Monthly Archives: April 2021

Dataxis to hold new webinar on how to lower content protection costs with castLabs and Google’s Widevine CAS

After having started its 2021 virtual events calendar with Nextv Series Andeans first virtual edition, Dataxis confirms that it will hold a new webinar, which will be called Lowering content protection costs with castLabs and Googles Widevine CAS. The event  will be sponsored by castLabs and will take place on Wednesday, May 12th at 12:00 [...]

Fanatiz, 1190 Sports and Nunchee launch FZ Sports to boost the sports business

Fanatiz, 1190 Sports and Nunchee have officially announced this last Monday, April 26th the launch of Fz Sports, a global company that aims at serving as the main destination for monetization, digital interaction, and enjoyment of the best live and on demand sports content. Based in Miami, with an international footprint covering more than 100 [...]

Win Sports Online could add more views at the same time on the platform soon

One of the panel discussions that took place during the first of Nextv Series Andeans virtual edition was titled The new challenge of D2C and VOD. There, Gabriel Hernandez, Win Sports Digital Products Manager, reported that the D2C OTT Win Sports Online may add more views at the same time. Another of the industry executives [...]

Band and Claro develop first sports broadcast with 5G in Brazil

Brazilian FTA TV channel Rede Bandeirantes (Band), owned by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação, and the telecommunications company Claro Brasil (America Movil), have made this last Sunday, April 25th, the first sports broadcast using 5G technology in Brazil. According to the information reported by UOL and other specialized websites in the country, it took place during [...]

Football in the new era of OTT and social networks to star in one-on-one session during Nextv Sports Latin America’s second virtual edition

As part of what will be the second Nextv Sport Latin Americas virtual edition, Dataxis, the company in charge of organizing the event, will hold a panel discussion entitled Football in the new era of OTT and social networks, which It will take place next Tuesday, May 4th between 11:40 AM (CDMX), and 12:00 PM [...]

Colombian football club America de Cali also joins the streaming market with America Play

Colombian professional football club America de Cali has recently launched its new SVOD OTT, which it called America Play, with Futbolete and Somos GAD as technological partners. As reported from the platforms web version, its access is possible from anywhere in the world, and its catalog will include interviews, documentaries and live broadcasts, esports, access [...]

New era of sports TV production to open day 2 of Nextv Sport Latin America on its second virtual edition

The panel that will open day 2 of the second Nextv Sport Latin Americas virtual edition, organized by Dataxis, is called The new era of sports TV production, and will take place on Wednesday, May 5th, between 9:00 AM (CDMX) and 9:50 AM (CDMX). Registration for this one and the rest of the conferences panels [...]

WarnerMedia could negotiate for the Copa Libertadores TV rights from 2023

According to the information reported by the Brazilian website UOL, WarnerMedia (AT&T), owner of the TNT Sports channel, intends to negotiate for the Copa Libertadores TV rights in Latin America, for the 2023-2026 period. The news has not been confirmed by any company executive yet. Also, according to UOL, WanerMedia would start negotiations for the [...]

Dataxis to hold new webinar on how to lower content protection costs with castLabs and Google’s Widevine CAS

After having started its 2021 virtual events calendar with Nextv Series Andeans first virtual edition, Dataxis confirms that it will hold a new webinar, which will be called Lowering content protection costs with castLabs and Googles Widevine CAS. The event will be sponsored by castLabs and will take place on Wednesday, May 12TH at 12:00 [...]

Vrio reports 10.56 million subscribers in Latin America and slows down its clients base in the region at the end of Q1 2021

As part of its Q1 2021 results report presentation, Vrio, AT&Ts unit that controls DirecTV’s operations in Latin America and Skys in Brazil, reported a total of 10.559 million subscribers. The figure shows a 383 thousand customers drop in relation to the 10,942 million that the company had reported at the end of Q4 2020, [...]