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Latin America:
HBO premieres to be aired on WarnerMedia fiction basic channels
WarnerMedia is launching a new block on its Pay TV fiction basic channels. Called Hora H, it will air the first episode of each series premiering on HBO, also owned by WarnerMedia. The new block will be available throughout Latin America as from...
Chile:
CDF to become TNT Sports January 17
Although the news has not been officially announced by audiovisual company Turner (WarnerMedia), Chile’s Canal del Fútbol (CDF) (soccer channel) will soon be renamed as TNT Sports, the brand used by the company for its premium channel in Argentina....
Latin America:
Fox channels to be renamed as Star as from February 2021
The Walt Disney Company has officially announced that as from February 2021 Fox channels’ names will be changed so that they include the Star brand in Latin America. TAVI Latam reported the news some weeks ago in an exclusive, but company sources...
Latin America:
Rumor confirmed: Disney to rename Fox channels as Star
TAVI Latam has just confirmed a rumor that spread last week. According to company sources, The Walt Disney Company will change Fox channels’ names in Latin America in order that they include the Star brand. The official announcement will be made...
Latin America:
ViacomCBS launches NickMusic in Spanish-speaking Latin America
On August 31, ViacomCBS launched a new Pay TV channel called Nickmusic. It is a kid-focused curated music channel available throughout the Spanish-speaking Latin American region. According to information provided by the company, NickMusic has taken...
Peru:
No agreement: Movistar stops carrying Televisa channels
Mexican network Televisa’s channels are no longer available to Movistar Perú (Telefónica) customers, as is evident from the telecommunication company’s new channel line up, released on July 1. According to information obtained by TAVI Latam, this...
Latin America:
HBO strategy: to release new series first on HBO Go
Premium network HBO is using a peculiar strategy for the launch of some of its new series in Latin America, which consists in prioritizing its streaming platform HBO Go. Productions are first released on HBO Go and it is only a few days later that...
Latin America:
Titan Channel launches in Latin America in association with Frida Media Group
Frida Media Group, a company engaged in the distribution of TV channels and audiovisual content, has reported it has entered into a business representation agreement with Titan Channel in order to enter the Latin American and the U.S. markets. It...
Latin America:
Unión Continental Latinoamericana launches UCL channel
On June 1, Unión Continental Latinoamericana, also known as Canal U in Uruguay, launched a new channel called UCL, Un Canal Latinoamericano (A Latin American Channel). According to information provided by the company, the channel “reflects the...
Global:
UFC first sport to resume activity; in Latin America Disney and Globosat hold rights to televise fights
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Champioship), a mixed-martial arts league, is to resume activity on May 9 after several cancellations; the first date scheduled after the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was April 18. In the United States, the...
Latin America:
2BeNamed to distribute SPI International’s content in the region
Distribution company 2BeNamed and production company SPI International have entered into a contract to sell content in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. According to the press release, "the deal grants...
Argentina:
Cablevisión and Grupo MDP launch Manijomio, a new channel for teenagers
Cablevisión, a Pay TV company owned by Telecom, and Grupo MDP, a production company, have joined to create a new teen-focused linear TV channel. Its name is Manijomio and its content is mainly related to social networks and gaming. The new channel,...
Argentina:
Universal Church is responsible for the entire programming of 360 TV and CN23
Since late 2019, the Brazilian religious institution known as Universal Church of the Kingdom of God has been broadcasting its content on 360 TV and CN23, both of which are Argentine channels distributed via Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)...
Chile:
Disney offers Fox premium channels to Pay TV basic plans users without additional cost, thus giving them access to Copa Libertadores, UFC and Formula 1
Disney Company has announced that it will make all Fox premium channels available for Pay TV basic plans users. The promotion will run from March 12 thru March 15. In this way, it will be possible to access content such as Copa Libertadores, UFC...
Brazil:
CNN Brasil to broadcast an interview with Jair Bolsonaro on its launch day
An interview with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will be the main attraction on the news channel’s launch day, according to the announcement made by Douglas Tavolaro, one of the owners of the new channel, in an interview with local newspaper...
Latin America:
Latin American version of Univision Channel to be launched in partnership with Televisa
Univision, a U.S. Spanish-language TV network, has gone into partnership with Televisa, a Mexican multimedia company, to launch a new Pay TV channel, which will become the Latin American version of Univision Channel. The name of the new channel has...
Latin America:
Conmebol hires Irdeto to combat piracy of live broadcasts of tournaments
The South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) has selected Irdeto to protect its brand and combat piracy of live broadcasts of its champsionships. Conmebol has decided to adopt Irdeto Online Piracy Detection and Cyber Services solution. The...
Latin America:
Disney’s simultaneous broadcast of upcoming Star Wars movie trailer on 11 channels
The Walt Disney Company used most of its Pay TV network in Latin America, including channels under Disney, Espn and Fox brands, to advertise the release of the Star Wars movie entitled: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX of the saga), whose debut in...
Argentina:
Turner launches the second season of Desafío Eco YPF contest series and keeps committed to branded content
Turner (Warner Media), together with YPF, an Argentine oil company, has presented the second season of Generación E, a documentary reality that shows the experiences of participants of a contest called Desafío Eco YPF. The series is a new branded...
Brazil:
New channel Trace Brazuca to be launched in early 2020
Trace production company has informed TAVI Latam that Trace Brazuca channel will be launched in Brazil in early 2020, probably in the first quarter of the year. However, the date has not been fixed yet because it depends on negotations with...
Argentina:
Discovery Home & Health releases its first original in the home-makeover genre, the most successful one in Argentina
Discovery Home & Health (Discovery Networks), a lifestyle channel, releases its first home-makeover original in Latin America for its Argentina feed on Tuesday, November 21. The show, entitled Mientras No Estabas (While You Were Out) and...
Brazil:
Disney uses ESPN sports rights to air matches on Fox channels for the first time
In Brazil, the synergy between Disney channels and recently acquired Fox channels has begun with sports content. It is the first time that a channel included in Fox portfolio has used rights held by ESPN to broadcast a soccer match. The match was...
Brazil:
Gloob premieres its first original sitcom
Gloob premieres its first original sitcom Gloob, a Brazilian Pay TV kids channel owned by Globosat programming company has begun to broadcast its first original sitcom, Bugados, this week. The series airs Monday through Friday and consists of 52...
Brazil:
Stingray’s audio music channels to be added to Sky’s line up
Canadian Stingray has reached an agreement with Brazilian DTH Sky (AT&T) on the distribution of its audio music channels. In this way, Sky subscribers will have access to 300 audio channels in their TV sets and to more than two thousand audio...
Global:
Canadian DHX Media to rebrand as WildBrain
Canadian media production DHX Media (with a great presense in Latin America) announced that it changed its name to WildBrain and has begun rolling out a new corporate brand identity. WildBrain Entertainment was an American animation studio that DHX...
Latin America:
Turner to create content starring native English speakers in Latin America
Turner Company is working on English language content, which will be produced in Latin America but whose actors will be native English speakers. The Company’s Content and Brand Portfolio Vicepresident Mariano Cesar made this comment at a press...
Latin America:
Chilean producer Lunes will make two animated series about the Condorito comic
The content producer Lunes of Chile agreed with the rights owners (World Editors Chile) the realization of two animated series based on the famous comic Condorito, according to the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio. The series could be watched...
Panama:
Cable Onda adds Kanal D Drama to its line-up
The Panamanian Pay TV company Cable Onda (Millicom) added the Turkish series channel Kanal D Drama. The operator's subscribers can enjoy it on channel 460 in standard quality and on channel 1460 in high quality. Kanal D began in 2018 as a result of...
