google announced that the official YouTube app will be incorporated into Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire TV’s Smart TVs and, simultaneously, the Prime Video app will be compatible with Chromecast and devices with Chromecast included. In addition, Prime Video will also be available on some Android TV devices. YouTube TV and YouTube [...]
Chilean Channel 13 officially reported on its website that it will soon include its OTT Loop application on Smart TVs, which will be available on Android, iOS, Chromecast, Roku and Apple TV, with the contents displayed on the channel and a broader content catalog, with free access for customers. Up to now, no registration was [...]
Chilean FTA channel Mega (today known as the Mega Media holding company) announced it will launch its OTT, scheduled for July. According to the company, it will have contents already broadcast by the channel, and also original productions created specially for the platform. The channel informed that the service will have a monthly subscription, but [...]
With the aim of encouraging national audiovisual production content in Colombia, the National Development Plan could make foreign OTTs such as Netflix, Movistar Play or Amazon Prime Video, and others, compulsorily to include a section with only Colombian titles, starting in 2020. ‘The initial proposal was to establish a minimum screen fee of 10% to [...]
Cablevision Flow agreed with Netflix to access the OTT through its platform. Feature is already available and is effective since last Thursday, April 18th for customers who have a Flow STB and a Netflix account. Access to the OTT can be done from a dedicated application. In addition, the new Flow remote control will have [...]
