Nextv News Latin America to resume its newsletters on January 20th, 2020

Nextv News Latin America reports that this Friday, December 20th is the last to be sent this year. Our subscribers will receive the newsletter again from next Monday, January 20th, 2020. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

MBC Dubai partners with Disney, Fox and Spotify for exclusive content on the “Shahid” OTT platform

The Middle East’s giant broadcasting group, MBC, has unveiled its latest upgrades to its streaming platform, Shahid on Wednesday as the group partners with Disney, Fox and Spotify for exclusive content.Shahid will present 3,000 hours of content from entertainment companies Disney and Fox. Shahi...

Montecable launches OTT MCGOLive on Android TV

Uruguayan Pay TV operator Montecable today launched its OTT MCGoLive on Android TV. As the company officially reported, the content platform will be av...

Win Sports to launch a premium option in Colombia

The Colombian pay TV channel Win Sports will start operating Win Sports+ from January next year, a premium option that will feature all the matches ...

Movistar Play adds HBO content in Mexico

From this last Thursday, December 19th, Movistar Play, launched in Mexico in March this year, added HBO content. The OTT subscribers in that country can acce...

The Argentine Football Association launches its OTT

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) is launching its SVOD OTT AFA Play today, which will gather historical archives from the Argentine Nation...

DAZN adds new competition and reduces its monthly subscription in Brazil

The sports OTT DAZN announced this week that it will reduce its monthly subscription value by almost 50%. As detailed, it wil...

HBO to launch first suspense and fantasy series in Brazil

HBO Latin America announced a new original Brazilian series, called ‘Os Esquecidos’ (‘The Forgotten’’), the company's first suspense and fan...

Educational channel Joy Learning broadcast on Multi TV Ghana

A new TV channel dedicated solely to Joy Learning educational content has been launched on Multi TV. The initiative, which is a partnersh...

Hopster launched in Africa

The award-winning digital platform for early childhood education and entertainment Hopster has launched its services in Africa in partnership with Vodacom in South Africa ...

MultiChoice launches new campaign to improve viewing experience

MultiChoice Kenya has launched a campaign called "Step Up" which will see its customers who pay and renew their current subscription b...

Brazilian Justice allows 2DC OTT Fox+ direct marketing

Fox is able to redistribute linear channels directly to consumers through the internet in Brazil, after the Brazilian Justice granted the reque...

Netflix records almost 30 million subscribers in Latin America

Netflix published its numbers and growth rate in the 2017-2019 period throughout the United States and Canada (UCAN); Latin America; As...

Ateme powers first live 4K broadcast for TV Cultura in Brazil

Brazilian public broadcaster TV Cultura, part of Fundação Padre Anchieta and recognised for its educational and cultural content, has im...

Telefonica’s President arrives at Latin America to boost the company’s new plan in the region

Telefónica launched its plan to decouple its operations in Latin America ( not including Bra...

WOM would be deploying its FTTH network in Chile

According to what was reported by the Pisapapeles website, the Chilean mobile operator WOM would be working on its FTTH network deployment in the cou...

CuriosityStream to launch in nine Latin American countries

Non-fiction OTT platform Curiosity Stream, launched by John Hendricks, Discovery Channel’s founder, came to terms with Millicom to launch i...

Citi TV in Ghana goes live on DSTV

The Accra-based television station Citi TV will go online on DSTV today. A decision likely to significantly increase its audience to acquire a larger audience shar...

South African eNCA goes HD on DStv

South African television channel eNCA (DStv 403) has switched to high definition (HD) stream, using a new curved LED video wall which it believes will be the large...

Vodafone offers free subscription to WAVO by OSN

Vodafone Qatar has launched the first offering of 2020 which offers postpaid and prepaid customers the opportunity to enjoy unlimited entertainment t...

50 ISPs launch IPTV through new Cabase content hub

The Argentine Internet Chamber (Cabase) is launching a content and entertainment hub for its members, ISPs from all over the country, for them to p...

Discovery acquires Golf Channel Latin America

Discovery announced the acquisition of Latin American Golf, which operates Golf Channel Latin America, its pay-TV channel, to Simple Networks LLC and Fo...

El Tigre Veron, a Turner, El Trece, Cablevision and Pol-ka’s production, to have a second season next year

El Tigre Veron, the original Argentine TNT (Turner), El Trece and Cablevisión series prod...

Honduras sets deadline for DTT migration

Edith Copland, commissioner at the Honduran National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), explained that the analog blackout is planned to take place in ...

iPlan to offer OTT options from 2020

Argentine telecom company iPlan announced an agreement with DirecTV to market the company’s DirecTV GO OTT within its FTTH network, and is also negotiating with ...

Chivas has not ran an agreement for its local matches TV rights in 2020 yet

The Mexican Torneo Clausura 2020  calendar was announced on Monday through the MX League’s official websites, which organi...

