Monthly Archives: June 2021

Tigo Costa Rica to present its new Tigo ONEtv to close day 1 of the first Nextv Series Central America’s virtual edition

As part of what will be the first Nextv Series Central Americas virtual edition, conference held by Dataxis with the aim of debating and discussing on the main industry trends in that region, Leandros Residential Unit Director (B2C) at Tigo Costa Rica, will present the new Tigo ONEtv, recently launched on Android TV.  For the [...]

New OTT era of pay TV operators in Central America to open first Nextv Series Central America’s virtual edition tomorrow

As part of its 2021 virtual events agenda, Dataxis will be in charge of helding the first Nextv Series Central Americas virtual edition, which will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, June 29th, as well as on Wednesday, June 30th, both days starting at 9:00 AM. (GMT-6 CST). Registration for all conference panels is now open, and [...]

Discovery+ to be launched in Brazil in September

Discovery has announced this last Thursday, June 24th, that it will launch Discovery+, its new SVOD OTT, in Brazil next September. This way, the platform, whose launch originally took place in the US and Europe at the beginning of this year, confirms its international expansion plans towards Latin America. The launch date and other news [...]

Megacable plans to complete GPON network migration before the end of the year

During an interview with the Mexican website Expansion, Enrique Yamuni, CEO at the holding company Megacable, gave details about several of the projects in which the company is working, including the evolution of its HFC network to GPON, originally announced earlier in 2020. We already have more than 50% of the project, and we plan [...]

Tigo Costa Rica to present its new Tigo ONEtv in the first Nextv Series Central America’s virtual edition

As part of what will be the first Nextv Series Central Americas virtual edition, conference held by Dataxis with the aim of debating and discussing on the main industry trends in that region, Leandros Residential Unit Director (B2C) at Tigo Costa Rica, will present the new Tigo ONEtv, recently launched on Android TV.  For the [...]

Disney to be able to use the ‘Star’ brand for its new OTT in Brazil

Brazilian Justice  has officially announced this last Thursday, June 24th that it has finally allowed The Walt Disney Company to use the Star brand to launch its new SVOD OTT in the country after, days ago, the Lionsgate company, focused on distributing film and TV content, and owner of the US premium channels network Starz [...]

VTR digital TV clients to be able to access HBO Max catalog

Telecommunications company VTR (Liberty Latin America) has officially announced this last Monday, June 21st, that all its customers who have hired its digital TV offer will be able to access HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s (AT&T) new SVOD OTT, whose subscription will be included in the price of the plan already hired by the Chilean companys clients. [...]

Apple reduces Apple TV+ free access from one year to three months for those who acquire its products as of July

The company Apple Inc. has recently announced that, as of next July 1st, those who acquire its electronic products, including iPhones, iPads, Apple TV and others, will no longer be able to access its SVOD OTT Apple TV+ catalog for free for a 12 months period. As reported by the company, that benefit will be [...]

1190 Sports takes de Brasileirão to China through PP Sports

The company 1190 Sports, focused on managing and marketing sports rights, has announced this Wednesday, June 23th, a new distribution agreement with PP Sports (Suning Sports Media Co), one of the leading sports content platforms in China, through which those who access the OTT will have available three matches for each fixture date of Brasileirãos [...]

Tigo Costa Rica to present its new Tigo ONEtv in the first Nextv Series Central America’s virtual edition

As part of what will be the first Nextv Series Central Americas virtual edition, conference held by Dataxis with the aim of debating and discussing on the main industry trends in that region, Leandro Lagos, Residential Unit Director (B2C) at Tigo Costa Rica, will present the new Tigo ONEtv, recently launched on Android TV.  For [...]