by Virginia Anziano | Nov 16, 2020 | Pay TV
SimpleTV, the Venezuelan Satellite TV operation formerly owned by DirecTV, has announced that its free period will extend one further month, until December 14. Scale Capital, the company that has acquired DirecTV Venezuela, had initially reached an agreement with...
Latin America:
DirecTV increases subscriber count in Q3
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 22, 2020 | Pay TV
AT&T’s Vrio division, which controls Satellite TV operators DirecTV (in South America and some Caribbean countries) and Sky (in Brazil), had increased its subscriber count by the end of the third quarter 2020. Vrio had 10.89 million users as of September 30, 229...
Venezuela:
First conflict between Conatel and Simple TV, formerly DirecTV Venezuela
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 13, 2020 | Pay TV
Venezuela’s Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has rejected the price scheme submitted by investment company Scale Capital, which has recently acquired DirecTV Venezuela. Scale Capital is supplying the Satellite TV service to existing DirecTV users free of...
Venezuela:
DirecTV to become Simple TV
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 9, 2020 | Pay TV
Satellite TV operator DirecTV Venezuela, which has recently been acquired by investment firm Scale Capital, will change its name to Simple TV. The new brand name has been appearing on the screens of the DTH’s users during the last few days, according to information...
Global:
AT&T puts DirecTV up for auction
by Hernán Amaya | Oct 7, 2020 | Pay TV
According to the New York Post, telecommunications company AT&T is determined to push forward with the sale of its Satellite TV operator DirecTV. That is the reason why it has invited a few suitors into the second round of the auction of the DTH. It is not clear...
Cuba:
Government considers launching first Pay TV service for households
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...