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“Brands want to advertise on TV like they do on Facebook and Google”

Prior to his participation in NexTV Series Mexico & Central America, Cyprien Grau, COO & Co-founder of Decidata, spoke in an interview with NexTV News Latam about the company’s solutions and new projects, and offered ...
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Telefónica signs deal to offer Amazon Prime Video in Brazil

Brazilian telecommunications company Vivo (Telefónica) announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to offer Prime Video as an additional service. As part of the deal, the operator's fixed and mobile customers will gain free acc...
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Kwesé iflix to beam boxing match on its mobile app

Kwesé iflix, has announced to air live the World Heavyweight match between Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin to millions of boxing fans throughout Africa on its mobile app. Kwesé TV subscribers can watch live blow-by-blow action on their sa...

Insight TV launches in Latin America with SES

Insight TV, the 4K broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, announced its foray into Lat...

Chile’s TVN doubles losses

Chilean free-to-air channels presented their financial results for the first half of 2018. According to the data, the state-owned channel TVN doubled its losses compared...

New NASA UHD HDR channel launches on Roku

New NASA UHD service, remotely produced by Harmonic in cooperation with NASA, is now available in high dynamic range (HDR) on the Roku platform. Users with ...

Servisky acquires Ecuadorian national soccer team rights

The Ecuadorian Soccer Federation (FEF) has signed a deal with Servisky for the rights to broadcast the national team in qualifiers and friend...

Mediastream expands in Latin America

Mediastream, the company specializing in streaming services, announced the opening of a new office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which will be led by Martin Mazza,...

Nokia sells IP video business to Volaris

Nokia announced plans to sell its IP video business to Volaris Group, a Toronto-based software company. Nokia's video product portfolio - including its cachi...

MBC rolls out production studios in MENA

Saudi-owned broadcaster MBC Group stated it will roll out MBC Studios to enhance quality film and television production in the area, with a focus on MENA.Pet...

Netflix secured Genevieve’s ‘Lion Heart’ in Nigeria

Netflix has recently secured Genevieve Nnaji's yet-to-be released movie titled "Lion Heart". Netflix has acquired the worldwide ...

Camtel to open branches in South Africa and Nigeria

Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) will open a subsidiary in Brazil, South Africa and Nigeria. Each of the branches of Camtel will be used to co...

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Hollywood studios and OTT services score victory in piracy case

TickBox TV, a manufacturer of streaming TV devices, agreed to pay USD 25 million to settle a lawsuit from major Hollywood studios and ...

Movistar launches eSports channel in Latin America

Movistar Play has launched in Latin America Movistar eSports, a new channel focused on the gaming universe with live and on demand League of Legend...

Telefónica prepares to launch pay TV in Argentina

Telefónica is preparing to launch its pay TV service in Argentina. Soon, the company will define the launch date, which would be between the end of...

DirecTV becomes Chile’s second pay TV operator

According to Q218 data from Chile's Subsecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel), the pay TV market reached 3.35 million subscribers, up 3.8% from p...

Brazil’s Oi expands FTTH network to 21 cities

Brazilian telecommunication company Oi announced the expansion of its fiber optic service to 21 new cities in the country during September. The operat...

Fox gets Roja Directa site blocked in Peru

Fox Networks Group (FNG) Latin America announced that it obtained the support of the Peruvian authorities, who issued a precautionary measure blocking acce...

StarTimes secures rights to Senegalese Ligue 1 for 10 seasons

StarTimes has bagged another exclusive deal for an African domestic league, this time in Senegal for the country’s top tier, Ligue 1.The...

StarTimes secures exclusive broadcasting rights for UEFA Europa League games

StarTimes has secured exclusive broadcasting rights for UEFA Europa League in Sub-Saharan Africa until 2021. Football fan...

Discovery Channel will premiere Wild Dubai on OSN

Wild Dubai scouts the vast – often hidden – wildlife of the largest city in the United Arab Emirates. The beauty of Dubai will be discovered through...

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Mexico’s Totalplay taps MediaKind to drive shift to cloud

MediaKind (formerly known as Ericsson Media Solutions) announced that Totalplay will deploy its Encoding Live video processing solution to...

Disney unveils new programming for Latin America

Disney Channels Latin America unveiled the upcoming slate of programming, which includes two new regional productions - "BIA" and "Nivis: amigos de o...

Huawei launches OTT in Spain

Huawei announced that it has launched its OTT service, Huawei Video, in Spain and Italy, and with the goal of expanding to other regions. It is available for users of it...

AT&T CEO says Netflix is the “Walmart” of video streaming services

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson called Netflix the “Walmart” of video on demand services, while HBO -now part of the group ...

Cube TV officially launched in Brazil

Cube TV, the platform that focus on mobile gaming livestreaming and competes with options like Twitch and YouTube Gaming, held its official launch event in Braz...

DirecTV announces viewership results of “Todo por el Juego”

DirecTV Latin America announced that its original series "Todo por el Juego", produced in partnership with Grupo Mediapro, has...

New DTT channel launched in Chile

The University of Santiago de Chile has officially launched the new DTT channel STGO.TV, which is available 24 hours on frequency 48.1 in the Metropolitan Region, w...

