Tag Archives: Vrio

AT&T strengthens HBO Max growth and loses subscribers from its Vrio’s unit after announcing its sale

As part of its Q2 2021 results report presentation, AT&T reported a total of 10.3 million subscribers to Vrio, unit that controls DirecTV Latin America, Sky Brazil and DirecTV GOs operations, sold to the Argentine holding Grupo Werthein, according to the information that was officially announced this week. The reported figure shows a 239 thousand [...]

AT&T sells DirecTV Latin America, Sky Brazil and DirecTV GO to Grupo Werthein

AT&T and the Argentine holding company Grupo Werthein have officially announced this last Wednesday, July 21st that the Argentine company has run an agreement to acquire AT&Ts Vrio Corps business unit. Both companies expect the transaction to close in early 2022. The announcement came after AT&T sold a part of DirecTVs operations in the US [...]

Vrio reports 10.56 million subscribers in Latin America and slows down its clients base in the region at the end of Q1 2021

As part of its Q1 2021 results report presentation, Vrio, AT&Ts unit that controls DirecTV’s operations in Latin America and Skys in Brazil, reported a total of 10.559 million subscribers. The figure shows a 383 thousand customers drop in relation to the 10,942 million that the company had reported at the end of Q4 2020, [...]

HBO Max to be available for DirecTV, Sky Brazil and Oi subscribers from its launch date in Latin America

WarnerMedia (AT&T) has officially announced this Monday, March 29th, that HBO Max, the new SVOD OTT that the company will launch in Latin America at the end of June, will be available from its launch date forDirecTV Latin America (AT&T), Sky Brazil (AT&T) and Oi (Oi Group) subscribers. As reported from the company, other partners [...]

AT&T nears deal with TPG Capital to sell DirecTV in the US

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 [...]

Vrio, AT&T unit that controls DirecTV’s operations in Latin America and Sky’s in Brazil, ends 2020 with almost 11 million subscribers

As part of its Q4 2020 results report presentation, AT&T reported a total of 10.942 million subscribers to Vrio, a unit owned by the telecommunications company, that controls DirecTVs operations in Latin America and Skys in Brazil. As in Q3, Vrio featured positive net additions again, since, as of September 30th, 2020, it reported 10,893 [...]

AT&T not to sell DirecTV operations in Latin America

As reported this last Tuesday, November 3, on the website of CNBC’s pay TV channel website (NBCUniversal), finally the sale of DirecTV, which AT&T has been trying to implement for some months, will not include the DTH business in Latin America. This way, if the transaction is completed, Sky’s operations in Brazil and DirecTVs operations  [...]

Vrio, AT&T unit that controls DirecTV operations in Latin America and Sky in Brazil, ends Q3 2020 with 10.9 million clients

As part of AT&Ts Q3 2020 results report presentation, the company reported almost 10.9 million subscribers to Vrio, a unit that controls DirecTV’s operations in Latin America and Sky Brazil. The figure means a total of 229 thousand more clients in relation to the 10.7 million recorded as of June 30th. In turn, Q3 2020 [...]

DirecTV Venezuela to able new channels soon

As reported by the Venezuelan journalist Arnaldo Espinoza on his official Twitter account this last Sunday, September 20th, DirecTV Venezuela is close to making new channels available. According to the information reported by the journalist, ESPN2 and HBO will soon join the DTH programming grid. Scale Capital is the legal representative in charge of DirecTV [...]