Cablevision adds Netflix to Flow in Argentina

Cablevision Flow agreed with Netflix to access the OTT through its platform. Feature is already available and is effective since last Thursday, April 18th for customers who have a Flow STB and a Netflix account. Access to the OTT can be done from a dedicated application. In addition, the new Flow remote control will have a button that will allow dire...

Comedy Central working on local version of ‘Comedians Solve World Problems” for MENA

Comedy Central is expanding globally with Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI) working together to produce MENA’s episode of “Comedians Solve World Problems”. The internationally acclaimed show will have its own local versions in countries like the US, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Brazil. Ea...

Foreign OTTs could include Colombian local titles special section from 2020

With the aim of encouraging national audiovisual production content in Colombia, the National Development Plan could make ...

Globo delayed Brazilian miniseries premiere because of Net and Now

Brazilian miniseries "Se eu fechar os olhos agora" (If I close my eyes now) was the first of Globo that acquired Now (OTT of the B...

Accused of pay TV piracy are condemned with preventive detention in Argentina

Argentine Instruction Court N°3 from Corrientes City ordered the prosecution with preventive detention for people accuse...

Repretel broadcasts American Cup’s matches exclusively in Costa Rica

Pablo Guzman, Costa Rican Repretel Group’s Sports Director, confirmed that the company completed the American Cup broadcasting ...

Smithsonian Channel arrives at Brazil in Net’s programming

Brazilian Bandeirantes Communication Group officially announced the arrival of the pay TV Smithsonian Channel, available from next April ...

SBT, Record and Rede TV to invest in Brazilian films realizations

Simba Content, a joint venture that brings together Brazilian pay TV channels Rede TV, Record and SBT, together with the Paris Enter...

Comedy Central working on local version of ‘Comedians Solve World Problems” for MENA

Comedy Central is expanding globally with Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI) working together to pro...

Amazon to launch its own music streaming service

Amazon is working on launching a free, ad-supported music streaming service. The service is completely free where Amazon will pay some record labels ...

South Africa and China collaborate to produce its first co-production No Man’s Land

No Man’s Land is largely set in China’s Qinghai Province, situated in the northern foothills of the Himalayas, a...

Salvadoran Government delivers free STBs to move towards DTT

According to statistical reports developed by the Salvadoran Consumer Protection, more than 65% of TVs in that market are available to re...

Disney+ to be launched next November 12th and will cost USD 7 monthly

The Walt Disney Company officially announced that its OTT Disney + will be launched next November 12th in the US. The subscripti...

Personal launches Flow in Paraguay

Pay-TV operator Personal (Telecom) launched Flow in Paraguay, an IPTV service with new features that allow subscribers to watch live TV, series, movies and premier...

EBC joins TV Brazil and NBR programming on Nova TV

Alexandre Graziani,  Brazil Communication Company’s President (EBC), approved an ordinance to unify TV Brasil and NBR programming on Nova TV Brasil...

Facebook and Fox Sports extend Libertadores Cup’s broadcast

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Facebook agreed to extend from 28 to 46 Copa Libertadores matches broadcast for...

Telefonica to produce original series in Latin America

Telefonica announced it will produce original fiction series in Latin America. According to the company, the first three are being pre produced...

Riaad Moosa show premieres on Vodacom Video Play

Riaad Moosa’s comedy special, Life Begins, will be the first local title to be available on Vodacom’s video-on-demand service, Video Play.As an award...

BBC and Channels Television roll out new TV programme ‘Gist Nigeria’

BBC and Nigeria’s Channels Television launch new current affairs programme called ‘Gist Nigeria’ on Channels TV in Nigeria. T...

e.TV Ghana to roll out new TV shows

e.TV Ghana is bringing an array of exciting new shows this April. The introduction of the new shows is part of e.TV Ghana’s offer to bring quality television cont...

Tigo Sports to broadcast new Central America Premier Cup

Tigo Sports (Millicom) will develop Central America Premier Cup’s broadcasts, new football championship endorsed by the Confederation of Nort...

DAZN buys Brazilian Football Championship’s Serie C

The sports OTT DAZN acquired the rights to broadcast the Brazillian Football Championship’s Serie C, the third tier of the Brazilian football le...

The NTT IndyCar Series is available in Latin America through Claro Video

Claro Video presented the launch of the NTT IndyCar Series races 2019 season , the highest category of motorsports in the Uni...

Real Madrid TV is available in Mexico through Izzi

Mexican pay TV operator Izzi informed that it already has the official Real Madrid channel available to its subscribers. The network is called ‘Rea...

DirecTV launches new sports newscast in Peru

DirecTV announced the launching of Connection DirecTV, its new sports newscast, which is being premiered today on DirecTV Sports in Peru. The program wil...

Chilean classic football match was broadcast for the first time in Argentina

Chilean classic football match between teams Catholic University and Chilean University, which was played yesterday at th...

Uruguayan pay TV operators are digitized with Nagra and Bold

Eight Uruguayan pay TV operators, associated with the Uruguayan Television Chamber for Subscribers (CUTA), started their pay TV digital o...

