Univision Communications has officially announced this last Monday, June 21st, its plans to launch a new global OTT, which includes both free ad-supported (AVOD) and premium subscription (SVOD) based options, to launch in the US and Latin America in 2022. The news comes after, in mid-April, Univision and Televisa merged their assets and announced the [...]
Univision Communications Inc. announced that it has officially launched PrendeTV, originally announced last January. The platform offers channels and VOD content in Spanish for Hispanic audiences in the US, including titles from Univision, Televisa, RCN, Caracol and Globo, as well as movies from Disney, Lionsgate and MGM, which will be included soon. According to the [...]
Univision Communications Inc. announced this last Monday, February 1st, it has acquired Vix, one of the leading AVOD OTT available for US Hispanics and Latin American audiences, recently launched in Brazil. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Vix acquisition by Univision takes place after the company has renewed its executive structure, having been [...]
During its Q2 2020 quarterly results presentation, ViacomCBS announced the launch of a new premium SVOD OTT, scheduled for early 2021. As confirmed by ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), its international expansion will begin in Australia, and then reach Latin America. and the Nordic Countries, and will be developed together with distribution partners with whom VCNI [...]
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) announced yesterday that Ezequiel Fonseca Zas, formerly Senior Vice President of Emerging Business for VCNI Americas, has been promoted to General Manager of Streaming and Mobile for International. According to what VCNI has officially reported, for his streaming responsibilities, Fonseca Zas will report to Pierluigi Gazzolo, VCNI’s President for Streaming and [...]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) appointed Pierluigi Gazzolo as new President of the company’s OTT International division and Viacom International Studios (VIS), while Juan ‘JC’ Acosta, the company’s Executive VP and COO, will serve as President at VIMN Americas. New job positions will be valid from January 3rd, 2020, and both executives will report to [...]
‘Cien días para enamorarse’ (One hundred days to fall in love), Argentine comedy of Viacom International Studios (VIS) Americas, which was premiered in 2018 on Argentina FTA TV channel Telefe, will be adapted in English for Showtime Networks, in the US. The new version is in charge of VIS and Paramount TV, and is added [...]