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Fixed broadband access to reach 83.7 million in 2022

According to Dataxis forecasts, fixed broadband connections in Latin America will reach 71 million by the end of this year, with a penetration rate of 11.6% over the total population. That figure will grow to 83.7 million by 2022 and a penetrati...
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Argentine telcos near DTH approval decision

In a meeting with journalists held during Jornadas Internacionales 2017, Miguel de Godoy, head of the National Entity for Communications (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, Enacom), said that it is "very likely" that the government will give telephone comp...

DStv Now to be available for MultiChoice subscribers

MultiChoice to launch is streaming video platform, DSTV Now, for all the subscribers by the end of the year. DStv Now is already available for subscribers to DStv Premium, Compact Plus and Compact. The company’s head of digital media, Graeme Cum...

Argentina’s soccer will be available at no additional cost until October 31

Argentina's soccer league will remain available on pay TV, at no additional cost and in standard definition, until Octob...

GoMusic signs deal with Warner Music to stream live concerts

Streaming service GoMusic announced that it has signed a new agreement with Warner Music to live stream concerts of several top-artists, ...

Pasiones launches on Cablevisión Argentina

Spanish-language network Pasiones, dedicated to showcasing popular telenovelas and drama series, will launch on Cablevisión, the largest pay TV operator i...

Cablevisión Flow app reaches 400,000 users in Argentina

Argentina’s largest pay TV operator, Cablevisión, announced that the app of its Flow multi-screen service has reached 400,000 users, while 14...

Tigo to deploy One TV platform in Latin America

Millicom confirmed, through a press release, that it plans to gradually deploy its next generation TV service, Tigo One TV, to all of its Latin Americ...

US broadcast-only TV households grow 41% in five years

US broadcaster ION Media commissioned a study that revealed that the number of broadcast-only television households has risen 41% to 15.8 milli...

StarTimes to ink DTT agreement with Sao Tome and Principe government

After negotiations began in early September, the Chinese group StarTimes would have reached an agreement with the government of S...

BeIN secures content with Irdeto in MENA

Qatar-based pay-TV operator beIN has cemented its relationship with Irdeto by signing a three-year deal to secure its content. Irdeto will supply its conditi...

Afrostream puts an end to its activities

Afrostream, the video-on-demand service offering exclusively African films and series, announced, on September 13, the shutdown of its services. The company ...

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Megacable’s Xview reaches 87,000 subscribers in Mexico

Megacable CEO Enrique Yamuni spoke to NexTV News Latam about the strategy and next steps of Xview, the company’s next-generation multi-sc...

AT&T considering sale of Latin American pay TV assets

AT&T is evaluating the potential sale of its pay TV operations in Latin America as it seeks to pay down debt following its planned USD 8...

Tigo Une launches new platform with linear TV, OTT services

Colombian pay TV operator Tigo Une launched its new One TV platform, which combines in a single interface linear TV with streaming service...

New soccer streaming service launches in Chile

The new soccer streaming service Fanatiz was launched in Chile this week with an offer that includes live matches, in HD, of leagues from Argentina, Me...

FOX signs new agreements, prepares to expand reach of its SVOD platform in Mexico

Before his participation in the next edition of NexTV Series Mexico & Central America, the leading conference or...

Nagra brings OpenTV Signature, its new UX, to Latam

Nagra’s new cloud-based platform for pay TV operators replaces the traditional OpenTV middleware and integrates linear and non-linear content into...

StarTimes bringing live Italian Serie matches to viewers in Africa

The famous Pay TV company, StarTimes, will offer subscribers live coverage of the thrilling Italian league matches this weekend. Th...

France 24 deploys HD services in Middle East

The international French Channel, France 24, has launched two HD channels, France 24 in English and France 24 in Arabic, on Arabsat’s Badr 4 satellite. F...

Turkish Channel Natural TV to reach West Africa

Natural TV is a Turkish channel focused on health, agriculture, music and cultural content is expanding to the West African Region. Following the new ...

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New Premium soccer bundle adds subscribers in Argentina

After one month of the beginning of the local tournament, the new premium soccer bundle called Pack Fútbol, which includes the FOX Sports Prem...

Conax secures multiple new pay TV and multi-DRM deployments in Argentina

Conax announced that it has signed two new agreements in Argentina with regional pay TV operators CableVideo and Colsecor, wh...

TiVo survey shows differences between loyal pay TV subs and OTT cord cutters

TiVo has released findings from its 2017 survey of pay TV and over-the-top (OTT) service subscribers across the U.S., Eur...

Hulu becomes first streaming service to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama

"The Handmaid’s Tale" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, making Hulu the first streaming service to win an awa...

FOX App adds Chromecast support

FOX Networks Group Latin America announced that it has updated its streaming app to enable support for Google Chromecast. Now users can watch movies, series and live ...

Televisa extends distribution deal with Intelsat

Satellite operator Intelsat announced that Mexican multimedia company Grupo Televisa will distribute its premium, over-the-air television networks vi...

Hulu to spend USD 2.5 billion on content, add more original series

Hulu will spend around USD 2.5 billion on content in 2017, the company’s CEO, Mike Hopkins, said at an event in New York last week....

