The Saudi Arabian telecommunications services company, Mobily and the video on-demand service Starz Play signed a new method-of-payment partnership that makes Starz Play available to Mobily subscribers. Through the partnership, Mobily customers can now sign up to Starz Play service and make payments directly through their Mobily account. Subscribers can access to enjoy more than [...]
Brazilian operator Net (América Móvil) has launched two packages with 4K UHD content. With this new initiative, Net’s programming in this technology reached 290 titles. In addition, the company announced new solutions to expand the Wi-Fi network in the home. 4K packages are available in Mix HD and Top HD versions, with prices starting at [...]
Insight TV, the 4K broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, announced its foray into Latin America through SES’ Latin American Ultra HD platform. Insight TV is available on a 24/7 basis in English, Spanish and Portuguese to all cable, IPTV and DTH providers who are working with [...]
ESPN and the audiovisual group Mediapro produced the first 4K sporting event in Argentina with the transmission, on Saturday, August 25, of the match between Los Pumas and South Africa’s Springboks for the Rugby Championship played in the city of Mendoza. ESPN had made its first transmission in 4K with the Champions League semifinal in [...]
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 will closely replicate the existing DStv direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV offering and what existing DStv subscribers are currently using on DStv Now. MultiChoice is responding to the video entertainment sphere that [...]
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 streaming platform DirecTV Play. The thriller, produced by the operator together with Mediapro, will have eight episodes of 50 minutes each. The series is based on [...]
DirecTV anunció que el próximo 15 de julio estrenará la nueva serie original “Todo por el juego”, que se podrá ver en OnDirecTV, en el canal 4K UHD (4000) y por streaming en DirecTV Play. El thriller, producido por el operador junto con Mediapro, tendrá 8 capítulos de 50 minutos. La serie está basada en [...]
Global satellite operator SES is in negotiations to offer 4K channels in Brazil with content from the United States and Europe, according to Jurandir Pitsch, the company’s VP of Sales & Market Development for Latin America and Caribbean. The executive said they are not Premium channels or options like “Disney or Discovery”, instead, they are [...]
El operador satelital SES está en negociaciones para ofrecer en Brasil canales en tecnología 4k con contenidos de Estados Unidos y Europa, según detalló el vicepresidente de ventas de la empresa, Jurandir Pitsch. De acuerdo con el ejecutivo, no se trata de canales Premium, “ni de Disney ni Discovery”, sino que son “más segmentados, de [...]
The international satellite operator Intelsat has partnered with Brazilian broadcaster Globo to demonstrate live 8K video transmissions for the 2018 World Cup. The content will be broadcast as part of an exhibition at the Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro. The 8K signal will be transmitted as a 200 Mbps video stream at the [...]