Oi has almost 3 million FTTH homes in 2019

In its Q2 2019 results report, the Brazilian company Oi recorded 2.8 million homes passed with FTTH in 68 municipalities in Brazil. This way, coverage increased by 381% compared to Q2 2018. Oi’s strategic plan expects to reach 4.6 million homes passed by the end of 2019 and 16 million in 2021.Oi reported 291 thousand homes with access to fiber, 711% mor...

MTN Nigeria granted license for mobile money services

A subsidiary of MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has been granted the authorization by the country's central bank in Abuja that would enable it to offer financial services.Nigeria declared last year that it would enable telecom companies to offer banking services, intended to give millions of Nigerians without bank accounts access to mobile mon...

Unifique acquires broadband provider with 15 thousand customers in Santa Catarina

Brazilian broadband provider Unifique announced this week is has acquired WBT Internet, an operator serving the citi...

DirecTV airs special production to commemorate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary

OnDirecTV, channel available for all DirecTV subscribers in Latin America, announced it will broadcast the documentary ‘...

RTVE develops new series with Argentine producer Anima Films

RTVE and the film producer and distributor Wanda Vision, also from Spain, are working together in the fiction series El Invitado, in co-p...

Caracol Television series expand internationally

Colombian FTA TV channel Caracol Television reported that its series Without Breasts there is no Paradise and Out of Fashion were included into Amazo...

South Korean OTT Kocowa is now available in Brazil

The OTT Kocowa, launched in 2016 by KBS, MBC and SBS, three of the main South Korean broadcasters, announced this week its arrival at Brazil, where...

BitMe to make Gamescom 2019 live coverage from Germany

BitMe, new Televisa’s recently launched and focus on eSports, video games, technology and geek culture channel, announced it will develop the G...

ITV secures rights to air three La Liga live matches of new season in Ghana

ITV will broadcast three La Liga matches live on ITV4 at the start of the new season.The broadcaster displayed live top-fl...

Vodacom to deactivate its 2G network coverage and roll out 4G services in SA

Vodacom will turn off its 2G network coverage to expand 4G services and join Telkom by migrating users. Vodacom’s group c...

Malcolm X to introduce his own YouTube TV channel in SA

The People's Blesser, Malcolm X, is promoting his fight to support students, orphans and the less-fortunate to YouTube, with the introduction ...

Costa Rica implements analog blackout’s first stage today

Costa Rica is starting its first stage of the analog blackout implementation, which will take place in a staggered way according to what t...

CBS and Viacom to combine and create ViacomCBS Inc

Viacom and CBS today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger, creating a combined company with mo...

Telepacifico launches Origen Channel, Colombia’s DTT ethnic channel

Colombian TV channel Telepacifico today launched Origen Channel, its second DTT frequency, with content ‘directed, produced, sta...

HBO downloads features now available for series and movies

HBO Latin America announced today a new feature in its HBO GO platform, enabling temporary content downloads for certain titles and allowin...

Totalplay adds Amazon Prime Video to its contents offer in Mexico

Totalplay, a Grupo Salinas company leader in the Mexican telecommunications market, announced last Wednesday that it will integrate ...

Disney plans to bundle ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+ for USD 12.99

Disney announced it plans to offer a bundle of its three OTT platforms Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ for a USD 12.99 monthly subscription. The ...

Excaf to complete DTT process in Senegal by the end of 2019

Excaf’s current interests include two TV stations (RDV and DTV), 16 radio stations, of which the four main ones (Dunyaa FM, Al Hamdoullila...

Zog, the award-winning animation from Triggerfish, is now available on Showmax

Zog, the newest award-winning animation from Triggerfish, is now streaming on Showmax in Africa. Zog is the liveliest b...

Airtel to roll out mobile money in Nigeria

Airtel Africa has declared it will soon introduce its mobile money business in Nigeria.The Chief Executive Officer, Raghunath Mandava, claimed that the gro...

DirecTV GO arrives at Roku in Chile, Colombia and Peru

Roku announced that the OTT DirecTV GO is available from today on the Roku streaming platform in Chile, Colombia and Peru. Through DirecTV GO, ...

Paraguay plans how to implement the analog blackout, scheduled for 2020

According to what the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) officially reported, and, with the aim of pl...

Telemundo acquires Argentina’s Underground Producciones

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has acquired leading Argentine production company Underground Producciones, according to what the special...

Sony Pictures Television relaunches as Sony Channel in Latin America

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced it has renewed its Latin American Canal Sony’s brand, now known as Sony Channel, which h...

UOL offers standalone package with the main sports content in Brazil

Esporte Clube, UOL sports content platform, announced a new standalone offer in which its subscribers will have unlimited access ...

Argentine football club Talleres de Cordoba joins DirecTV’s programming grid

DTH DirecTV reported today that it will partner with the Argentine football club Talleres in a new stage of its institu...

Chilean FTA TV channels accelerate analog blackout in regional and provincial capitals

Chilean Telecommunications Sub Secretary (Subtel) put off in May the legal obligation to implement the analog b...

