Category: Free to Air

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 [...]

‘Si, se puede’, Ecuavisas’s original series, is the first Ecuadorian production to be available on Amazon Prime Video Direct

Ecuadorian FTA TV channel Ecuavisa reported that its Si, se puede production, originally announced last year, became the first Ecuadorian series to arrive at Amazon Prime Video, where it has been available since March 6th through Amazon Prime Video Direct. The Ecuadorian production plot focuses on the first time that the Ecuadorian National Team managed [...]

EBC’s privatization process to include TV Brasil and its radios

Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, let this last Friday, April 9th, through Decree N° 10,669 (2021), to include the Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) in the so-called Programa Nacional de Desestatização As officially reported, as a result of said inclusion, the company will face an evaluation process to define whether it will be privatized or if [...]

Señal Colombia calls content producers to submit new audiovisual productions

Colombian FTA TV channel Señal Colombia (RTVC) has announced that it has opened a new call through which it will be receiving, from April 5th to May 3rd, applications for audiovisual projects based on different genres, formats and items. The initiative takes place as part of its Mercado de Coproduccion, a space created for audiovisual [...]

ViacomCBS Networks International agrees with WarnerMedia to acquire Chilevision

After several rumors that took place during 2020, ViacomCBS has announced this last Monday, April 5th that ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has agreed to acquire Chilean FTA TV channel Chilevisión from WarnerMedia (AT&T). As reported from ViacomCBS, Chilevisión will fall under the leadership of Juan JC Acosta, President of ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas. [...]

ViacomCBS Networks International agrees with WarnerMedia to acquire Chilevision

After several rumors that took place during 2020, ViacomCBS has announced this last Monday, April 5th that ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has agreed to acquire Chilean FTA TV channel Chilevisión from WarnerMedia (AT&T). As reported from ViacomCBS, Chilevisión will fall under the leadership of Juan JC Acosta, President of ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas. [...]

ViacomCBS resumes fiction production plans in Argentina

Viacom International Studios (ViacomCBS) announced that it will resume its fiction content production plans in Argentina, with El primero de nosotros, new VIS fiction series, whose premiere is scheduled for the first half of this year on the Argentine FTA channel Telefe. According to the information reported by VIS, El primero de nosotros wil be [...]

WarnerMedia and SBT to share UEFA Champions League’s TV rights in Brazil until 2024

After Facebook announced its decision to stop broadcasting the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores in Latin America, different specialized websites in Brazil reported that WarnerMedia (AT&T), together with the FTA TV channel SBT, will be in charge of broadcasting. the most important European football league in Brazil until 2024. According to the information [...]

Brazilian Campeonato Carioca launches with a combined premium pay TV, FTA TV and OTT model

The Rio de Janeiros Football Federation, located in Brazil (FERJ), is launching new models to broadcast the Campeonato Carioca, a professional football league whose 2021 edition began this week and brings together the main clubs in Rio de Janeiro. The competition can be watched both via OTT, as well as on pay TV and FTA [...]

Argentine Professional Football League’s matches to be broadcast on FTA TV again

As reported on various specialized websites in Argentina, some matches of the Professional Football League in that country will be broadcast on FTA TV again, through the TV Publica channel. According to the information reported this Thursday, February 25th, executives from the countrys Government has reached an agreement with Disney – one of the owners [...]