The National Consumer Service (Sernac) of Chile filed a class action against El Canal del Fútbol (CDF) over Estadio CDF’s streaming outages during the match between Colo Colo and Universidad Catolica. On that occasion, Sernac received 271 claims about the problems, which prevented users from accessing the transmission of the derby match. Sernac said in [...]
According to the Spanish newspaper El País, Telefónica is planning to launch in Europe an OTT platform with a library including its original content. The aim would be to offer the new platform in countries such as Germany and the UK, said sources familiar with the project. The plan would be to offer a low-price [...]
AMC Networks Iberia is reportedly preparing a new streaming service, called Selekt, for the Spanish market, which will include live channels and VOD content from its portfolio. The service will be offered in partnership with the main pay TV operators, since the goal is to offer a complementary option. According to a video leaked on [...]
Netflix informed users from Argentina that starting on September 10 it will start charging the monthly subscription fees in local currency (Pesos) This way, the basic plan, available in SD in one screen, will be priced at AR $129 per month (USD 7.3) . The plan with two screens in HD will cost AR $169 [...]
Sony Pictures Television’s SVOD service Crackle announced its arrival in the Colombian market as part of the new TV paga offer of the Telecommunication Company of Bogotá (ETB). For a monthly fee of CO $ 11,400 (USD 3.4) after a free-month trial, ETB clients can download the application on different connected devices and use it [...]
FOX Sports Latin America has categorically denied in a statement having any negotiation for sports rights with the OTT service Sportflix, which will be launched later this month and will offer live events from several leagues. The clarification comes after the Argentine soccer league, of which Fox and Turner have the broadcast rights, was mentioned [...]
After Disney announced that it will remove its content from Netflix in 2019 to create its own OTT in the United States, the streaming giant said that the end of the licensing agreement will not affect Latin America. “US Netflix members will have access to Disney films on the service through the end of 2019, [...]
The Walt Disney Company announced that it has agreed to acquire majority ownership of BAMTech, and will launch a new Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019, so it will end its licensing deal with Netflix in US. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a conference with analysts that the company will “also rollout the service [...]
Kabillion, the independently owned kids’ VOD network, announced the launch of its first Spanish-language app, Kabillion en Español, on the Roku platform. The app is a children’s learning and entertainment channel in Spanish, featuring many of Kabillion’s top animated titles, including the popular “Dive Olly Dive”, “The DaVincibles” and “ToddWorld”. “Reaching the large Hispanic community [...]
CBS announced that it is expanding the availability of its subscription video on-demand and live streaming service CBS All Access internationally. It will launch initially in Canada in the first half of 2018, with other markets to follow. The company didn’t reveal an timeline for its expansion plans. The platform launched in the US in [...]
