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Mercado Livre launches entertainment hub in Brazil

Latin American marketplace Mercado Livre has launched a streaming aggregator service for its 77 million customers in Brazil. Mercado Play results from a partnership with the Disney+, Star+, HBO Max, and Paramount+ streaming platforms. It provides free access to around 1,600 titles, with 6,000 hours of content, including movies, TV series, documentaries, and reality shows. […]

August 7, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Insys Video Technologies partners with Power Diamond

Insys Video Technologies, an OTT solution provider based in Poland, and Power Diamond (PWD), a company of Engineering and Technology Solutions in the Brazil market, have partnered to provide customers in Latin America with whitelabel OTT solutions and tools for online video streaming. Insys Video Technologies has been delivering white-label OTT solutions to help businesses […]

July 14, 2023

CIS Group, Veset power CNN Brazil to enter CTV market

Veset is enabling CNN Brazil to distribute its Brazilian news-based channel to Samsung TV Plus, using Veset Nimbus. CNN Brazil has previously been primarily distributed through cable TV and its YouTube channel. This is the first step in bringing the channel onto Connected TVs. Delivered to CNN Brazil through Veset’s Latin American partner, CIS Group, […]

July 12, 2023

Netflix: 78m views for Tudum livestream

On June 16th to 18th, Netflix hosted Tudum: A Global Fan Event in São Paulo, Brazil. The celebration kicked off with a fan convention experience in the Bienal of Ibirapuera Park spread over three days. Over 25,000 fans attended and engaged with 21 interactive activations for 29 shows and films. The weekend of fandom culminated […]

June 23, 2023

Netflix’s Tudum returns as in-person event

After two years as a virtual event, Netflix has announced that Tudum – its annual fan event that covers news and announcements pertaining to Netflix content – will be broadcast live in front of thousands of attendees in São Paulo, Brazil on June 17th.  Netflix fans around the globe are invited to tune in live […]

June 2, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Eutelsat wins new contract from RecordTV

RecordTV has signed a multi-year agreement for carriage with Eutelsat on its 65 WestA satellite. RecordTV is a Brazilian media company focused on the content production and its distribution in Brazil and internationally. RecordTV is one of the largest TV networks in Brazil. The partnership enables RecordTV to migrate 15 HD channels to the Eutelsat […]

April 13, 2023By Chris Forrester

Ateme, Fraunhofer audio partnership

Fraunhofer, a primary developer of the MPEG-H Audio system, and Ateme, a specialist in video compression and delivery solutions, havey facilitated the delivery of personalised and immersive sound experiences with the integration of Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H Audio into Ateme’s KYRION encoders. Thanks to this integration, broadcasters can now provide immersive sound that can be personalised via […]

April 13, 2023

Brazil to define DTT standard in 2024

The Brazilian government has presented a series of guidelines for the upgrading of the existing DTT standard, also known as ISDB-T, by December 31st 2024. TV 3.0 will represent the evolution of TV 2.5, promising a significant improvement of sound and image quality, upscaling from Full HD to 4K or 8K, in addition to increased […]

April 11, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Gilat enables TIM Brasil to cover 100% of Brazilian cities

Gilat Satellite Networks, a player in satellite networking technology, has announced that the company has enabled TIM Brasil, a Tier-1 Mobile Network Operator (MNO), to be the first MNO to provide mobile coverage to all 5,570 cities in Brazil. TIM Brasil’s coverage of 12 million hectares for the agrobusiness is largely possible due to Gilat’s […]

February 21, 2023

Globo, TelevisaUnivision extend Brazil deal

Globo and TelevisaUnivision have announced the closing of a three-year agreement that expands Globoplay’s distribution of content from the Spanish-language media and content company. The agreement allows Globoplay to premiere in Brazil both the productions of Mexican free-to-air channel las estrellas and ViX+, TelevisaUnivision’s streaming service aimed at the Hispanic market, as well as access […]

February 13, 2023