Optical Networks applies content protection to children on the internet

Peruvian telecommunications company Optical Networks is the first one in the country that generalizes a content filter in its internet offer, in order to improve children protection, according to what is established by the Law for the Promotion for a Safe and Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technologies for ...

Botswana Television to air AFCON matches

The national television broadcaster, Botswana Television (Btv) is in the process of seizing broadcast rights for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, which begins in Cairo, Egypt next Friday.The Head of sports of BTV, Edson Malebane said they were mid-way through negotiations to seize the broadcast rights.Malebane said the intention is to buy the whole pack...

VTR starts conversations to add removed TV channels to its programming grid

As requested by Chlean Supreme Court of Justice, the pay TV operator VTR began talks with the TVI / Fimocentro Group for a...

Movistar makes the Copa America 2019 available in Movistar Play Argentina

Until next July 7th, all Movistar Argentina customers who have access to Movistar Play, OTT recently launched in the country...

Cisneros adds new productions for Latin America from this month

The entertainment company Cisneros Media, which last February consolidated its TV brands under the ‘VePlus’ TV channel, announced it i...

The Copa America to be broadcast in Spain through DAZN

The sports OTT DAZN acquired the rights to broadcast the Copa America in Spain, the Latin American National Team’s championship starting today ...

BoxFish arrives at Brazil and continues to expand throughout Latin America

The Spanish production company BoxFish, launched in 2017 and already installed in Argentina and Spain, announced the beginn...

BabyFirst joins Sky catalog in Mexico

Aimed to expand its Latin American presence, from this month the linear TV channel BabyFirst -owned by First Media- will be added to Sky Mexico’s programming gr...

Zain rolls out 5G bundles

Zain, the digital service provider in Kuwait, has launched its 5G Internet bundles for postpaid customers. The launch comes after the company’s announcement last month of t...

Telenova series ‘Asintado’ available on StarTimes Nigeria

Asintado, the telenovela series is airing on StarTimes Novela E Plus, Channel 128 and 057. The new telenovela series, Asintado is broadc...

SuperSport launched an Olympic Channel on its website

SuperSport has launched an Olympic Channel section on its website where viewers will be able to watch all Olympic-themed original series and doc...

Costa Rica puts off VAT collection to foreign OTTs

Nogui Acosta, Costa Rican Finance Vice Minister, informed that the Value Added Tax (VAT) will not be charged to foreign OTTs that provide their ser...

Short contents OTT Quibi to be launched in 2020

The OTT Quibi (acronym from ‘Quick Bites’) will be officially launched next April 6th, 2020 in North America and, later on, it will reach the rest of ...

Salvadoran TV channel Genteve owes more than USD 26 thousand for radioelectric spectrum use

Salvadoran Electricity and Telecommunications General Superintendency (SIGET) officially announced that t...

New Warner Media’s SVOD OTT would be launched at USD 16

Warner Media’s new SVOD OTT will include the HBO, Cinemax catalog, and the original Warner Bros TV and movie offerings. According to what th...

Nextv Series debates pay TV through OTT in Colombia

Nextv Series Colombia 2019 will meet next June 27th at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bogota with more than 30 executives from the main TV, OTT and onli...

Nimo TV arrives at Brazil and continues its expansion throughout Latin America

The gaming platform Nimo TV, owned by the Chinese Huya, was launched on Wednesday in Brazil, as part of an internationa...

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation to air AFCON live matches

During the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) will broadcast all 52 matches live. The kick-off will beg...

Boomplay sealed deal with Apprise Music in Ghana

Apprise Music becomes the first Ghanaian Music distributor to partner with leading music streaming platform, Boomplay. Apprise is the first music dis...

TAC Studios to coproduce four new TV series across Africa

The African Channel, has partnered with Nigerian, Kenyan, South African and Egyptian production companies to produce four TV series in Afric...

Win Sports and Dimayor launch Win Max in Colombia

Colombian Professional Football Major Division (Dimayor) and Win Sports agreed to create the premium sports TV channel Win Max in Colombia, owned by...

Claro to broadcast the Copa America in Chile through Claro Video

Aimed to bring the Copa America’s matches to all Chileans, Claro Chile announced that it will broadcast the football competition matc...

Juarez Football Club returns to Mexican League with Televisa Deportes

Enrique Bonilla, Mexican Football League’s President, confirmed that the Juarez Football Club team will be part of the Mexican L...

Argentina aims to encourage audiovisual content production

The Cinema and Visual Art’s National Institute’s (INCAA) President, Ralph Haiek, together with Argentine’s Nation Production and Labor Mini...

Mediapro acquires Paraguayan National Team’s TV rights until 2022

Robert Harrison, Head of the Paraguayan Football Association (APF) ran an agreement with the Spanish telecommunications company Me...

Band broadcasts Brazilian Football Championship series C with DAZN

The Brazilian DTT channel Band, belonging to the Bandeirantes Communication Group, agreed with the sports OTT DAZN to broadcast one...

CINE.AR PLAY aims to become integrated to pay TV operators in Latin America

CINE.AR PLAY, the free VOD platform of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) of Argentina, wants i...

