by Hernán Amaya | Sep 10, 2020 | Pay TV
Cuba’s Ministry of Economy and Planning has published a document in which it describes the socioeconomic strategy it will adopt to boost the economy and to tackle the global crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The strategy includes the possibility of...
Global:
AT&T in search of buyers for DirecTV: There are two suitors
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 31, 2020 | Pay TV
According to The Wall Street Journal, telecommunications giant AT&T has already held meetings with companies that are interested in acquiring Satellite TV operator (DTH) DirecTV. The U.S. newspaper has mentioned two suitors: Apollo Global Management and Platinum...
Brazil:
Pay TV subscriber count decreases by almost 10% in one year
by Andrés Taurian | Aug 18, 2020 | Pay TV
The number of Pay TV subscribers in Brazil was 15.18 million as of the end of Q2 2020, which shows a 9.8% drop compared with Q2 2019 , when the total count was 16.83 million. In comparison with Q1 2020, the decrease was 1.1%, following a downtrend that seems to be...
Brazil:
BluTV: A new Satellite TV operator
by Gustavo Hernández | Aug 10, 2020 | Pay TV
There is a new Satellite TV service in Brazil. Its name is BluTV (www.blutv.com.br) and it has been operating since August 9. Based in Uberlandia (Minas Gerais State), it is owned by 1Sat Telecomunicações. The service currently reaches 53 municipalities, but the plan...
Brazil:
Sky sticks to its strategy of adding Globo affiliates by incorporating three new ones in Paraná State
by Andrés Taurian | Jul 29, 2020 | Pay TV
Satellite Pay TV operator Sky Brasil (AT&T) has added three Paraná State Globo affiliates to its line up. In addition, it has expanded coverage of an affiliate in the above mentioned state that was already included in the line up in other cities. The new channels...
Argentina:
Unconcluded Disney-Fox merger delays Cabase members’ IPTV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 15, 2020 | Pay TV
Cabase (Argentine Internet Chamber) President Ariel Graizer said that many of the chamber’s members throughout Argentina, which are Internet providers (ISPs), have not launched their own IPTV service. The fact that Disney-Fox merger is still unconcluded has resulted...