FOX launches FXM in Latin America

FOX Networks Group (FNG) Latin America announced the launch in the region of FXM (FXMovies), the movie channel that represents the evolution of Film Zone. It is ava...

Comcast integrates YouTube app into X1 set-top boxes

Comcast announced the nationwide launch of YouTube on Xfinity X1. YouTube content will be accessible via the X1 voice remote and YouTube videos w...

Megacable selects Verimatrix for next-generation revenue security for hybrid transition

Security specialist Verimatrix announced that it will be securing revenue for Mexico’s operator Megacable as i...

Pay TV networks to launch online skinny bundle in the U.S

A+E Networks, Viacom, Discovery, Scripps and AMC Networks are teaming up to launch a new streaming bundle with linear channels that will not...

Entel expands fiber network in Bolivia

Bolivian National Telecommunications Company (Entel) has extended the coverage of its FTTH network to more cities. Recently, Entel announced the launch of the ...

Accedo to show new Accedo One platform at NexTV CEO Latin America in Miami

Accedo announced the launch of Accedo One, its new unified, cloud-based platform, which will debut at this year’s IBC, star...

Megacable: Telmex’s pay TV entry doesn’t solve Televisa’s dominance

Megacable's CEO Enrique Yamuni said in an interview with El Universal that Televisa’s dominance in pay TV will not be so...

Three companies in race for Chile’s Canal del Fútbol

According to El Mercurio, FOX, Turner and Qatar's BeIN Sports would be the finalists in the process to decide the new owner of Canal del Fútbo...

Cine.Ar Play reaches more than 600,000 registered users

Free access OTT platform Cine.Ar Play, developed by Argentina's telecommunications company Arsat and the National Institute of Cinema and Audi...

Televisa selects Spideo’s recommendation and analytics platform for Blim

Spideo announced that Televisa’s streaming video service Blim has selected and implemented its recommendation and analytics...

Sky launches OTT service in Spain

Sky has introduced its new OTT streaming platform in Spain, a market where it does not offer traditional pay TV, as in other European countries. Called ‘Sky’, the s...

New Premium soccer bundle estimated to have 7% of pay TV market in Argentina

According to data published by El Cronista newspaper, Argentina’s largest pay TV operator, Cablevisión already has 200,00...

Bolivia to switch off analogue TV in 2019

The President of the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Telecommunications and Transport (ATT), Roy Méndez, said that in November 2019, the analogu...

Panama to start analogue switch-off in October 2018

The Authority of Public Services of Panama (Asep) opened a public consultation with the objective of receiving opinions and comments on the end of...

Peru to ban set-top box rental charges

The President of the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Osiptel in Spanish), Rafael Muente, said in an interview with Gestión.pe ...

Hulu, Spotify team up to offer streaming bundle for students

Spotify and Hulu announced a partnership to offer U.S. college students a new bundled with music and TV shows for USD 4.99 a month. Accor...

More than 200,000 Movistar clients watched the World Cup 2018 qualifiers online in Peru

Movistar Peru announced that more than 200,000 customers watched the Ecuador vs Peru soccer match, as well as ...

Olumide Oworu returns on MTV Shuga for new season

Olumide Oworu, the Nollywood actor, model and rapper, has been announced as a returning cast member for the hit TV drama series, MTV Shuga. Olumide ...

The Great South African Bake Off TV show is back

South Africans are about to crown the next best baking Chef as The Great South African Bake Off is returning on small screens for a third season. The...

BBC World Service expands offerings to several African Countries

BBC World Service reaches out for the Horn of Africa with the launch of three new services targeting audience in Ethiopia, Eritrea. T...

M-Net adds The Handmaid’s Tale to its channel

The post-apocalyptic show, The Handmaid’s Tale, will air on M-Net following the acquisition of the broadcast right by the company. The show will be ai...

Uganda is to expand internet access using satellite

The Uganda Communications Commissions (UCC) seeks to supplement optic fibre using satellite internet. The authorities confirmed the pilot testing ...

Econet Media group to deploy more Content Delivery Networks in Africa

A subsidiary of Econet Group, Econet Media, is seeking to deliver more Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) in Africa to bring globa...

Vivacom inks multi-year agreement with Eutelsat in Africa

VIVACOM, the leading provider of telecom services in Bulgaria, announced the signature of a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for C-band cap...

Yes and Viaccess-Orca partner up for SVOD offers in Israel

Viaccess-Orca, the leading global OTT and TV platform provider, content protection and advanced data solutions company announced a partners...

GOtv Nigeria slashes price with GO Gaga Confam

GOtv is slashing the price of its decoder by a third in a latest offer tagged GO Gaga Confam. The offer which kicked off on Monday, 11 September, will ...

VOOV Live Streaming App now available in South Africa

The social live streaming app, VOOV, allows users to share unfiltered peeks into their daily lives. Users can discover, connect and engage with ...

Telecoms regulator prepares to suspend Vodafone Cameroon’s activities for license issue

Accused of illegally operating on the Cameroonian territory since the launch of its activities in 2016, ...

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver renewed for more seasons

The popular TV show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, watched on M-Net in South Africa and on DSTV across the whole Africa has been ren...