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Movistar launches mobile plans with Netflix membership in Chile

Telecommunications company Movistar (Telefonica) has launched new mobile plans in Chile with the Netflix membership included. The initiative is added to the one already launched by Movistar Chile in September 2020, when it launched its Digital Pack for its FTTH clients with the Netflix subscription included, in addition to also allowing its clients to pay [...]

Netflix increases its plans prices in Chile

The OTT Netflix announced it has increased its plans prices in Chile, which were the same from August 2017. The measure takes place after the creation of a new tax on digital platforms, which will start paying VAT in the country.  With the aim of offering the best entertainment experience with more exclusive titles, including [...]

Bolivia to prepare standard for Netflix to pay taxes

Bolivian National Tax Service (SIN), together with Economy and Finance Ministry are preparing a regulatory project for foreighn companies that offer services through OTTs in the country to pay taxes, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. We are working on a standard. We hope to conclude it and take it to the Legislative Assembly, [...]

New TV addressable advertising standard to be deployed in 2020

Disney, Turner, NBC, CBS and Discovery, together with Smart TVs company Vizio, formed the  Open Addressable Ready Project (OAR), a partnership for the development and deployment of a new standard for addressable advertising on Smart TVs. Full deployment is planned for the beginning of 2020. We all recognize the most important goal of this initiative [...]

Tim allows paying Netflix with postpaid invoice in Brazil

Tim Brazil announced an agreement with Netflix, in which it will allow to pay the OTT account in the operators monthly invoice. The possibility is available to subscribers of the Tim Black postpaid plan -with the exception of the Express modality-. Tim is the first cell phone operator to include this offer. Net includes that [...]

Tigo Sports broadcasts 32 Honduran National Football League matches

Tigo Sports (Millicom), together with Televicentro, will broadcast 32 Honduras Football League matches. All of them can be seen  on TV networks 300 (SD) and 715 (HD) in Honduras. They will also be available on Tigo Sports app. Televicentro owns seven Hondurans football clubs broadcasting rights, as Olimpia, Motagua, Platense, Juticalpa, Real España, UPNFM and [...]