Audiovisual Market in General
Chile:
WOM television service project moves forward
Chilean mobile operator WOM keeps working on its project to launch a TV service, known as WOM TV for the time being. Specialized website Pisapapeles has provided details on the beta version of the service and revealed that it will use an Android...
Global:
Warner Bros. confirms simultaneous theater-streaming release of all 2021 movies in U.S.
Warner Bros. (WarnerMedia) has announced that all the movies it will release in 2021 in the United States will be put on HBO Max, the company’s subscription streaming service, at the same time as they premiere in theaters. Some weeks ago, the...
Latin America:
DirecTV working on a new Android TV STB for DirecTV Go
According to Android TV Guide website, DirecTV (Satellite TV company owned by AT&T) has already got Google certification for a new set-top-box decoder that will use Android TV 10 update as its operating system. The device is to be used for OTT...
Mexico:
Televisa discloses agreement with Disney to add Disney+ to Izzi service
Mexican media and telecommunications company Televisa has announced that its operator Izzi will offer Disney+ as an "additional service". The new streaming platform will be launched in Latin America on November 17. The news was disclosed on October...
Global:
Google showcases new Chromecast with a remote control and its own operating system
Technology behemoth Google has officially announced its new Chromecast device. The new version of Google’s streaming device, so far known as Sabrina, is called Chromecast with Google TV, its most outstanding features being the inclusion of a remote...
Global:
Spotify advances into the audiovisual market with video podcasts
Music streaming service Spotify has begun to launch video podcasts with a view to gaining ground in the audiovisual market. Although the music streaming service started testing this new alternative with select users some months ago, on July 21 it...
Global:
Black Dragon Capital closes acquisition of Grass Valley
Investment firm Black Dragon Capital has completed the acquisition of Grass Valley, one of the world's leading companies in the development solutions for audiovisual broadcasting and content distribution, according to a press release. Belden Inc....
Global:
Telefónica and Atresmedia launch new production house for Spain and Latin America
Telecommunications company Telefónica and media group Atresmedia, both based in Spain, have announced that they are setting up a company for the production of audiovisual content, after the approval of the operation by the European antitrust...
Brazil:
Disney not required to sell Fox Sports in order to purchase Fox assets
Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has decided to exempt Disney from complying with the requirement of selling sports network Fox Sports as a condition to take over Fox. The requirement had been imposed by the regulatory...
Brazil:
WarnerMedia becomes HBO Brasil’s sole owner following the acquisition of Ole Communications’ minority stake
WarnerMedia has announced that it has acquired Ole Communications’ minority stake in HBO Brasil Partners. Thus, WarnerMedia has become the sole owner. Last October the production company owned by AT&T agreed to acquire Ole Communications’...
