Filmmakers from Mexico asked the country’s Deputies Chamber’s Culture and Cinematography Commission that digital platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video should pay taxes, and that 30% of the content catalog they offer should include Mexican or independent productions. In early April, Mexican’s Finance Minister expressed that OTTs could pay taxes in the country [...]
RTV, the new Peruvian newspaper La Republica OTT digital channel, is now available. According to the media, journalistic and entertainment programs will be the streaming platform’s main contents. It can be downloaded through App Store and Google Play, and its contents are also available on its website, www.rtv.pe. The OTT offers programs such as Sin [...]
Newspaper El Economista reported that América Móvil asked the Telecommunications Federal Institute (IFT) for a pay TV license in Mexico through a new subsidiary called Claro TV S.A. de C.V. -same brand that it uses in the region- and not through its mobile subsidiary Telcel (Radiomovil Dipsa), as it had previously transcended The IFT had [...]
Chilean newspaper La Tercera reported that Fox Sports Chile could be put on sale because ‘the order to get rid of assets in Brazil was coordinated by the Economic Defense Administrative Council (CADE) together with the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE of Chile)’ , which developed a legal process to analyze the scope of Disney-Fox [...]