Grupo Globo inaugurated a new era of transformation after the assumption of Paulo Marinho, until now Executive Director of Globo Channels, as president of the company, replacing Jorge Nóbrega, who is leaving to give space for new generations. For this new period, the company decided to focus mainly on streaming, with the aim of strengthening [...]
Brazilian telecommunications company Claro (America Movil) announced days ago that it is working on a new streaming offer, which will be marketed through an application. The news was reported on August 9th by Ricardo Falcão, TV Director at Claro Brazil, during the Pay TV Forum 2021 event. The announced news is added to the investments [...]
As part of its Q2 2021 financial results presentation, Discovery Inc reported that, gathering all its streaming platforms, it features 18 million subscribers. The figure includes the entire portfolio of the company, including the international D2C products, and also Discovery+, which is about to arrive in Latin America. The platform was officially launched last January [...]
Spanish-language and media content company Univision Holdings, Inc. has officially announced this last Friday, July 30th the addition of new leaders to its streaming leadership team, following the recent announcement of a new global streaming platform, which will feature both free ad-supported (AVOD) AND premium subscription (SVOD) based offerings, and whose launch is scheduled for [...]
The multinational company Samsung has officially announced last Friday, June 25th, the renewal of its global program ‘Plan Canje Samsung’, through which its customers can present their already used devices as part of payment to acquire a new product from the company. Although, at first, the benefit only included smartphones, TVs and tablets can also [...]
Accedo, company that helps the world’s leading video service providers deliver and grow engaging video experiences, has officially announced this last Tuesday, June 8th, that it has worked with Brazilian company Telecine (Grupo Globo), in order to deploy an updated version of Telecine Play, a video service that offers premium movie and series content to [...]
According to information reported by specialized websites The Information, Variety and others, Amazon, owner of Prime Video, one of the most relevant platforms in the streaming market, is holding negotiations to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), a US company focused on producing and distributing movies and TV shows. Although Amazon and MGM have not expressed themselves [...]
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has announced this last Wednesday, May 5th, that it has created ‘Telemundo Streaming Studios’, the first Hispanic media studio focused on satisfying and serving Latin streaming audiences in the US and other parts of the world. The new production unit launches with more than 35 titles in development and production stages, including [...]
Colombian professional football club America de Cali has recently launched its new SVOD OTT, which it called ‘America Play’, with Futbolete and Somos GAD as technological partners. As reported from the platform’s web version, its access is possible from anywhere in the world, and its catalog will include interviews, documentaries and live broadcasts, esports, access [...]
Rafael Urbina, General Manager & EVP AVOD, Streaming at Univision Communications Inc. was interviewed by Nextv News Latin America regarding the company’s aims for this year and the impact of the pandemic on the industry. In addition, the executive reported that they are in talks to integrate AVOD OTTs Vix and PrendeTV apps to pay [...]