Audiovisual Market in General
Brazil:
Samsung to launch TV Plus in Brazil
The South Korean technology company is to launch its streaming app for smart TVs in the Brazilian market. The news was released by Samsung Brasil Associate Product Director for TV and Audio Erico Traldi during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES),...
Mexico:
Roku adds seven new brand partners to manufacture smart TVs
The US company Roku has announced it has entered into agreements with seven companies to manufacture smart TVs with its Roku TV platform in Mexico. The only existing Roku partners in Mexico are TCL and Hisense. The new list will include InFocus,...
Global:
ViacomCBS purchases 49% stake in Miramax
ViacomCBS (merger between Viacom and CBS, effective in early December 2019) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with beIN Media Group to acquire a 49% stake in Miramax, a global film and television studio up to now solely owned by...
Global:
The Pirate Bay is testing a new streaming option
The Pirate Bay is testing a new system through which users can stream the content instead of downloading them. This torrent website is one of the most important pirate audiovisual content sites worldwide. Over the past few days, The Pirate Bay has...
Mexico:
Izzi accused of interfering with TV Azteca’s signal during Andy Ruiz Jr.’s fight
Journalists at TV Azteca and many Izzi users reported on social networks that the Mexican Pay TV company owned by Televisa had interfered intentionally with Azteca Siete during the live broadcast of the fight between Andy Ruiz Jr., a U.S. born...
Global:
CBS and Viacom completed the merger and launched the new ViacomCBS
As it had been announced, CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc. completed the merger on December 4. The combined company, which is renamed ViacomCBS, creates a media group with global scale, including leadership positions in markets across the United...
Martinique:
France TV Outre-Mer installs Pebble Beach automation solution
The channel France TV Outre-Mer (the overseas territory division of France TV) of Martinique installed a Pebble Beach automation control system, called Marina Lite. The local TV station in this island features a news studio and an independent...
Latin America:
Warner Media acquires minority interest from Ole Communications and is now HBO’s sole owner
WarnerMedia, a company owned by AT&T, has reached an agreement to acquire the minority interest in HBO Ole Partners so far held by Ole Communications in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and thus will become the sole owner of HBO joint...
Argentina:
Argentine Pay TV complains about tax burden asymetry compared with OTTs
The Argentine Cable TV Association (ATVC) has requested that its members “be released from tax burdens, high fees and excessive bureaucratic control” owing to the fact that they are “at a disadvantage in comparison with the newcomers to this...
Latin America:
Roku adds HBO GO to its devices in Latin America
OTT platform HBO Go has been available through Roku players in Latin America since September 19 this year. In the United States this addition dates back to 2011. The countries in the region that have access to this content are Argentina, Chile,...
