Tag Archives: Q1 2020

Telecom Argentina records more than one million Flow Boxes distributed and loses pay TV subscribers

In its  Q1 2020 results report presentation, Telecom Argentina reported to have more than one million Flow Boxes distributed. The exact figure amounts to 1,015 thousand, and shows 49 thousand STBs more than the 966 thousand reported at the end of 2019. Likewise, compared to Q1 2019, the company recorded 413 thousand Flow Boxes more [...]

Almost 22% of Telefonica Chile’s clients are on IPTV

In its Q1 2020 quarterly results report, Telefonica Chile reported 497 thousand accesses to its TV offer. The figure shows a 20.2% decrease in relation to the end of Q1 2019, and 26 thousand fewer accesses compared to Q4 2019. The company also highlighted that its pay TV revenue at the end of Q1 was [...]

Netflix releases its first original Argentine film on May 28th

Netflix yesterday released the trailer for La Corazonada, a new Argentine thriller that will be released globally on the platform on May 28th. This is the first original Netflix film produced in Argentina, which joins other productions also made in the country for the OTT, such as the recently announced Casi Feliz; Apache: la vida [...]

Telefonica increases IPTV accesses and records 739 thousand FTTH HPs in Brazil

In its Q1 2020 quarterly results report presentation, Telefonica recorded 753 thousand pay TV accesses via IPTV in Brazil, where it operates under the Vivo brand. The figure shows 38 thousand accesses more than the 715 thousand recorded at the end of 2019, and an increase of 136 thousand in relation to the 617 thousand [...]

Disney+ reports 54.5 million subscribers shortly after launching in Latin America

In its latest quarterly earnings release, Disney informed that Disney+, its new SVOD OTT launched in the US in November, now records 54.5 million subscribers. The platform is currently also available in the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and India, and, recently, Disney confirmed that its launch [...]

Megacable ends Q1 with more than 870 thousand Xview subscribers and almost 5 million distributed STBs

In its Q1 2020 quarterly results report, Megacable reported that its  Xview  OTT ended the period with 874 thousand subscribers and 47 thousand net additions, which means, according to the company, a 5.7% growth compared to Q4 2019, when it recorded 827 thousand. Megacable also made 57 thousand additions to its HD offer, which now [...]

DirecTV decreases revenues and loses subscribers in Latin America

In its Q1 2020 quarterly results presentation, AT&T reported 13.2 million subscribers to Vrio, the company’s subsidiary that manages DirecTV’s operations in Latin America. The figure means a 367 thousand subscribers reduction compared to the same period 2019, when the company recorded 13.5 million subscribers. In addition, the results show a 114 thousand subscribers decreasement [...]

Netflix closes Q1 with a 9% subscribers increasement in Latin America

In its Q1 2020 results report presentation, Netflix reported 34.3 million subscribers in Latin America. The figure means a 9.2% subscribers increasement compared with the last period 2019. Between December and March, the platform added 2.9 million subscribers in the region. Globally, the OTT recorded 182.9 million customers in Q1 2020, which means, an increase [...]

Uruguay continues leading Crunchyroll’s audience worldwide

The Crunchyroll platform, specialized in the anime industry and available in more than 200 territories and countries, reported today its Q1 2020 audience report. According to the information, Uruguay continues to be the Latin American country that records the highest number of views per subscriber on the platform. Other countries in the region that are [...]

DAZN adds new competition and reduces its monthly subscription in Brazil

The sports OTT DAZN announced this week that it will reduce its monthly subscription value by almost 50%. As detailed, it will go from R$ 37.90 (USD 9.35) to R $ 19.90 (USD 4.90). The platform, launched in Brazil this year, also announced that it will feature a new competition on its catalog, which is [...]