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Industry leaders to discuss the value of exclusive content in pay TV competition

The next edition of NexTV CEO Latin America, on November 1 & 2 in Miami, will have an executive panel that will discuss the value of exclusive content in pay TV competition, with the participation of DirecTV Colom...
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Movistar Colombia integrates Netflix into new set-top boxes

Movistar announced that it has integrated Netflix into its pay TV service. The operator’s customers who also have a Netflix subscription can now access the content through the new connected set-top boxes (STBs). This way, the company beca...
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Deezer now accessible across MENA

Music streaming service Deezer is now accessible in the Middle East and North Africa, allowing users to access an array of Arabic hits from media and entertainment-producer Rotana. Deezer will open a regional office in Dubai next month.In addition to 53 million tr...

Warner Bros shuts down DramaFever

DramaFever, the streaming platform service focused on Korean drama and other Asian programming, has shut down its global service on October 16. The announcement was...

Funimation ends partnership with Crunchyroll

Anime distributor Funimation, which belongs to Sony Pictures Television, will end on November 9 its contract with SVOD service Crunchyroll (now owned by ...

“Un gallo para Esculapio” season 2 premiere leads audience

The premiere of the second season of "Un gallo para Esculapio" on TNT, positioned as the most watched fiction in pay TV in 2018, during...

Ultravision deploys Nagra’s Conax Go Live solution in Mexico

Nagra announced the first cloud deployment of its Conax GO Live solution in Mexico, with the operator Ultravision, which will deploy a ...

Chile passes new anti-piracy law

The Chilean Senate approved, by 17 votes in favor and one abstention, the initiative that modifies the General Telecommunications Law to set penalties for the illega...

DAZN signs millionaire contract with boxing star Canelo Alvarez

Sports streaming platform DAZN, which belongs to Perform Group, has signed with Saul Canelo Alvarez the "most lucrative contract in sp...

Telecom tariffs to rise as from November in Ghana

Mobile operators Vodafone, AirtelTigo and MTN have recently declared an increase in the tariff of their telecom services as from November 1, 2018. A...

BBC News Africa to launch new programme ‘Smart Money’

Smart Money is an exclusive half-hour weekly programme available next week across the continent. The show will give viewers an extensive loo...

Turner Africa chooses Greenworld Communications in Nigeria for newly launched channels

Turner Africa is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with Greenworld Communications in Nigeria. Th...

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Roku to resume sales in Mexico

Roku announced that the company will resume sales of its streaming devices in Mexico in the coming weeks, after a favorable ruling from the 11th Collegiate Court in CD...

Brazilian operators demonstrate 8k video streaming over 5G technology

Brazilian operators Claro and Net (both part of the América Móvil group), together with the Chinese company Huawei, are conducti...

StarTV to add OTT services to TV offer in 2019

Mexican DTH operator StarTV is working on partnerships with OTTs services to complement its content offering. In 2019, it will offer “well known” platf...

AT&T plans to launch new streaming service in 2019

AT&T’s WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner) plans to launch a new direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming service in the fourth quarter of 2019, t...

Dish Mexico, Digicel and Liberty CTOs to discuss the future of TV technologies

Key technology executives will gather in the next edition of NexTV CEO Latin America, on November 1 & 2 in Miami, t...

Ultravision prepares to launch new multiscreen service

Mexican operator Ultravision is preparing to launch a new multiscreen TV service before the end of this year. For this initiative, the company ...

Kwesé partners with Kalakoda Boxing to beam the Friday Fight Nights Series in Nigeria

Kwesé collaborates with Kalakoda Boxing Promotions to bring the Friday Fight Nights series dubbed, Chaos in Lag...

4KUNIVERSE channel to roll out across EMEA

4KUNIVERSE, a 4K, high dynamic range (HDR) general entertainment channel, will soon be available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after bagging a deal...

Kwesé and Vodafone collaborate to bring VOD and live TV content to Ghana

Vodafone Ghana has inked a deal with multiplatform broadcaster Kwesé, to provide the video-on-demand and live TV content to ...

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Netflix beats Q3 expectations and reaches 137 million users

Netflix added 7 million members in Q318, more than the 5 million expected by the company, and reached 137.1 million users globally (130 mi...

Telefónica integrates Netflix in Brazil

Telefónica, which operates in Brazil under the Vivo brand, is integrating Netflix into its IPTV platform. The process will be carried out gradually and autom...

Disney announces two original series

Disney Media Distribution Latin America (DMDLA) announced - during Mipcom 2018 in Cannes - the production of two new original series: "Americana" and "Cazadores ...

Mediapro, Vice Studios ink co-production deal for Latin America

Audiovisual group Mediapro and Vice Studios have signed an agreement to co-develop and co-produce original scripted TV series. The all...

Amazon Prime Video offers titles from the 2018 Guadalajara Film Festival

Amazon Prime Video has added to its catalog in Mexico more than 25 titles from the 2018 Guadalajara International Film Festiv...

MGE and SBS sign distribution deal

Mega Global Entertainment (MGE), the independent distributor led by Esperanza Garay, announced an agreement with the Korean network SBS to distribute content in As...

