As reported on the specialized website CNBC, AT&T is about to run an agreement to sell a stake in DirecTV (DTH), U-Verse (IPTV) and AT&T TV Now (pay TV OTT) to the US investment fund TPG Capital, with whom it had already been holding talks to acquire a stake in the DTH. However, as confirmed [...]
After The Wall Street Journal and other websites reported that the SVOD OTT Quibi will shut down, the company reported that the end of the platform’s operations will take place ‘on or around December 1st’. Quibi, with a content catalog of short content for mobile devices, had been officially launched in April. With the news, [...]
As officially reported by The Wall Street Journal and other specialized websites, Quibi, SVOD OTT focused on short content for mobile devices, officially launched this year, is considering shutting down seven months after it was officially introduced to the OTT market, last April. With this news, the platform will not be available in Latin America. [...]
As reported by the US newspaper ‘New York Post’ on its web version this Tuesday, October 6th, AT&T continues with its decision to divest itself from DirecTV, and called for a new auction for the DTH operation. The website, however, was not clear when reporting if AT&T intends to sell only DirecTV’s operations in the [...]
As officially reported by The Wall Street Journal this last Monday, September 21st, according to sources close to Quibi, three possible stages for the new platform, recently launched, are being evaluated. The main reason focuses on the poor results that it has been recording since its launch, to which Jeffrey Katzenberg, Co-founder, attributed the Coronavirus [...]
As reported by The Wall Street Journal (TWSJ) this last Friday, August 28th, AT&T is evaluating different options for DirecTV, including a possible sale. According to information from TWSJ, AT&T and its advisers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have been in talks with private-equity suitors about the satellite TV unit, some of the people familiar [...]
After, at the end of January, the names of the main interested actors in acquiring Univision Communications Inc were reported, The Wall Street Journal informed last Friday that the investment fund headed by Wade Davis, former Viacom CFO, with Searchlight Capital Partners capitals, is the favorite to complete the operation. According to The Wall Street [...]
As reported by The Wall Street Journal on Friday, September 27th, Apple is planning to bring feature-length films to theatres before releasing them on its SVOD OTT service, planned to be launched next November 1st, according to ‘people familiar with the plans’. According to what The Wall Street Journal reported, the company has made overtures [...]
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, John Stankey, CEO at WarnerMedia, denied rumours related to DirecTV sale and said the DTH is ‘an important part of what we are going to be doing forward’ Mr. Stankey said AT&T has studied its options for DirecTV as part of broader portfolio reviews. ‘We are constantly [...]
Warner Media has officially announced that its SVOD OTT platform will be called HBO Max and will include an original productions catalog, HBO series, Cinemax content and original Warner Bros movies. Friends, Netflix’s second most popular show, will also be part of the content. The platform will be launched next year, and its monthly subscription [...]