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Max goes live in LatAm, Caribbean

Streaming service Max is now available in Latin America and the Caribbean.  The offering from Warner Bros Discovery offers content across a variety of genres and formats from its family of brands including HBO, Warner Bros., the DC universe, Discovery, Discovery Home & Health, ID, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids, Cartoonito,and adult swim. “The launch of […]

February 28, 2024

Bahamas approves SpaceX for new landings venture

The Bahaman government’s Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation (MOTIA) has announced the successful negotiation and execution of a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with SpaceX, marking what it describes as a “revolutionary leap” for The Bahamas into the realm of space tourism. SpaceX is currently finalising mission designs where one of the company’s floating droneships […]

February 22, 2024By Chris Forrester

AEW, ViX sign LatAm, Caribbean streaming deal

ViX, the Spanish-language streaming service owned by TelevisaUnivision, and US professional wrestling organisation, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), have announced a multi-year agreement that will bring AEW content exclusively to ViX subscribers in Mexico, as well as countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Effective immediately, subscriber to ViX’s premium plan in the regions listed above […]

July 6, 2023By Nik Roseveare

BBC orders Mr Loverman

The BBC and Fable Pictures have announced new drama series Mr Loverman, based on the acclaimed 2013 novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, for BBC One and iPlayer. Lennie James will star as the protagonist, Barrington Jedidiah Walker, in the eight-part drama adapted by Nathaniel Price. Filming will begin later this year, with […]

June 6, 2023

WWE, C&W Communications agree new Caribbean broadcast deal

WWE and C&W Communications (CWC) have announced a new broadcast partnership that will see Flow TV become the new home of WWE Network across the Caribbean. The partnership includes all WWE Premium Live Events, kicking off with Clash at the Castle on September 3rd, available for customers subscribed to the Flow Sports packages on Flow […]

September 2, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Royal Caribbean Group to use SpaceX’s Starlink

Royal Caribbean Group has revealed its plan to implement SpaceX’s Starlink – making the Group the first in the cruise industry to adopt its high-speed, low-latency connectivity for a better onboard experience for guests and crew fleetwide. The broadband internet service will be installed on all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises ships, […]

August 31, 2022

Starlink to supply Royal Caribbean cruise ships

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite internet service is looking to connect Royal Caribbean cruise ships with access for passengers and crew. The outline agreement will see Starlink provide an experimental service initially. However, the more modern Royal Caribbean vessels are already equipped with satellite-based internet services from SES and its O3b Networks subsidiary. SES […]

June 14, 2022By Chris Forrester

STN Video renews MLB deal

STN Video has announced the multi-year extension of their exclusive video content distribution agreement with Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball. STN is the select partner for every major sports league in the US and Canada, bringing their official premium sports video and brand to the top digital publishers in both countries. In addition […]

April 13, 2022

C&W brings Paramount+ to Caribbean

Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount, has announced an alliance with C&W Communications, the communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, to bring its content exclusively to subscribers of Flow and BTC video services in more than 15 new markets including Anguilla, The Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts […]

March 29, 2022

Forecast: 1.3bn 5G connections by YE22

After three full years of growth, global wireless 5G adoption has reached the rapid acceleration phase, having exceeded a half-billion connections by the end of 2021 and forecast to reach 1.3 billion by the end of this year according to data from Omdia, reports 5G Americas, the wireless industry trade association and voice of 5G […]

March 24, 2022