DAZN and Globo negotiate Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana broadcasting rights

Grupo Globo (Brazil) and the sports OTT DAZN would be going through an advanced negotiations process which, this tim...

DirecTV to appeal Osiptel’s verdict for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup broadcast

DirecTV officially expressed itself after the charges applied to it by the Peruvian Telecommunications Private Investme...

UN3 launches new series in Flow

‘El Sueño del Pibe’, a new series from the Argentine Tres de Febrero University (UN3) and the Palta Films production company, will be fully available and on demand fr...

AMC to produce eSports in Latin America with Temporada de Juegos

AMC Networks International Latin America (AMCNI-LA) announced  it has ran an agreement with Temporada de Juegos, an eSports competiti...

Vrio announces leadership changes

Vrio, an AT&T Latin America Company and a leading digital entertainment provider, today announced that Manuel De Abelleyra will move to a new role as external c...

AT&T TV launches in the US in February 2020

AT&T CEO Jeff McElfresh, speaking at Barclays Global TMT Conference, said that AT&T TV will officially launch in February 2020 and that it, al...

StarzPlay teams up with podcast specialist Finyal Media

StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has partnered with Finyal Media, the Arab production company in MENA specializing in podcast creation, to produce...

Sky News Arabia offers 8 new programs in MENA

Sky News Arabia the leading pan-Arab news organization broadcasting 24/7 announced the launch of 8 new programs to offer audiences across the region fre...

e.tv stops airing locally drama Isipho

The daily local show Isipho was stop without warning fans. The show e.tv, which featured an ensemble troupe of Nimrod Nkosi, Saint Seseli, Thobani Nzuza, Wandi...

SuperTV in Nigeria select Euro TV Guild for channels sourcing

The Nigerian Super Network has appointed The European TV Guild to source over 100 channels for its IPTV SuperTV service. The channels wi...

Nigerian govt bans exclusive sports broadcasting rights

The Nigerian government has banned exclusivity for broadcast rights to sports events, reports Communications Week. The Minister of Information...

Deezer partnered with Mondia to connect more people to music

Deezer, the international music streaming service and Mondia, a leading private mobile technology company, have signed an agreement that ...

Apple music unveiled Africa Now Playlist

The Africa Now playlist includes songs from the greatest African musicians and features the latest releases from genres such as hip hop, gqom, Afrobeats, ama...

Eros Now Partners with Eurostar for GCC countries expansion

Indian streamer Eros Now has signed a new deal with retailer Eurostar Group which operates in the MEA region, with an extensive reach into...

iflix sells off its African business to Econet

The OTT platform iflix, has abandoned its participation in the African market by selling its activity to Econet Global. iflix announced for the first t...

9Mobile partner with Nextsat TV for Nigeria’s media entertainment sector

9mobile partners with Nextsat TV to provide a quality digital entertainment experience by delivering fresh and revolutionar...

SuperSport not bidding for broadcast rights of Ghana Premier League

Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kurt Okraku has revealed that SuperSport is not among the companies claiming broadcasti...

TV channels to launch their activities on the DTT platform as from February in Ivory Coast

In Ivory Coast, the television channels selected to broadcast on the digital television platform (DTT) must...

Globo producirá contenido deportivo con inteligencia artificial

La compañía Pixellot, que ofrece soluciones de producción y filmación deportiva automatizada, anunció un acuerdo con el Grupo Globo d...

Latina Televisión y DirecTV son sancionadas en Perú por conductas anticompetitivas

El Organismo Supervisor  de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (Osiptel) sancionó a la Compañía Latinoameric...

Subtel solicita a CDF y operadores de TV por cable compensar a suscriptores por la no emisión del fútbol en Chile

Ante la decisión de la Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) de Chile d...

Mediapro presentó oferta de compra por Fox Sports Brasil

Según reportó UOL a través del periodista Ricardo Feltrin, la compañía española Mediapro realizó una propuesta formal para la compra de Fox ...

Sky incorpora canal de eSports UBEAT a partir del 3 de diciembre

El canal de eSports Ubeat, del Grupo Mediapro, se incorpora a la oferta de Sky y llega a Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras...

América TV de Perú transmitirá partidos de la Selección Peruana en las próximas Eliminatorias

El canal de TV abierta peruano América TV anunció que transmitirá los partidos que la Selección Per...

Mediapro fue host broadcaster de la final de la Copa Conmebol Libertadores

Mediapro fue seleccionado como host broadcaster para la producción y distribución de la señal de la última final de la Copa...

DAZN trae la Copa Davis a Brasil hasta 2021

El OTT deportivo DAZN anunció un nuevo acuerdo exclusivo para la plataforma: la Copa Davis, que este año estrena un nuevo formato, será exclusiva para su ...