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Turner refuses to assign Argentine Professional Football League’s matches broadcasts on FTA TV

As recently reported on several specialized websites in Argentina, leaders of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) -football regulator in Argentina-, the countrys Government, Turner and Disney met this week and finally failed to reach an agreement so that the Argentine FTA TV channel TV Publica0 can broadcast matches of the country’s Professional Football League on [...]

Uruguayan pay TV operators to be able to offer broadband using private networks

The Uruguayan Government has recently announced that changes in the Media Law available in the country (Law N° 19,307; 2014) will be implemented. The most relevant ones are focused on the possibility that pay TV operators can offer services using private networks, and not only those provided by the Uruguayan telco Antel, as currently established [...]

Chilean Government aims to increase taxes to OTTs and equaling them with VAT

Chilean Finance Minister, Felipe Larraín, proposed to apply an up to 19%  increasement to OTTs taxes, in the context of the tax modernization project promoted by the Government. The initiative contemplated a 10% raise at first, but the Government suggests equaling the figure with VATs value. Netflix competes with DirecTV, VTR, with all the other [...]