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Telefónica renews Wayra, its startup accelerator

Wayra, Telefónica's startup accelerator, announced the launch of a new strategy focused on accelerating "more mature" technology companies to generate synergies and develop joint businesses. The new Wayra image was presented simultaneously in eigh...
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Marvel characters to get own TV shows on Disney streaming service: Report

Disney is developing a number of limited series centered on popular Marvel characters, like Loki and the Scarlet Witch, along with other superheroes, for its streaming service, which is expected to launch in 2019, Variety re...
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Disney Africa to roll out Mickey the True Original Campaign in SA

Disney Africa will launch Mickey the True Original campaign in honour to the nine decades of Mickey Mouse, his legacy, personality and position as a pop-culture icon.  The 18 November 2018 symbolises 90 years since appearing in Stea...

T-VOD platform Pantaflix launches in Central and South America

Pantaflix announced its launch in 23 countries in Central and South America. With this introduction, the service opens up access to 400...

Ecuador to switch off analog TV by 2023

Ecuador’s telecommunications ministry has presented a new master plan for the transition to DTT in the country. The analog switch off will be conducted gradua...

Net TV secures a place on pay TV services

Net TV, Argentina's new DTT channel, which will be launched in October, announced its presence in the programming lineups of several pay TV systems, includi...

TyC Sports to air FIFA 18 final

Pay TV channel TyC Sports announced that it will broadcast, this Thursday, September 20, at 10 pm (Argentine time) the FIFA 18 final. In addition, the semifinals of t...

TIM expands FTTH network in Brazil

Brazilian telecommunications company TIM has launched FTTH services – under the brand TIM Live - in Goiânia, in the state of Goiás. This is the second capital city...

TNT unveils new look and feel in Latin America

Turner’s main brand TNT renewed its image on and off air for the Latin American markets. Under the concept "Entretenimiento a lo grande", the new look ...

Showmax free of charge for DStv Premium subscribers

Showmax is now available for free for DStv Premium subscribers. No other important changes were made, barring bug fixes and stability developments...

New local reality show soon available on A+E Networks’ Lifetime

A+E Networks' Lifetime (DStv 131) will introduce a new local reality show, Love at Second Swipe available as from 25 October at 20:0...

Tigo introduced 4G+ in Tanzania

Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania introduced the 4G+ network promising data customers "an ultra-fast digital experience".The Chief Technical and Information Officer of Ti...

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NexTV Series returns to Mexico to discuss the new TV business

The eighth edition of NexTV Series Mexico 2018 will gather more than 60 executives from the main companies in the industry to discuss TV...

“Brands want to advertise on TV like they do on Facebook and Google”

Prior to his participation in NexTV Series Mexico & Central America, Cyprien Grau, COO & Co-founder of Decidata, spok...

Telefónica signs deal to offer Amazon Prime Video in Brazil

Brazilian telecommunications company Vivo (Telefónica) announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to offer Prime Video as an a...

Hollywood studios and OTT services score victory in piracy case

TickBox TV, a manufacturer of streaming TV devices, agreed to pay USD 25 million to settle a lawsuit from major Hollywood studios and ...

Movistar launches eSports channel in Latin America

Movistar Play has launched in Latin America Movistar eSports, a new channel focused on the gaming universe with live and on demand League of Legend...

Telefónica prepares to launch pay TV in Argentina

Telefónica is preparing to launch its pay TV service in Argentina. Soon, the company will define the launch date, which would be between the end of...

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is extending its African video offering with a mobile-first news video service, Africa Jou...

Kwesé iflix to beam boxing match on its mobile app

Kwesé iflix, has announced to air live the World Heavyweight match between Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin to millions of boxing fans thro...

StarTimes secures rights to Senegalese Ligue 1 for 10 seasons

StarTimes has bagged another exclusive deal for an African domestic league, this time in Senegal for the country’s top tier, Ligue 1.The...

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Fox announces launch of Fox Sports Premium in Mexico and Central America

Fox Sports Latin America announced the launch in Mexico and Central America of Fox Sports Premium and a new Fox Sports stream...

Emmy 2018: Amazon Prime Video becomes first streaming service to win in the comedy series category

During the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards held on Monday, September 17, Amazon Prime Video becam...

Disney launches series of short videos on YouTube

Disney Junior has launched on its YouTube channel "Descubriendo La Sirenita" and "Descubriendo Blanca Nieves y los 7 enanos", the new short-form con...

Insight TV launches in Latin America with SES

Insight TV, the 4K broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, announced its foray into Lat...

Chile’s TVN doubles losses

Chilean free-to-air channels presented their financial results for the first half of 2018. According to the data, the state-owned channel TVN doubled its losses compared...

New NASA UHD HDR channel launches on Roku

New NASA UHD service, remotely produced by Harmonic in cooperation with NASA, is now available in high dynamic range (HDR) on the Roku platform. Users with ...

Servisky acquires Ecuadorian national soccer team rights

The Ecuadorian Soccer Federation (FEF) has signed a deal with Servisky for the rights to broadcast the national team in qualifiers and friend...