LaLiga advances against audiovisual piracy in Peru

Six Peruvian websites that broadcast matches from LaLiga Santander and other audiovisual content were blocked by the  Competition Defense and Intel...

Telefonica asks to avoid double taxes payment in Mexico

Finance and Public Credit Ministry’s (SHCP) proposal to impose a tax to OTTs in Mexico from 2020 would also apply for Movistar Play, recently ...

Pluto TV increases its international audience

“The free linear OTT Pluto TV, recently acquired by Viacom, currently records 15 million monthly active users. According to the company, Pluto TV ended ...

HBO Go arrives at Cinepolis Klic

After announcing that it is available on LG and Samsung’s Smart TVs, it will also be possible to hire HBO Go through Cinepolis Klic. Those who want to have access to...

CDF adds new National B Division’s matches

Chilean Football Channel (CDF)  has added a new National B Division match to its live broadcasts, and totalizes two from the promotion that will be seen ...

HBO Go is also available on Samsung Smart TVs

After HBO announced on March 20th that its OTT HBO Go is available on LG's Smart TVs, the company reported that since last Monday, HBO Go customers will...

RCA launches new 32-inch Android TV in Argentina

RCA is launching the first Smart TV in conventional size in Argentina, with Android as operating system and compatible with Google Play and Google As...

Uruguay leads anime audience in Latin America

The OTT Crunchyroll, the biggest anime market referent with more than one million subscribers,  published a 10 countries list that represented anime’s c...

Mondo TV arrives at Latin America with Amazon Prime Video Direct

Mondo TV Ibero-America announced it will add part of its series and animated films catalog to its Latin American customers base in Am...

Liberty Puerto Rico broadcast contents from Telemundo and other channels again

Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico and NBC Universal finally came to terms with Telemundo (Channel 2), NBC Puerto Rico,...

TV Azteca leaves Santos Laguna’s football matches broadcasts

After several rumorous days, versions were confirmed and Mexican football team Santos Laguna officially confirmed that TV Azteca will s...

America Movil requests license in Mexico with Claro TV

Newspaper El Economista reported that América Móvil asked the Telecommunications Federal Institute (IFT) for a pay TV license in Mexico through...

QubitTV joins Roku in Argentina

Argentine OTT QubitTV incorporated its full films catalog in Roku, which includes movies from all times into its most outstanding contents. ‘Since 2018 Roku and Qubit...

Peru could also collect taxes from OTTs

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a report that suggests that Peru would collect taxes from Netflix and...

Chilean TV channels want to postpone analog blackout for April 2025

Chilean National TV Association (Anatel) asked the Telecommunications Sub-Secretary (Subtel)  to extend for five more years the de...

Mega becomes Megamedia holding company

Chilean group Mega became from last April 1st the Mega Media Holding, a brand that brings together its FTA, pay TV, radio and websites areas and will offer new...

Mexican Radio Centro Group to broadcast on FTA with Channel 8

Mexican Radio Centro Group’s (GRC) president, Francisco Aguirre Gomez, confirmed that the company will start broadcasts on FTA TV in Oct...

Arcadia Premium TV to be available on StarTimes

Arcadia Premium Television will make its debut on StarTimes channel 176. According to its founders, Olamide Yousuph and Akintunde Marinho, the officia...

1Magic will now be accessible on DStv Compact Plus

The channel, which was available only to DStv Premium subscribers will now be available on DStv Compact Plus.The package will be 36.91 USD (R519) p...

Burkina Faso to end transmission of analogue television signals by November 2019

Burkina Faso plans to end the transmission of analogue television signals as from November 2019. This decision was ta...

Music channel Mezzo now available on Canal+ Africa

French music channel Mezzo, dedicated to classical music, jazz and dance, is now available on Les Bouquets Canal+, distributed in 22 African countr...

Ooredoo offers a more thrilling experience with Stream on HD

Ooredoo offers the new Stream On HD service entirely available for New Shababiah customers. Users can subscribe daily and access a world ...

Netflix inked deal to collaborate on its first African animated original

Netflix has inked a deal to team up with South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios and UK distributor CAKE on animated act...

Telstar secures mobile phone license in Angola

Telstar has secured mobile phone license in Angola. The telecom operator was awarded this license after winning the tender issued by the Angolan govern...

MTN launched Bundle Bonanza promotion in SA

As from Tuesday, 16 April 2019, new MTN prepaid subscribers will now obtain integrated bundles when they recharge with 1.42 USD (R20) or more which will a...

FRiENDi mobile subscribers to migrate to Ooredoo’s mobile network

Ooredoo Oman and FRiENDi mobile, part of the Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa group, have inked a long-term agreement to off...

Netflix to produce new Arabic series ‘Al Rawabi School for Girls’

Netflix’s latest original Arabic series, is a high school drama produced with a full female Arab cast and crew. Al Rawabi School...

Prime TV suspension lifted in Zambia

The Independent Broadcasting Authority has lifted the suspension of Prime Television, effective immediately. The ban was enforced ‘exhibiting unprofessional elem...

BBC sealed deal with Showstopper Media for African version of The Great British Bake Off

Showstopper Media and BBC will adapt the hit cookery show ‘The Great British Bake Off’ for the East African m...