Tag Archives: Pay-per-view

Warner Bros launches films directly on OTTs in Latin America

The film company Warner Bros is starting to develop its strategy of premiering  movies directly on OTT platforms in Latin America, without releasing them in cinemas, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The company had already implemented this strategy in the US and in several countries around the world, and in Latin America it will release [...]

Teatrix enables PPV modality with live content and continues its international expansion

The Argentine OTT Teatrix, which offers a theater plays catalog to watch on demand, recently enabled the Pay Per View (PPV) modality for the first time in the play Mucho. This way, those subscribers who buy the content will be able to access it 48 hours and a live virtual meeting through the Zoom platform, [...]

Globo cancels Brazilian football TV rights payments until competitions resume

Globo announced through a statement sent to the São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) that it will not make the last fee payment on the São Paulo Championship TV rights, whose development is stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic (Coronavirus).  ‘In view of the 2020 Paulista Championship stop for an uncertain period due to the Covid-19 [...]

Globo does not have TV rights of almost 30% Brasileirão 2020 matches guaranteed

Almost three months before the beginning of the Brazilian Professional Football League (Brasileirão), the Globo Group failed to run an agreement to broadcast the Bragantino and Coritiba clubs football matches, which recently managed to ascend to the professional football category and are part of the Brazilian championship. These teams are added to Athletico Paranaense,  which, [...]

Sky Brazil enables PPV movie rental for prepaid customers

Sky Brazil announced the launch of the PPV movie rental service for its prepaid customers. Access is now available, and a films portfolio with rental values between R $ 14.90 (USD 3.6) and R $ 18.90 (USD 4.6) is offered. To make movie rentals, Sky subscribers must have an active Smart or higher recharge packages. [...]

Globo takes Palmeiras Brazil’s Cup matches to PPV

Through an official statement, the Brazilian FTA channel Globo confirmed that the Round of 16 matches of the Brazils Cup will only be available for Premiere subscribers. While Globo is still negotiating with Palmeiras to broadcast the teams matches in the Brasileirao tournament, the two Brazilian football team matches in the Brazil Cup will only [...]

Palmeiras and Atletico Paranaense do not come to terms with Globo to broadcast on PPV

A new Brazilian Football Championship edition -called Brasileirao- started this Saturday, April 27th. From all the teams taking part in the competition, Palmeiras and Atletico Paranaense have not ran an agreement to broadcast their matches under the pay-per-view (PPV) modality yet and, as long as the situation persists, subscribers to the service (through Premiere FC) [...]

Procon notifies Brazilian pay TV operators about football broadcasts in PPV

Consumer Protection and Defense Foundation (Procon), based in San Pablo, Brazil, notified Pay TV operators Claro, Sky, Vivo, Oi and Tim to clarify their subscribers modalities under which they will offer Brazilian Football Championship  broadcastings packages on pay-per-view (PPV). These content generated a USD 27 billion profit in 2018. Procon questioned Brazilian operators about the [...]