StarTimes is now the official broadcast partner for the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) in a seven-year deal worth about 1.1 million U.S. dollars annually. The new sponsorship deal will involve transmission of Betking Premier League matches, 30 Betika Super League matches and friendly matches of the Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars. “We have progressively [...]
South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is working to enforce 30% local content on video-on-demand services including Netflix and Showmax to promote local content and languages. As part of the department’s propositions in a recently drafted white paper presented to parliament, streaming platforms will be mandated to offer at least 30% South African [...]
Broadcasters in Africa including StarTimes and e.tv have selected dramas from Dubai-based producer and distributor SynProNize. Free-to-air channel e.tv licensed romantic drama series Piya Naam Ka Diya (All for Love), African pay TV platform StarTimes picked up Swaragini (A Tale of Two Sisters) and Gathbandhan (The Odd Couple) and Onua TV in Ghana acquired Cello. [...]
ViacomCBS reportó oficialmente esta semana que los contenidos de Pluto TV, su nuevo AVOD OTT lanzado este año en Latinoamérica, están disponibles para ser transmitidos vía Chromecast. Además, la plataforma continúa expandiendo su oferta de contenidos en la región, donde ya suma un total de 70 canales desde su lanzamiento. En términos de nuevos contenidos, [...]
ViacomCBS has officially reported last week that Pluto TV titles, its new AVOD OTT launched this year in Latin America, are now available to be broadcasted Chromecast. In addition, the platform continues to expand its content offer in the region, where it already features a total of 70 channels since its launch. In terms of [...]
El club deportivo Universidad de Chile, más conocido como ‘La U’, anunció oficialmente este jueves el lanzamiento de “La U Play”, su nuevo SVOD OTT con contenido exclusivo, que incluye anécdotas de futbolistas, recuerdos inéditos e información del plantel profesional de fútbol, del equipo femenino y de Azules Esports -división de esports del Club Universidad [...]
The sports club Universidad de Chile, better known as ‘La U’, has officially announced this last Thursday the launch of ‘La U Play’, its new SVOD OTT with exclusive content, which includes anecdotes from football players, unpublished memories and information from the football professional team, the women’s team and Azules Esports -esports division of the [...]
Según reportan varios websites especializados, y de acuerdo a la información reportada en su website oficial, Millicom -cuyas operaciones en Latinoamérica se conocen bajo la marca ‘Tigo’-, está ampliando la oferta de Amazon en Bolivia, y está incluyendo el servicio Amazon Prime Music para sus clientes móviles. Según Tigo, la oferta de Amazon incluye el [...]
As reported by several specialized websites, and according to the information reported on its official website, Millicom -whose operations in Latin America are known under the ‘Tigo’ brand-, is expanding Amazon’s offer in Bolivia, and is including the Amazon Prime Music service for its mobile clients. According to Tigo, Amazon’s offer includes access to playlists [...]
El Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay anunció recientemente que se implementarán cambios en la Ley de Medios vigente en el país (Ley N° 19.307, de 2014). Los más significativos se centran en la posibilidad de que operadores de TV paga puedan ofrecer servicios utilizando redes privadas, y no únicamente las proporcionadas por la telco uruguaya Antel, [...]