Tag Archives: CDF

WarnerMedia Latin America centralizes its sports business under the ‘TNT Sports’ brand

After announcing its new leadership team and structure for the region last week, WarnerMedia Latin America reported that, from now on, TNT Sports will be its new sports content brand throughout the region, and will be led by Gustavo Minaker and Fabio Medeiros. As reported, in this new stage, WarnerMedia’s sports division intends to renew [...]

Turner rebrands CDF as TNT Sports

As recently reported by several specialized websites in Chile, starting this last Sunday, January 17th, Canal de Futbol (CDF, owned by Turner) will be rebranded as TNT Sports, the same brand that the company uses for its premium channel in Argentina. According to information reported on the Pisapapeles website, the CDF HD channel will now [...]

ViacomCBS may be about to acquire Chilevision

After some rumors that started to place in August, the Diario Financiero de Chile reported on its website this past Sunday, November 22, that ViacomCBS would be closer to acquiring the free-to-air TV channel Chilevisión, owned by Turner (WarnerMedia; AT&T). According to the website, which cites “high sources” in the negotiations, ViacomCBS is about to [...]

Turner continues betting on on esports at CDF with the Tour de Chile Esports 2020

Chilean Canal de Futbol (CDF – Turner) announced that, starting today, and in a new commitment to content linked to esports, it will broadcast the Tour de Chile Esports 2020. It is a new virtual cycling competition, that will be broadcast both on the channel’s screen, as well as through different platforms, including Estadio CDF, [...]

Entel Chile launches new OTT and Android TV STB

Chilean telecommunications company Entel announced on Monday the launch of Entel TV, its new OTT, which, according to what it officially reported, can be accessed from smart TVs, tablets and smartphones. The platform joins 41 available TV channels, including Chilean channels; from Disney; Turner and international ones. In addition, Entel TV offers the possibility of [...]

Turner resumes Professional Football League’s broadcasts in Chile

Chilean National Professional Football Association (ANFP) confirmed days ago the return of Professional Football in the country for this coming Saturday, August 29th, after being canceled in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The entity also published the schedule of pending matches canceled because of the pandemic, as well as those of the ninth fixture [...]

ViacomCBS could buy Chilevision to Turner

According to what several Chilean websites have reported, ViacomCBS is about to buy Chilean FTA TV channel Chilevision. As reported by El Mostrador website, negotiations are in very advanced talks with Turner, the company that owns the TV channel.  El Mostrador also reported that the transaction would be valued at between USD 14 million and [...]

Turner bets on E-Sports on CDF again through Mortal Kombat tournament

During July, the Chilean pay TV channel Canal de Futbol (CDF, Turner), is broadcasting a new E-Sports competition, which it called Torneo LG Mortal Kombat 11. The tournament is being broadcast on different digital platforms, such as Estadio CDF, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, and on TV through CDF HD, Premium and Basic, and is being [...]

Turner bets on eSports on CDF again to replace professional football broadcasts in the country

As a way of replacing professional football broadcasts due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Chilean Football Channel (CDF) announced that it will broadcast the second Entel eSports 2020 edition, an eSports competition that will bring together football and entertainment icons from the country through the FIFA 2020 video game. The tournament will be developed from [...]

CDF starts broadcasting all its live TV programs on streaming

The Chilean premium channel CDF began this Monday to broadcast all its live programming  via streaming, becoming the first Chilean TV channel to implement this way to air its contents. Although the measure began to be implemented this week, previously, and in line with the sanitary recommendations due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the channel had [...]