As part of its Q2 2021 financial results presentation, Discovery Inc reported that, gathering all its streaming platforms, it features 18 million subscribers. The figure includes the entire portfolio of the company, including the international D2C products, and also Discovery+, which is about to arrive in Latin America. The platform was officially launched last January [...]
As part of its Q2 2021 results report presentation, telecommunications company Millicom -whose operations in Latin America are known under the ‘Tigo’ brand, reported having added 100 thousand new HFC clients in the region. According to the report, all the countries in the region in which Millicom operates showed positive net additions in terms of [...]
Spanish-language and media content company Univision Holdings, Inc. has officially announced this last Friday, July 30th the addition of new leaders to its streaming leadership team, following the recent announcement of a new global streaming platform, which will feature both free ad-supported (AVOD) AND premium subscription (SVOD) based offerings, and whose launch is scheduled for [...]
The e-commerce platform Mercado Libre has officially reported new benefits for its users in Mexico, this time with Disney+, Disney’s SVOD OTT, available in Latin America since November 2020, as the leading actor. According to the information reported, users of level 6 of Mercado Libre, the highest level of the platform’s customer loyalty program, will [...]
As part of its Q2 2021 financial results presentation, Netflix reported a total of 38.6 million subscribers in Latin America. According to the information reported, the company achieved only 764 thousand net additions in relation to Q1, when it reported 37.8 million subscribers in the region; and 2.59 million new subscribers in relation to June [...]
US media conglomerate Hemisphere Media Group, focused on Spanish-speaking audiences and owner of several TV and streaming products available in Latin America, is exploring options that include a potential sale. The information was reported by Reuters this last Thursday, July 22nd, who quoted ‘people familiar with the matter’. News are coming after several agreements that [...]
Pay TV channel Claro Sports (America Movil) announced that it has launched apps for Apple TV and Android TV devices, with the aim of strengthening its Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games coverage in Latin America. For this initiative, Claro Sports chose the Applicaster‘s app management technology, in order to extend the event’s distribution in the region, [...]
The international streaming content browser JustWatch is strengthening its expansion in Latin America, and announced it is now available in Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Paraguay. It is a guide that allows access to new streaming platforms launches; search for the most popular content; access content to buy or rent on a daily basis; [...]
The Walt Disney Company Latin America has officially announced this last Thursday, July 15th, the full Star+ catalog, its new SVOD OTT, which will be launched in Latin America on August 31st. The platform will bring together general entertainment and sports content aimed at adult audiences, with live sports produced by ESPN, as well as [...]
US Spanish-speaking broadcaster Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN) announced that its SVOD OTT Edye, with premium content in Spanish for preschool-age audiences, now features more than one million subscribers in the US and Latin America. The platform has been developing a distribution plan through other OTTs and pay TV operators in Latin America, including [...]
