Tag Archives: Venezuela

Vrio, AT&T unit that controls DirecTV operations in Latin America and Sky Brazil, loses almost 3 million subscribers in Q2

July 27, 2020
DirecTV Venezuela Total digital direct pay TV subscribers

On its Q2 2020 results report presentation, AT&T reported 10.7 million subscribers to Vrio, unit that concentrates DirecTV’s operations in Latin America and Sky Brazil. The figure includes the company’s DTH and DirecTV GO (OTT) customers. In addition, the company reported that, when canceling its operations in Venezuela, last May, DirecTV recorded 2.2 million subscribers [...]

Cantv confirms that its DTH offer will be active again in Venezuela

July 13, 2020
Cantv Venezuela DTH pay TV ARPU

Gabriela Jimenez, Head of the Compañia Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (Cantv) announced that the company’s pay TV offer via DTH will operate again in Venezuela. The executive confirmed the information in the TV program ‘Cafe en la mañana’, broadcast on the Venezuelan FTA TV channel VTV (Venezolana de Television). The service, called ‘Cantv Satelital’, [...]

RCTV is now available as an OTT

July 6, 2020
SVOD subscribers Venezuela

The Venezuelan FTA TV channel Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), closed in 2007 under the Hugo Chavez Government, launched in the last few hours a new OTT, which brings together a catalog with its best historical and original content. The platform is available globally through its web version, as well as on the App Store, Play [...]

Conatel takes control of DirecTV facilities in Venezuela

May 25, 2020
DirecTV Venezuela DTH Pay TV Subscribers

The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) requested that country’s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) to ‘take immediate control of all movable and immovable property, commercial offices, administrative headquarters, operations and broadcasts center, antennas and any other type of facilities’ intended to provide DirecTV Venezuela’s subscription service (AT&T), together with the Bolivarian National Armed Forces. The [...]

AT&T closes DirecTV operations in Venezuela

Pay TV | | May 20, 2020

This Tuesday, AT&T  announced that it has closed its DirecTV Latin America operations in Venezuela, effective immediately. In an official statement, the company reported that the US government’s sanctions on Venezuela have prohibited the broadcast of Globovision and PDVSA’s TV channels, both of which are required under DirecTV’s license to provide pay TV service in [...]

Pluto TV is now available in Latin America

OTT / VOD | | April 7, 2020

ViacomCBS announced that its AVOD OTT Pluto TV is now available in 17 Latin American countries. The platform has been launched in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela. In Brazil, the OTT will be launched at the end of [...]

Venezuelan Government confirms that the Venesat-1 satellite stops providing telecommunications services

Technology | | March 28, 2020

The Venezuelan Government has officially confirmed that the Venesat-1 satellite, on which the CANTV’s DTH operations were developed, will not provide telecommunications services anymore due to a failure.  Made by the Chinese company Great Wall Industry Corp and launched in 2008 from the Asian country, Venesat 1 had a useful life of 15 years, with [...]

CDF takes the Female Copa Libertadores from Ecuador to Chile

Events | Pay TV | TV channels / Content | | October 17, 2019

This month, the Chilean Football Channel (CDF) added the Female Copa Libertadores to its programming grid, tournament which is taking place this year in Ecuador between October 11th and 27th. ‘Including the Female Copa Libertadores matches with our commitment to go along with Chilean football teams in international cups and to add new content to [...]

Marca Claro and YouTube develop free Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games broadcast for Latin America

Events | OTT / VOD | | September 30, 2019

As officially reported on the Marca Claro website, part of the America Movil Group, all Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games activities will be available for free for the first time  on the Marca Claro official YouTube account. The offer will be valid in 17 Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican [...]