Luis Arvizu, CEO of Blim TV, announced that the service will join the other two applications of the Televisa-Univision brand, Prende TV and VIX, to consolidate in a single platform in 2022; during his participation in the panel “The reinvention of FTA TV in Mexico” of the virtual event Nextv Series Mexico 2021. As he [...]
The free streaming platform VIX Filmes e TV reached three million monthly users in Brazil, in just over a year. After its launch in August 2020, the service that offers more than 5,000 hours of content in Portuguese without cost or registration, reached 250,000 daily surfers with an average connection time of 32 minutes. By [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
According to specialized websites in Brazil, the AVOD OTT Vix has added Brazilian titles from the O2 Films company to its catalog. The agreement came into effect on Friday, March 26th, and was signed with O2 Play, a division of O2 Filmes. According to the information reported, the agreement focuses on the creation of a [...]
The AVOD OTT Vix, recently acquired by Univision, and whose catalog includes around 20 thousand hours of TV programs and movies in Spanish, has recently announced an agreement with the Colombian FTA TV channel RCN, with the aim of expanding and strengthening its catalog. with some of the titles that are broadcast on its screen. [...]
Univision Communications Inc. announced this last Monday, February 1st, it has acquired Vix, one of the leading AVOD OTT available for US Hispanics and Latin American audiences, recently launched in Brazil. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Vix acquisition by Univision takes place after the company has renewed its executive structure, having been [...]
Since last October 30th, the NetMovies platform, belonging to the Encripta company, modified its business model and started offering all the contents of its catalog for free, based on the AVOD model, without charging a monthly subscription to those who wish to access the platform. With these news, Encripta already covers all possible models on [...]
After having developed a new Nextv Series South America virtual edition, Dataxis is helding a new virtual panel to debate different issues related to the industry. This time, the panel will focus on ‘Opportunities for AVOD in Latin America’. The event is taking place this Tuesday, November 10th at 1:00 PM (ART). Registration is free [...]