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Amazon Prime Video to invest more in Mexico

Amazon Prime Video wants to continue growing in Mexico, which is "an ideal market for streaming", said Marco Nobili, the platform’s director in the country, to newspaper Milenio. In this context, the service will continue investing in new local contents....
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Televisa considering spinning off units

Televisa said that it was still considering whether to keep the company without changes or to spin off some divisions, particularly its Cable TV unit. The Mexican broadcaster will finish its review this year. This was announced by Alfonso de Angoitia, Co- C...
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DStv subscribers will have access to all SuperSport channels for 18 days

MultiChoice is giving access to its entire set of SuperSport channels for lower-tiered DStv subscribers in South Africa, as well as in other African countries, for 18 days between 13 and 31 July.While only DStv Premium subscr...

Metrotel launches its new video matrix

Argentina’s telecommunications company Metrotel, which offers solutions to the corporate market, presented its new video matrix, a product that offers on deman...

Megacable to launch mobile telephony service

Megacable will start offering mobile telephony as a virtual operator by the end of 2018 or the beginning of next year. It will use the country's 'Red Com...

Movistar Series expands in Central America

The new channel Movistar Series is now available in Guatemala and Costa Rica with a lineup that includes original productions such as "La Peste", "La Zona"...

Zee Mundo launches OTT service

Zee Mundo, the HD movie channel that offers Bollywood cinema, dubbed in Spanish, announced the launch of the new ZEE Mundo Play service, which provides access to conte...

Netflix partners with Pol-ka to produce new original series in Argentina

Netflix announced “Puerta “7, its third Argentine original series, which will be produced by local powerhouse production comp...

Venevisión added to DirecTV Now lineup

Cisneros Media announced that its TV channel Venevisión is available on DirecTV Now in the United States. It is part of the new "Todo y Más" package, which in...

eNCA SA reveals refreshed look and anchor line up from Monday 16 July

From 6AM on Monday 16 July 2018, viewers get their very first look at the refreshed eNCA channel as well as the new anchor line ...

MultiChoice raises tariff On DStv services in Nigeria

As from August 1, millions of Nigerian subscribers to services of the Digital Satellite Television (DStv) operated by South Africa's MultiChoice...

Four South African comedians available on Netflix comedy special

Netflix is bringing together 47 comedians from 13 regions for a stand-up comedy event series that will premiere in 2019. Loyiso Gola,...

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Netflix tests new ‘Ultra’ plan in Mexico

Netflix is testing the new 'Ultra' plan in Mexico, which had been introduced in Europa a few days ago. It is an option that adds HDR content and allow us...

Latin America to reach 91.1 million fixed broadband accesses in 2023

Dataxis latest research revealed that almost 20 million new fixed broadband accesses will be added within the next five years. Co...

Chile strikes major blow against piracy

Chile’s Crime Investigation Brigade of Intellectual Property arrested at least 10 people that were illegally delivering content from pay TV programmers. The o...

Argentine Senate gives preliminary approval to “short” telecommunications law

The Argentine Senate gave preliminary approval to the bill for the Promotion of ICT Infrastructure and Compe...

New video streaming app launches in Brazil

The new video streaming platform SOT (Sistema Operacional de Televisão) announced the start of its operations in Brazil. The service was created by local a...

VTR offers new app with linear TV and VOD

Chilean largest cable operator VTR is offering its subscribers a new multiplatform app - called VTR Play - that integrates 65 TV channels and 4,000 VOD cont...

‘Real Housewives of Johannesburg’ is set to debut in South Africa

The show debuts on August 3 at 7pm on 1Magic. Viewers will have a chance to see the glamorous and wealthy Johannesburg w...

MultiChoice will soon launch 4K-streaming in SA

In May, MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela declared that the African pay-tv giant is working to launch a dishless DStv streaming-only service in 2019 that w...

Hit entertainment The Sing-Off set to come to Nigeria

Montage Media Group, a leading media consultancy and investment company has taken the Nigerian rights to Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) hit ta...

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Univision exploring sale of Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced that it has initiated a formal process to explore the sale of the assets comprising the Gi...

Televisa sees growth in Q218 driven by FIFA World Cup

Televisa announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2018. The company's net sales during the period increased 16.2% to MX $ 26,70...

Bolivia prepares for analog switch-off

Wilmer Pantoja, in charge of Digital Television in the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications, said that Bolivia will be the second country in South America, afte...

Microsoft preparing Movies & TV app for iOS and Android: report

Microsoft is working to bring its Movies & TV app to iOS and Android devices, according to Windows Central, which cites source...

DirecTV Colombia to launch 4.5G service for residential clients

José Daniel Gómez, general manager of DirecTV in Colombia, announced that from the third quarter of the year the company will offer 4....

Netflix announces new anime series

Netflix will launch two new anime series in 2019 and will renew "Aggretsuko" for a second season. The official announcement was made by the streaming platform at A...

Brazil loses more than 52,000 pay TV subs in May

Brazil registered 17.85 million pay TV subscribers in May, which represented a drop of about 788,000 subscribers compared to the same month in 2017, ...

