After different posts that were published this last Friday, June 4th, regarding that The Walt Disney Company’s children’s channels would stop being broadcasted in Latin America and other regions as of next June 25th, the company chaired by Bob Chapek confirmed that those channels will continue with their broadcasts beyond that date. In addition, the [...]
Disney+, Disney’s new SVOD OTT launched in Latin America last November, has announced this last Wednesday, June 2nd, that it is working on the production of ‘Disney Todo Igual, o No’; new series produced by Disney+ Original Productions, developed in Brazil, which will be launched on the platform next year. According to the information officially [...]
Bob Chapek, CEO at The Walt Disney Company, has recently announced that the company will shut down 100 of its linear TV channels on a global scale during the rest of 2021, with the aim of moving forward on its D2C strategy. In Latin America, Disney launched Disney+ in November 2020, and announced the launch [...]
AT&T and Discovery Inc. have officially announced this Monday, May 17th a definitive agreement between Discovery and WarnerMedia to create a new standalone global entertainment company, which will be led by David Zaskav, Discovery’s President & CEO. The Board of Director of both AT&T and Discovery have approved the transaction, which is anticipated to close [...]
Brazilian telecommunications company Vivo (Telefonica) has announced last week a partnership with Starzplay, through which Vivo’s mobile customers will be able to hire the Starz (Lionsgate) platform and pay the subscription directly from the company’s monthly invoice, without the need to use credit cards. Although the value of the original Starzplay subscription is valued at [...]
Mercado Libre’s Product & Technology Chief Operating Officer (COO), Daniel Ravinobich, reported during an entrepreneurs meeting of the Innova Network in Buenos Aires, that the largest company in Argentina, and also the largest e-commerce business in Latin America, will focus on the content streaming products aggregation. During his presentation, which took place in Lobos, Buenos [...]
WarnerMedia (AT&T) has confirmed this Thursday, February 11th, that HBO Max, its new SVOD OTT, will finally be launched in 39 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean at the end of June. With its arrival at Latin America, HBO Max begins its international expansion, after having been officially launched in the US, in late [...]
Discovery Inc. has officially launched ‘Discovery +’, its new SVOD OTT, on January 4th, now available in the US as a D2C product, and in Europe. The international launch of the platform, which will include Latin American countries, including Brazil, is scheduled for 2021 and 2022. The official launch of Discovery+ in the US took [...]
Starz (Lionsgate) has announced on Thursday, December 10th, the official launch of the new international direct-to-consumer Starzplay application in Colombia, with plans to continue with future releases in other countries soon. Colombia joins Chile and Argentina, where Starzplay has been recently launched also as a D2C platform. ‘We are very excited to continue expanding our [...]
As announced in September, and as reported on several specialized websites, Discovery has announced this Wednesday, December 2nd, that it will launch Discovery +, its new D2C OTT, in the US. As detailed, the SVOD OTT will be launched in the North American country on January 4th, and globally throughout 2021, including Latin American countries. [...]