Did America Movil find the key to make OTT pay TV grow?

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The growth observed in OTT pay TV remains slow in Latin America. As reported by Dataxis, at the end of 2020, this technology represents almost 1.3 million subscribers; barely 2% of the pay TV market. A review of DirecTV, Telefonica and America Movil strategies shows the different strategies implemented to change this static situation. Low prices and alliances with SVOD OTT constitute a strong part of these strategies, but this new trend is not yet convincing as the solution that will save pay TV. With different motivations, DirecTV and Telefónica promoted the development of OTT pay TV. At the end of 2018, DirecTV launched its DirecTV Go platform in Chile and Colombia and gradually added it to other markets. The last one was Argentina, at the end of Q4 2020. DirecTV Go is a product with a price level that, depending on the country, ...
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Did America Movil find the key to make OTT pay TV grow?
March 2, 2021
DirecTV Go Chile OTT pay TV ARPU
March 2nd, 2021
The growth observed in OTT pay TV remains slow in Latin America. As reported by Dataxis, at the end of 2020, this technology represents almost 1.3 million subscribers; barely 2% of the pay TV mark...

AT&T sells part of DirecTV’s business in the US and looks for options to sell the DTH operations in Latin America
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John Stankey, CEO at AT&T, has recently announced that the company is looking for options to sell DirecTV's operations in Latin America. This is the first time that an AT&T executive expre...

Before its relaunch in Latin America, ViacomCBS confirms catalog and distribution partners for Paramount+
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