NimoTV takes eSports competition to Brazil after its launch

RecargaPay Challenge, a championship that brings together 40 of the best professional teams of the Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) M...

Five sports websites in Ecuador are blocked because of illegal streaming content

The Ecuadorian National Intellectual Rights Services (Senadi) ordered to block five websites belonging to RojaDirecta...

Peruvian pay TV operators which broadcast illegal content will lose concession

Peruvian Customs Crimes and Fight Against Piracy Commission (CLCDAP) which is chaired by that country’s Ministry Produc...

DirecTV broadcasts the FIFA Women’s Football Cup in 4K for Latin America

The FIFA Women's World Cup is being played in France until July 7th through DirecTV Sports, whose coverage includes live an...

Unifique launches TV offer through IPTV in Brazil

After making investments in fiber optic networks, the Unifique telecommunications company, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, will launch TV Unifiqu...

Carlos Slim Domit questions competition dynamics in Mexico

Carlos Slim Domit, America Movil Board of Director’s Chairman, made critics on today’s pay TV prices in Mexico and said that, with the lack...

AT&T to launch new DirecTV OTT in Q4 2019

AT&T announced that DirecTV’s full catalog will be available in streaming format from the last quarter of the year and, according to John Donovan, C...

New Tim Brazil’s family plan includes Netflix

Brazilian telecommunications company Tim launched its first family plan, called "TIM Black Family," which includes Netflix and two other digital servi...

Conmebol and Applicaster launch official American Cup 2019’s app

Focused on reaching as many fans as possible and having all the information in a single place, the South American Football Confeder...

DAZN develops campaign against sports piracy in Brazil

According to official information from the Brazilian Subscription TV Association (ABTA), activities related to piracy in Brazil generate losses...

Oi updates its OTT Oi Play with more content customization features

The Brazilian company Oi presented new features in its Oi Play VOD platform, available for iOS and Android devices. The applicatio...

Huya is looking to expand itself from China to Latin America

The Chinese live streaming platform Huya, focused on gaming, is looking to expand itself to the international market, specially in Latin ...

Brazil has destroyed 12 thousand pay TV STBs used for piracy this year

Brazilian Federal Revenue Department, better known as Receita Federal, has destroyed 12 thousand STBs used for piracy activitie...

Blim adds Televisa Group’s channels to its content catalog

The OTT Blim announced it will include 25 Televisa Group’s TV channels to the platform’s subscribers offer. Blim’s website will show a TV...

Fox Telecolombia to produce contents together with Sony Pictures Television

Colombian content producer Fox Telecolombia has came to terms with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to produce and distribut...

Secuoya Group to develop more projects in Chile after partnership with Channel 13

Secuoya Group, a leading Spanish company focused on audiovisual and digital content creation, production and distrib...

Tigo to broadcast 66 Costa Rican football matches before launching app in the country

Tigo Sports, a pay TV channel focused on sporting events, announced it will officially broadcast 66 Costa Rican ...

Etisalat provided 5G coverage in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi's new international airport, the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), will become the first airport terminal in Middle East to benefit from 5G.The d...

Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria to air FIFA tournament

Under the terms of the deal, Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) partner networks will be able to broadcast all FIFA football tou...

Canal+ International to launch Canal+ University in Africa

Canal + International launches Canal + University to provide professional training to audiovisual actors in Africa. This initiative aims to...

Emerge Gaming Agreement to Develop Nickelodeon eSports Gaming Platform in Africa

Emerge Gaming Limited (ASX: EM1), the developer and operator of online eSports, casual gaming tournament platform and...

Deedo music streaming continues its expansion in Francophone Africa

Deedo has hit big in Senegal where it was launched in 2007 and is now available in other parts of Africa, from Ivory Coast, Camero...

Amazon Prime now available in United Arab Emirates

Following the launch of Amazon.ae at the beginning of May, Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Prime in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Prime ...

MTN Ghana target 20 million mobile money subscribers

According to Ghanaian Times, MTN Ghana is set to attract 20 million subscribers on its Mobile Money service by 2022.The General Manager of MTN Mo...

Telkom Kenya launched free WIFI hotspots in Nairobi CBD

Nairobi County Government in partnership with Meelin Media Limited and Telkom Kenya will be providing free wireless internet access in select ...

Safaricom users to access YouTube for free

Safaricom has recently introduced free YouTube on its lower cost all-in-one bundle packages. The telco giant offers 5GB worth of free YouTube as well as fr...

Ethio Telecom and Awtar Multimedia to roll out music streaming app in Ethiopia

Ethiopia's telecom operator Ethio Telecom, in collaboration with Awtar Multimedia, intends to roll out a Spotify-like m...

Vodacom launched its gaming platform PlayInc in SA

Vodacom introduced its new PlayInc gaming platform with access to an array of games for a subscription fee. PlayInc contains over 2,000 mobile titl...

Batelco to roll out commercial 5G in Bahrain

Batelco will be the first telecom provider in Bahrain to roll out commercial 5G network in the country.The service will be accessible in key locations an...