Mediastream expands in Latin America

Mediastream, the company specializing in streaming services, announced the opening of a new office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which will be led by Martin Mazza,...

Nokia sells IP video business to Volaris

Nokia announced plans to sell its IP video business to Volaris Group, a Toronto-based software company. Nokia's video product portfolio - including its cachi...

Mexico’s Totalplay taps MediaKind to drive shift to cloud

MediaKind (formerly known as Ericsson Media Solutions) announced that Totalplay will deploy its Encoding Live video processing solution to...

Disney unveils new programming for Latin America

Disney Channels Latin America unveiled the upcoming slate of programming, which includes two new regional productions - "BIA" and "Nivis: amigos de o...

Huawei launches OTT in Spain

Huawei announced that it has launched its OTT service, Huawei Video, in Spain and Italy, and with the goal of expanding to other regions. It is available for users of it...

AT&T CEO says Netflix is the “Walmart” of video streaming services

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson called Netflix the “Walmart” of video on demand services, while HBO -now part of the group ...

Cube TV officially launched in Brazil

Cube TV, the platform that focus on mobile gaming livestreaming and competes with options like Twitch and YouTube Gaming, held its official launch event in Braz...

DirecTV announces viewership results of “Todo por el Juego”

DirecTV Latin America announced that its original series "Todo por el Juego", produced in partnership with Grupo Mediapro, has...

New DTT channel launched in Chile

The University of Santiago de Chile has officially launched the new DTT channel STGO.TV, which is available 24 hours on frequency 48.1 in the Metropolitan Region, w...

Brazil’s Net ordered to pay compensation for poor broadband speeds

Brazil’s largest pay TV operator Net has been ordered to pay back R$ 5,000 (USD 1,225) to two customers for providing poor br...

Grupo Televisa selects Intelsat’s solutions for distribution services

Intelsat announced that leading Mexican multimedia company, Grupo Televisa, has extended their contract for Intelsat’s satelli...

Nagra launches watermarking solution to combat piracy of Premium live sports

Nagra, a leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen TV products, announced the launch of NexGuard...

¡Hola! TV launches on Liberty Puerto Rico

¡Hola! TV announced the increase of its distribution in Puerto Rico after reaching an agreement with Liberty, one of the country's main pay TV operator. Th...

HBO Latin America selects Arris products for its content distribution network

Arris International announced that the Arris DSR-7412 transcoder, and DSR-4470 receiver decoder have been selected by HB...

YouTube announces first Spanish language original movie

YouTube announced its first-ever Spanish language Youtube Original movie, “Museo”, starring Mexican actor Gael García Bernal. It will debut in...

America TV and NexTV launch new TV channel in Peru

Peruvian TV broadcasters América TV and NexTV announced the launch of América Next, a new FTA network that will include content from both companies...

Gaumont acquires distribution rights to “El Capo”

Gaumont –the studio behind Narcos– has acquired distribution rights to all three seasons of El Chapo, after signing an agreement with Story Hous...

Multichoice is planning a DStv streaming service possibly in 2019

According to PwC, “South Africa faced an eventful year at the political and macroeconomic level in 2017 but emerged early in 2018 wi...

MBC rolls out production studios in MENA

Saudi-owned broadcaster MBC Group stated it will roll out MBC Studios to enhance quality film and television production in the area, with a focus on MENA.Pet...

Netflix secured Genevieve’s ‘Lion Heart’ in Nigeria

Netflix has recently secured Genevieve Nnaji's yet-to-be released movie titled "Lion Heart". Netflix has acquired the worldwide ...

Camtel to open branches in South Africa and Nigeria

Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) will open a subsidiary in Brazil, South Africa and Nigeria. Each of the branches of Camtel will be used to co...

Telecom Egypt has completed the acquisition of MENA Cable Submarine Cable

Through its Egypt Submarine Cable Company subsidiary (EISCC), Telecom Egypt has completed the acquisition of Middle East and...

Arabsat and Newtec to roll out satellite services in Middle East and Africa

Newtec specialised in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, has...

Ooredoo expands its super fibre to Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos

Ooredoo’s Super Fibre consists of unlimited fixed Ooredoo minutes and discounted international rates along with a free modem and installat...

StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

Digital television company StarTimes has introduced a mobile online video application that intends to increase HIV/AIDS awareness amon...

Bongo Star Search is back on StarTimes in Tanzania

Bongo Star Search Season 9 will premiere on StarTimes TV. Bongo Star Search is a reality TV show that aims to find rising artists in Tanzania throu...

Sonatel takes the next step by launching its 4G + in Senegal

In the perspective of the digital revolution, Sonatel has recently proceeded the launch of the 4G +. An innovation that responds to the c...

TV Azteca International takes ‘Fut Azteca’ to MENA

TV Azteca International has inked a deal with Grupo Bastione to broadcast Mexican football matches in the Middle East and North Africa. The liv...

Ooredoo offers triple speed on Super Fibre plans in Oman

Ooredoo has come forward with its triple speed offer on Super Fibre plans for its customers to enjoy better digital experiences. The offer en...