Brazil’s Net ordered to pay compensation for poor broadband speeds

Brazil’s largest pay TV operator Net has been ordered to pay back R$ 5,000 (USD 1,225) to two customers for providing poor br...

Grupo Televisa selects Intelsat’s solutions for distribution services

Intelsat announced that leading Mexican multimedia company, Grupo Televisa, has extended their contract for Intelsat’s satelli...

Nagra launches watermarking solution to combat piracy of Premium live sports

Nagra, a leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen TV products, announced the launch of NexGuard...

¡Hola! TV launches on Liberty Puerto Rico

¡Hola! TV announced the increase of its distribution in Puerto Rico after reaching an agreement with Liberty, one of the country's main pay TV operator. Th...

HBO Latin America selects Arris products for its content distribution network

Arris International announced that the Arris DSR-7412 transcoder, and DSR-4470 receiver decoder have been selected by HB...

YouTube announces first Spanish language original movie

YouTube announced its first-ever Spanish language Youtube Original movie, “Museo”, starring Mexican actor Gael García Bernal. It will debut in...

America TV and NexTV launch new TV channel in Peru

Peruvian TV broadcasters América TV and NexTV announced the launch of América Next, a new FTA network that will include content from both companies...

Gaumont acquires distribution rights to “El Capo”

Gaumont –the studio behind Narcos– has acquired distribution rights to all three seasons of El Chapo, after signing an agreement with Story Hous...

DirecTV secures UEFA national team rights

Pay TV operator DirecTV has signed an agreement with European soccer's governing body UEFA to broadcast in Latin America the competitions of UEFA’s national...

FTA channels oppose AT&T-Time Warner deal in Brazil

During a public hearing held this week in the Commission of Science and Technology, Communication and Information Technology of the Chamber of...

MediaKind launches new solution for Mediaroom operators

MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) announced the launch of MediaFirst Client for Mediaroom, a new solution that enables existing ...

Acorn TV expands its presence in Mexico

Acorn TV, the SVOD platform focused on British and international content, is available in Mexico for a monthly subscription of MX$ 96 (the official price is U...

Brazil: Pay TV market falls again in July

According to data from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), the pay TV market registered 17.83 million subscribers in July, representi...

Fox to premiere entire first season of new series “Pose”

Fox Premium announced that the entire first season of "Pose", the new series by Ryan Murphy, will be available on the TV Everywhere App, ...

Pay TV focuses on user experience and multi-screen content

As part of the 2018 Pay TV Innovation Forum, Nagra (Kudelski Group) published a series of interviews with three leading TV industry executi...

Net TV announces launch date and programming

New free-to-air channel Net TV, which belongs to Perfil Network, will be officially launched on October 1 on the DTT platform in Argentina. The company r...

SES-14 goes operational

SES announced that the high-powered SES-14 satellite is now serving Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as North America, North Atlantic and West Africa. It is positione...

Telecom Egypt has completed the acquisition of MENA Cable Submarine Cable

Through its Egypt Submarine Cable Company subsidiary (EISCC), Telecom Egypt has completed the acquisition of Middle East and...

Arabsat and Newtec to roll out satellite services in Middle East and Africa

Newtec specialised in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, has...

Ooredoo expands its super fibre to Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos

Ooredoo’s Super Fibre consists of unlimited fixed Ooredoo minutes and discounted international rates along with a free modem and installat...

StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

Digital television company StarTimes has introduced a mobile online video application that intends to increase HIV/AIDS awareness amon...

Bongo Star Search is back on StarTimes in Tanzania

Bongo Star Search Season 9 will premiere on StarTimes TV. Bongo Star Search is a reality TV show that aims to find rising artists in Tanzania throu...

Sonatel takes the next step by launching its 4G + in Senegal

In the perspective of the digital revolution, Sonatel has recently proceeded the launch of the 4G +. An innovation that responds to the c...

TV Azteca International takes ‘Fut Azteca’ to MENA

TV Azteca International has inked a deal with Grupo Bastione to broadcast Mexican football matches in the Middle East and North Africa. The liv...

Ooredoo offers triple speed on Super Fibre plans in Oman

Ooredoo has come forward with its triple speed offer on Super Fibre plans for its customers to enjoy better digital experiences. The offer en...

SABC1 to air new celebrity quiz show Tropika Smoooth Fan in SA

SABC1 will be broadcasting Tropika Smoooth Fan, an exciting celebrity show which will be looking for the smoothest fans of some South A...

Kwesé Zimbabwe launches a promotion for its 1 year of existence

Last year, Kwesé started business in Zimbabwe around this time. It wasn’t an easy task for Kwesé to enter Zimbabwe. During that time,...

Eutelsat launches Eutelsat CIRRUS for OTT delivery

Eutelsat Communications is launching Eutelsat CIRRUS, a hybrid satellite-OTT delivery solution, enabling broadcasters to offer a flexible, seamless...

Yahsat rolls out satellite broadband service in Ghana

Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator, has introduced its broadband service YahClick in Ghana. Yahsat also presented its collaboration with r...