Argentine MSO Telecentro has 525 thousand cable TV subscribers, revealed for the first time its owner Alberto Pierri, in an interview with local newspaper Infobae. In addition, he added that in total they have 850 thousand subscribers among their TV, Internet and telephony services. The businessman acknowledged that they are noticing a declining trend of [...]
The leader Argentine FTA network Telefé (owned by Viacom) decided that all its local stations of that country -a total of eight- will use its brand and its logo (the three balls of blue, green and red colors). In this way, the station unifies the visual identity of all its signals. So far, affiliates to [...]
From this November 21, FTA network UCV TV of Chile stopped calling itself like this to make way for its new denomination TV+. This change of name was already being devised by Media 23 Spa company when it acquired 90% of the channel in mid-2017 (the remaining 10% was kept by Catholic University of Valparaíso). [...]
IPTV, Internet and telephony operator TSTT of Trinidad and Tobago announced the dismissal of 503 unionized workers. This means a “turning point” for the company, said CEO Ronald Walcott, who considered this measure “vital to the survival of the company.” The job cuts will not end here, since it is estimated that the next layoffs [...]
The manufacturer of streaming players Roku released two new products in Mexico with the aim of returning to the forefront of the local market after about a year and a half of being banned. For these launches, he took advantage of a new edition of Buen Fin, a Mexican commercial event that consisted of offers [...]
The Chilean premium channel El Canal del Fútbol decided to issue two additional channels during the next weekend (November 24 and 25) so that its subscribers can live better the definition of Chilean First Division soccer championship. By December 2017 they had added an additional channel also for the closing of the tournament. In this [...]
The National Copyright Office (Onda) of the Dominican Republic ruled in favor of the Spanish-speaking Univision channel and ordered cable TV operator Telecable Central to suspend the broadcast of the channel. The North American company filed a complaint for illegal transmission of its channel. The provision of Onda is a “precautionary suspension” informed its authorities, [...]
Brazilian operator Algar Telecom reported in its third quarter of 2018 a further drop in its direct-to-consumer segment of pay TV. It lost 5 thousand revenue generating units (RGU), closing the period with a total of 82 thousand. In this way, the Cable and Satellite TV operator recorded its third consecutive quarterly loss, since in [...]
Argentine FTA networks requested “lighten the backpack” in relation to the tax scheme, mainly for those that are paid by services of right management. This request was made within the framework of a meeting of the Association of Argentine Broadcasters (ATA), in which the head of the National Communications Agency (Enacom), Silvana Giudici, was present. [...]
HBO will deactivate two of its channels in Brazil. HBO Plus and Maxprime panregional channels will no longer be broadcasted in that country from next December 31, while the HBO Plus East and Maxprime East channels will continue over the air. So far, the premium package offered by HBO in the Brazilian pay TV market [...]
