Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Colombia not to charge football premium pack

Pay TV | premium | Agustin Bertran | April 3rd, 2020
The premium local football pack, available in several Latin American countries to access local football leagues - temporarily cancelled by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic - will not be charged in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. Pay TV operators that offer the premium pack charge it in advance and, for this reason, customers will get the service subscription value in the May fee.In Chile, Turner owns the local football broadcasting rights, and airs the competition through the Canal de Futbol, who officially announced today that, throughout April, CDF HD, CDF Premium and the OTT Estadio CDF will be available for free in the country's pay TV operators. In addition, an agreement was recently run between the Professional Football National Association (ANFP) and Turner to broadcast one football match of the Chilean League per week on FTA TV, through Chilevision.In Argentina, the...
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