DirecTV offers multiplatform coverage of NBA games

DirecTV will offer up to 123 NBA games of the 2018-2019 season - starting on October 16 - live and in HD on DirecTV Sports 2 and with online access...

ESPN launches dedicated women’s sports brand in Mexico

ESPN has launched in Mexico espnW, its dedicated women’s brand, which includes content initiatives to engage and inspire women across ESPN’s ...

MVS wins Supreme Court support for FTA TV in CDMX

Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled in favor of MVS Comunicaciones, which wants to provide free-to-air TV in Mexico City, with the 52Mx c...

Turner consolidates content production strategy

Turner Latin America has already produced more than 9,500 hours of content for its entertainment brands, its free-to-air TV channel Chilevisión, and f...

Algar expands FTTH network

Brazilian telecommunication company Algar is expanding its FTTH network. By the end of 2019, the plan is to cover close to 70% of the homes of the 87 municipalities in its...

More C-band spectrum for mobile operators will require new satellites

Some satellite operators will be forced to buy new spacecraft if U.S. regulators demand the transfer of 200 or more megahertz of...

Argentina launches National Plan of Telecommunications and Connectivity

The government of Argentina announced the National Telecommunications and Connectivity Plan, which seeks to promote the develo...

TNT premieres second season of “Un Gallo para Esculapio”

The second season of the multi-award-winning Argentine original series "Un Gallo para Esculapio" will premiere on TNT on Tuesday,...

ESPN to air ‘Injustice 2’ regional finals in Mexico

In order to meet the growing demand for eSports content, Warner Bros. Games will broadcast the regional final of the Latin League "Injustice 2...

Netflix produces six original series in Colombia

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during an event held in Bogotá, Colombia, that the company is producing six original series in the country. The execut...

Discovery Kids launches live-action original show “Big Top Academy”

Discovery Kids and Cirque du Soleil Images, the multimedia production division of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, announ...

Digital industry opposes taxing Netflix and other platforms

Members of the digital industry in Mexico have expressed opposition to the project that seeks to apply a 3% tax on digital services such a...

Crackle launches on Claro Video in Colombia

Claro Video announced that it has added Crackle, Sony Pictures Television’s digital platform, to its entertainment offer in Colombia. Users can subscribe ...

Mexico wants 30% local content quota for OTT services

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies will ask streaming platforms such as Netflix, Claro Video and Blim to include 30% of national productions in the...

Imagen Televisión announces new programming

Mexican broadcaster Imagen Televisión announced its 2019 programming slate. Olegario Vázquez Aldir, CEO of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles, to which Grupo Imag...

Facebook signs deal to stream Copa Libertadores matches

Facebook has acquired the rights to live stream the 2019-2022 Copa Libertadores matches, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) ...

TV Peru Internacional expands reach in Latin America

The international channel of TV Peru is now available throughout the American continent. Since October 1, it is hosted on Intelsat 11 satellite, ...

Exclusive series on streaming platforms lead to increase piracy, says report

The number of people using BitTorrent began to increase again in 2015, after several years in decline, due to the exclusi...

Global Citizen Festival organisation collaborates with DStv, SABC and MTV International for Mandela 100 concert

On Sunday, 2 December 2018, the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 concert will be h...

Multichoice rolls out E.Africa talents academy in Nigeria

MultiChoice has recently launched in Lagos alongside its partners, stakeholders, dignitaries and industry professionals, the long awaited ce...

Canal Plus Sport to beam Boxing Gala “JAB & VIBES” live in Senegal

Vivendi Sports is pushing its pawns in Africa. After a cycling race homologated by the Union Cycliste International...

SPI introduces new Turkish TV series channel in SA

SPI/FilmBox is extending its worldwide TV channel portfolio with the Timeless Drama Channel featuring Turkish TV series such as Kurt Seyit and Sura...

Al-Madar rolls out 4G services in Northern Libya

Libya's state-owned mobile phone operator Al-Madar introduced the first 4G services in the North of Libya, a rare investment in a country hit by year...

Open News set to shake up television news

eMedia Investments will launch Open News, on Thursday, 1 November 2018. The channel will be available exclusively on Openview every evening from 5PM to 11PM...

Sony TV and T10 League ink three-year deal to broadcast Cricket matches in MENA

The forthcoming edition of the T10 League which is predicted to have a bigger audience will be broadcast by Sony Pictu...

NetOne negotiates with Telkom for a possible joint venture in Zimbabwe

NetOne, the state-owned mobile operator has begun negotiations with South African telecom operator Telkom to form a new joint v...

Etisalat to roll out 5G devices by first-half of 2019

Etisalat has launched live download speed comparison between 4G and 5G live networks allowing visitors the opportunity to experience the “downlo...

BBC Lifestyle unveiled brand new look in South Africa

During the bi-annual Upfront event of BBC Studios in Johannesburg, BBC Lifestyle showcased its brand-new look.The lifestyle channel on DStv has ...

Facebook inked deal with Airtel and BCS to deploy optical fiber in the north-west of Uganda

The American company Facebook has returned to better feelings when it comes to investing in Uganda. The co...

Africanopy to bring Internet to KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa

In South Africa, start-up AfriCanopy plans to deploy high-speed, low-cost internet in rural communities using the white space o...