Cinemax, HBO Latin America’s ad-based movie channel, announced the premiere of the superhero series ‘Doom Patrol’, scheduled for March 19th throughout the region. This is the first content of the channel that can be complemented with the second-screen interactive app Quebe. Based on DC Comics characters, Doom Patrol follows, throughout 15 chapters, the marginalized members [...]
HBO Latin America announced that it will begin the filming process of ‘Os Esquecidos’ (Los Olvidados), next February 17th, a suspense and mystery series that will be recorded for four months with locations in San Pablo, Paranapiacaba and other cities in that State. Throughout 10 episodes, Os Esquecidos will tell the story of a group [...]
From this last Thursday, December 19th, Movistar Play, launched in Mexico in March this year, added HBO content. The OTT subscribers in that country can access it directly from the Movistar Play app. They can also enter HBO, HBO2, HBO Family, HBO Plus and HBO Signature. ‘The exclusive HBO programming is available for Movistar Play [...]
HBO Latin America announced a new original Brazilian series, called ‘Os Esquecidos’ (‘The Forgotten’’), the company’s first suspense and fantasy production in Brazil. Created by Fábio Mendonça and Antônio Tibau, the series will begin its filming process in February 2020 in San Pablo. Over 10 one-hour episodes, the series will tell the story of eight [...]
In an effort to more closely align with priorities for future consolidated strategies against piracy, the organization Alianza (Contra Pirateria de Television Paga) announced its restructuring with the creation of an executive board of officers. The executive board will be comprised of members from DirecTV, Discovery, ESPN, FOX and Turner, a group of content providers, [...]
HBO Latin America announced today a new feature in its HBO GO platform, enabling temporary content downloads for certain titles and allowing subscribers to view, even when they’re offline, up to 15 downloaded titles. Paying subscribers of the platform will be able to download content directly to their mobile device to enjoy at their convenience, [...]
The Belize Cable TV Operators Association (BCTVOA) and the HBO Latin America Group ran an agreement that ables the island’s pay TV operators to legally provide the channel’s catalog there for a two-year-period. Under this agreement, Belizean cable companies can now expand their catalog offer and provide authorized access to HBO, A&E, Lifetime, The History [...]
Arris International announced that the Arris DSR-7412 transcoder, and DSR-4470 receiver decoder have been selected by HBO Latin America for its content distribution network. The Arris DSR-7412 and DSR-4470 will significantly reduce network bandwidth requirements while creating a new pathway for advanced services. Both devices feature HEVC compression and DVB-S2X modulation that increase the video [...]
HBO announced that it will premiere in April the new documentary series “Destino Rusia 2018,” the first-ever co-production between HBO Latin America and HBO Europe, that will follow top soccer players as they prepare for the World Cup. This 10-part documentary series will show stories and experiences of overcoming, friendship, glory and redemption of world [...]
HBO Latin America has launched its own international sales and distribution operation, which has a catalogue with some of the most praised TV series from the region, Variety reported. The company is presenting its lineup at Natpe 2018. The HBO unit is based in Miami and is headed by Xavier Aristimuño HBO Latin America vice-president, [...]