Colombia starts taxing digital platforms

From July 1, the Value Added Tax (19%) started to apply to foreign digital platforms that provide services in Colombia, including Netflix and Spotify. The me...

Multimedios to use multiprogramming in Mexico City

Multimedios group’s channel 6.1 of Mexico City (CDMX) is currently in the testing phase and is expected to launch soon. Meanwhile, the company chos...

DirecTV to premiere original series in 4K

DirecTV announced that it will premiere the new original series "Todo por el juego" on July 15 through OnDirecTV, as well as on its 4K UHD channel and the s...

Golden Boy signs deal to stream live boxing on Facebook

Facebook and Golden Boy Promotions have signed an agreement to offer live boxing and original programming to a global community of fans on the...

Gala TV rebrands as Canal Nu9ve

Televisa announced that Gala TV will be rebranded as Canal Nu9ve starting on July 9, as part of a renewal of its image. The programming will include new contents of p...

Osiptel opens sanction procedure against Latina and DirecTV

Peruvian regulator Osiptel said that is has begun a sanction procedure against the free-to-air TV channel Latina and pay TV operator Direc...

There are 53 DTT stations in Peru

Peru is moving forward with the deployment of DTT, in order to face the analog switch off, scheduled for 2020 in Lima and Callao. By the end of June, 53 TV stations...

Nat Geo Kids strengthens its presence in Latin America

Children's channel Nat Geo Kids celebrates, during July, its first year in Latin America with a programming dedicated to its main series. Since...

Peru: pay TV market grows 8.2% in March

According to data from the Peruvian regulator Osiptel, the pay TV market registered 1.98 million connections in March, up 8.2% (or 150,000 subscribers), compa...

Telemundo acquires rights to the 2019 Copa America

Telemundo Deportes announced that it has acquired the exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights to the 2019 Copa America to be held in June in B...

Verizon to shut down Go90

U.S telecommunications company Verizon is shutting down its mobile video service Go90 after nearly three years of its launch, a company spokeswoman said, according to Reute...

Univision channels go dark to Dish, Sling TV subs

As of Saturday, June 30, Univision networks are no longer available on Dish Network and Sling TV in the United States, “affecting its Spanish-speaki...

SES in talks to offer 4K channels in Brazil

Global satellite operator SES is in negotiations to offer 4K channels in Brazil with content from the United States and Europe, according to Jurandir Pits...

El Gourmet announces new original production

El Gourmet (AMC Networks International Latin America) announced the production of "Maestros del taco", the new show that will travel through Mexico searc...

DC Comics to launch streaming service in beta this August

DC Comics announced that it will launch a beta version of its upcoming streaming service, DC Universe, in August. The platform will offer mo...

Fox shareholders to vote on Disney’s offer on July 27

21st Century Fox (21CF) announced that it will vote on Disney's revised offer on July 27. 21CF’s board of directors recommends that stockh...

Irdeto launches Android TV security solution

Irdeto has launched its Android security solution “Irdeto Armor”, which now provides operators with the ability to securely manage this open platform. Th...

TNT will be available in Benin by the end of December 2018

A statement was made by Marcel Tchobo, technical adviser to the media Minister of the digital economy and communication stating that TNT wi...

TVC Communications wins Innovative Media Company Award

TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News, Max FM and Adaba FM has been named ‘Innovative Media Company of the Year’ at the 15th edition of t...

MultiChoice to donate funds to the the Nelson Mandela Children’s fund

DStv will beam special pop-up channel to celebrate and honour the extraordinary life and legacy of Tata Madiba. DStv’s Mandela...

9mobile partners Bango to introduce mobile payment service in Nigeria

9mobile has gone one step towards reaffirming itself as one of the most innovative telco with the launch of 9pay. This is an ope...

Moov Togo launches 4G

Telecom Togo (Moov), subsidiary of Maroc Telecom officially launched the 4G in Lomé and its outskirts. Subscribers were therefore the first to experience the very mobile broadb...

Multichoice Ghana rolls out DSTV business lite

MultiChoice Ghana has launched its newly developed DSTV business lite to reduce the amount targeted customers; thus, medium to low companies have to pa...

StarTimes, SMiT launch CI Plus 1.3 CAM in Africa

StarTimes and SMiT collaborate to launch CI Plus 1.3 CAM with an operator profile function on the African market.Commenting on the development, Bingy...

South African Public FTA appoints new CEO and CFO

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) appointed Madoda Mxakwe as its new group chief executive officer (GCEO) and Yolande van Biljon as ...

Netflix to broadcast South African ‘superheroes’

Streaming service Netflix has set out to find heroes in South Africa who solve societal issues and go out of their way to make their communities ...

OSN shuts down Movies Festival channel

Subscribers across the Middle East were left with one less option for viewing indie and underground cinema with the unannounced closure of OSN’s Movies Festiva...

DStv brings light on SA’s endangered species with new TV series

DStv will introduce new TV series‚ The Wild Ones which offers an exciting journey in the center of the South African landscape by fo...

Private TV channel ENN in Ethiopia stop broadcasting

Ethiopia’s private television channels: Ethiopian News Network (ENN) might have to pull the plug off. The executives of the TV station have spoke...