Vodacom, the South African operator, has launched ConnectforChange which is a donation platform that enables customers to donate their airtime or cash to a worthy cause. Customers can now make a donation via the My Vodacom App, a USSD string as well as the newly-launched VodaPay app. Customers also have the option to make a [...]
Showmax has premiered the first season of its much anticipated South African original, a romcom titled ‘Troukoors’ (Wedding Fever). The show created by SAFTA winner Louis Pretorius and SAFTA nominee Albert Snyman, follows Ilse-Lee van Niekerk as Jessica, a wedding planner who is surrounded by love but struggling to find it for herself. The series [...]
The Bolivian state operator, Entel, announced that its pay TV service, which since its launch in mid-2021 was only enabled for mobile plan subscribers, is now available to the public through the Entel TV Smart app, even for those who are not clients of the company. Meanwhile, for those who are subscribers, it will continue [...]
The news channel CNN Brasil reached an agreement with YouTube to be part of the YoutubeSales Partner program, which from now on accredits it to sell advertising spaces on the video platform directly to advertisers interested in associating with the station’s content through its channels in the app. “This is our choice of platform to [...]
NBCUniversal announced a new rule for streaming premieres of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) titles, which will take effect from 2022. As explained by the company, 45 days must elapse from the film’s release in theaters in the United States to arrive in Peacock, the brand’s PVOD platform that’s only available in North America. “Prioritizing [...]
The Uruguayan operators lost more than 7,000 subscribers to its pay TV services at the end of the first half of the year, according to a report by the country’s Communication Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC). Meanwhile, when it comes to mobile phone and internet services, the customer bases increased, with a marked leadership of the [...]
El operador estatal de Bolivia, Entel, anunció que su servicio de TV paga, que desde su lanzamiento a mediados de 2021 sólo estaba habilitado para los suscriptores del plan móvil, ahora está disponible para todo el público a través de la aplicación Entel TV Smart, incluso para quienes no son clientes de la empresa. Mientras [...]
La señal de noticias CNN Brasil llegó a un acuerdo con Youtube para formar parte del programa YoutubeSales Partner, que a partir de ahora lo acredita para vender espacios de publicidad en la plataforma de videos directamente a los anunciantes interesados en asociarse con el contenido de la emisora difundido través de sus canales en [...]
NBCUniversal anunció una nueva norma para los estrenos de los títulos de Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) en streaming, que comenzará a regir a partir de 2022. Según explicó la compañía, deberán pasar 45 días desde el lanzamiento de la película en los cines de Estados Unidos para que llegue a Peacock, la plataforma de [...]
Los operadores uruguayos perdieron más de 7 mil suscriptores en su servicio de TV paga, durante el cierre del primer semestre del año, según detalló un informe realizado por la Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicación (URSEC) del país. Mientras tanto, en lo que corresponde a los servicios de telefonía e internet móvil, las bases [...]