DirecTV GO makes its catalog available in more Latin American countries

DirecTV GO, OTT platform that combines linear, live and on demand programming, series, documentaries, movies, sports and premi...

El Tigre Veron is the most watched series of the year on Cablevision Flow

El Tigre Veron, sixth Turner, Polka, Cablevision and FTA TV channel Canal 13’s co-production, became the most watched Argent...

Telefonica Media Networks markets Tuenti’s Freemium offer

Telefonica Media Networks announced it will develop advertising marketing actions on the Spanish mobile operator Tuenti freemium offer, wh...

Viacom and Claro Video start R recordings

Viacom International Studios (VIS) Americas and Claro Video announced they have started filming ‘R’, black humour and action comedy that will be broadcast o...

Colombian Canal 1 concession is extended until 2037

The US company Hemisphere Media Group announced Colombian FTA TV channel Canal 1 has extended its concession license for 10 years, without an addi...

Atrescine joins DirecTV’s offer in Latin America

Atrescine, TV channel focused on broadcasting cinematographic contents from Spain and aimed to reach the Hispanic market, announced it will be aire...

Afizzionados to exclusive broadcast Tigres football matches during 2019 and 2020

Mexican triple play operator Izzi (Televisa) will offer an exclusive coverage of matches locally played by UANL Tigre...

Globo inaugurates new content production studios in Rio de Janeiro

This Thursday, Brazilian Globo Group opened its new production studios in Rio de Janeiro. Named ‘Recording Module 4’ (MG4), it is a...

Anatel proves 5G interferences on C band satellite TV in Brazil

Testings developed by  Brazilian regulator Anatel during last months with equipment from different companies and operators proved that...

Chile moves forward against illegal sports content broadcasts

Chilean Investigative Police (PDI), through its Crimes Against Intellectual Property Brigade, raided two households in the country, wher...

TV Azteca’s series arrive at the Middle East and Africa through Ten Time

TV Azteca International and Ten Time Limited announced they have ran an agreement in which the Mexican company’s series, th...

Got Talent arrives at Uruguayan FTA TV through Canal 10

Uruguayan FTA TV channel Canal 10 announced days ago that it will start working on the development of a local Got Talent’s version, format tha...

ESPN acquires Premier League’s broadcasting rights in several South American countries

A few days after the beginning of football activities in England, ESPN announced it has acquired the excl...

Original Colombian production Frontera Verde arrives at Netflix on August 16th

Frontera Verde, the original Colombian miniserie produced by Dynamo for Netflix, will premiere on the platform next Aug...

HBO Max also acquires Doctor Who and other BBC series

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s OTT planned to be launched next year, acquired the 11 Doctor Who’s seasons and other BBC series broadcasting rights for t...

Mediapro to implement VAR technology in Paraguayan football

The Spanish company Mediapro ran an agreement with the Paraguayan Football Association (APF) to implement VAR technology (acronym from the...

VTR evaluates creating new low cost company to offer pay TV and internet

VTR, Liberty Latin America Group’s operator with a triple play offer in Chile, is evaluating the possibility of implementing ...

Intelsat and Stratosat to offer broadband in Central Africa

Intelsat S.A. has inked a deal with Stratosat Datacom to enable delivery of high-speed broadband services to sites across Central Africa.T...

Telecom Egypt inks new deal with Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom

Huawei Technology Corporation will offer new models for the use of communication, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) appli...

BABA TV launched on DStv in Uganda

BABA TV, the highest-ranked new channel in the ‘family’ with the best quality picture has been launched on DStv platform in Uganda.BABA TV is available on the DStv...

Fox Sports Africa channels and site rebranded to ESPN

As from 30 August, sports fans in Africa will have access to ESPN offerings online and on TV, with the rebrand of Fox Sports Africa to ESPN.The ...

Tigo Tanzania introduces new 3G network site in Morogoro

Tigo Tanzania has launched 3G services in the Morogoro region so that the residents have access to fast mobile telecommunicationTigo's Morogo...

Batelco rolls out new mobile package Mazeej in Bahrain

Batelco has launched a new mobile package called Mazeej, which combines the benefits of both PostPaid and PrePaid (SimSim) packages.The package...

Saudi Telecom 5G network accessible in 196 sites in Saudi Arabia

STC has rolled out its 5G network at 196 sites in Makkah, Madinah and other holy places, such as Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. The com...

Openview to broadcast English Premier League in South Africa

Openview has expanded its content by offering live English Premier League matches which will be broadcasted every Saturday. Teams will al...

TV Azteca sealed content deal with Ten Time in Middle East

TV Azteca International has sold nearly 70 hours of programming, including action series and thrillers, to the Ten Time in the Middle East....

DStv and GOtv to broadcast FA Community Shield live

The 2019/2020 football season start soon with the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City scheduled for Wembley Stadium. T...

Special packages offered via Etisalat and du telecom in UAE

UAE telecom companies have announced special packages including mobile data, TV, telephone, internet and even video calls. In order for cu...

Kids TV channel launched in Ethiopia

After a trial transmission, Ethiopia Kids TV Channel is now launched across the country. Founded by seven professionals hailing from journalism, the arts, inform...