Mexican telecommunications company Televisa has officially announced this Thursday, July 29th, that its pay TV channel ‘Afizziados’ will broadcast a new program, called ‘Acceso Chivas’, and focused on content about the Club Deportivo Guadalajara, one of the most popular in the country . According to the information reported by Televisa, ‘Acceso Chivas’ will be broadcast [...]
US Spanish-language media conglomerate Univision has officially announced this last Monday, July 19th, new appointments and the restructuring of its new corporate leadership. Together with the existing leadership team, these executives will execute the vision for the future combined company Televisa-Univision, which was officially announced in mid-April. ‘I am delighted to share the evolution of [...]
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 [...]
Mexican Grupo Televisa has officially announced this last Wednesday, June 16th, the expansion of the telecommunications company izzi’s offer to the Mexican city of Guadalajara. ‘Izzi announces its arrival in one of the main cities in the country, Guadalajara, fulfilling its commitment to offer attractive high-speed internet packages, unlimited calls and the best entertainment to [...]
Brazilian SVOD OTT Globoplay (Grupo Globo) is strengthening its catalog with productions made in Latin America, and announced last week the acquisition of series from Televisa (Mexico), Caracol (Colombia), RCN (Colombia) and Telemundo (US). The acquisitions include titles such as ‘Rubí’, which will premiere today, Monday, June 14th, and other Televisa’s productions, such as ‘Maria [...]
BlimTV, Mexican Grupo Televisa’s OTT, has announced this Monday, May 31st, the official launch of its AVOD version, which had been originally announced in 2020. According to the information reported by the Mexican company, the ad-supported version will be free and will gather a catalog of 14 thousand hours of content from the platform. ‘This [...]
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 [...]
Mexican Group Televisa and the US company Univision announced this Tuesday, April 13th, an agreement whereby Televisa combines its content assets with Univisión, thus creating ‘the largest Spanish-speaking media group in the world’. The new company is called ‘Televisa-Univision’, and, according to the information reported, one of its first projects will be the launch of [...]
After several informations reporting a possible merger between Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications, the Mexican firm informed through a press release that the information is wrong. As reported by Televisa, the company ‘is aware of certain press reports about a possible operation with Univision’, although it pointed out that these are not true. ‘We are [...]
Pay TV channel TUDN (Televisa and Univision), focused on sports content and originally launched in July 2019, has announced it has acquired the rights to broadcast the 2021 Copa America in Spanish, in Mexico and in the US. According to the information that Univision has officially reported, The deal gives TUDN access to the 28 [...]