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Filmstream launches in LatAm with Pluto TV

Global media company SPI/FilmBox has signed a deal with Pluto TV, the free streaming television service in America, to launch SPI’s AVoD service Filmstream, which offers a curated selection of movies for those who appreciate the art of cinema. The new channel will be added to Pluto TV’s line-up in 18 countries in Latin America […]

October 4, 2021

Setplex and CEF Technology partner

Setplex, a provider of flexible, end-to-end solutions for OTT service providers, has announced a partnership with CEF Technology, a consulting group specializing in the digital television industry. The partnership allows CEF Technology to offer Setplex’s end-to-end OTT platform to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the Latin American region, including Mexico, the Caribbean, and countries throughout […]

September 28, 2021

Report: Fibre Optics leads broadband market in LatAm

At Q2 2021, the Latin American broadband market exceeded the 100 million connections mark, reports Dataxis. Fibre reached a 39 per cent market share and, for the first time, became the option with the greatest diffusion rate in the region. The biggest group behind this technology deployment was Telefónica with a market share of 16.4 […]

September 23, 2021

Azteca Now app launches in Germany, Spain, Portugal

The ICARO Media Group’s Azteca Now video app for smartphones and tablets has been released by TV Azteca across iOS and Android stores in Germany, Spain, and Portugal. Azteca Now’s European launch will be marketed and distributed to millions of existing viewers in TV Azteca International’s audience of more than 100 million in its distribution footprint. […]

September 16, 2021

Take 1 turns focus to localisation and access services

Take 1  is aggressively developing and expanding their existing localisation and access service divisions. The new business focus caters for the growing demand for global content and has already resulted in several new appointments, technology acquisitions and partnerships. Take 1 is best known for providing transcription and translation services to media and entertainment companies including […]

September 16, 2021

New La Séptima DTT channel for Spain

A group of entrepreneurs are readying to launch La Séptima, a new DTT channel with national coverage in Spain, along with an OTT platform aimed at Latin American distribution. The channel is scheduled to go live towards the end of the year, or early in 2022. The project is headed by Marcos de Quinto, former […]

September 7, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Disney’s Star+ launches in LatAm

Star+, The Walt Disney Company’s new general entertainment and sports streaming service for adults, has launched in Latin America. The service includes fiction and non-fiction productions fully created in Latin America, a broad offering of live sports from ESPN, new international original productions, the full collection of animated comedies from 20th Television, exclusive movie premieres, […]

September 1, 2021

Verimatrix protects IDC sporting events

Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centred security, has announced that Ontario, Canada-based International Datacasting Corporation (IDC), a global provider of products, systems and services for the distribution of multimedia broadband content, selected Verimatrix VCAS video encryption technology to protect the airing of sporting events for its broadcasting customers serving the […]

September 1, 2021

Gilat wins major LatAm SES contract

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks has received a “multi-million dollar” contract from SES for multiple broadband applications in Latin America. Gilat says its multi-service platform will support SES in cellular telco backhauling, enterprise and Universal Service Obligation (USO) projects, as SES extends services into Latin America with the deployment on new regional hubs. “SES has been […]

August 20, 2021By Chris Forrester

Streann Media and Blackbird team up

Streann Media, the interactive OTT streaming platform, and Blackbird, cloud native video editing and publishing platform, have joined forces to bring content providers a more efficient way to produce live events remotely. “Remote production is booming, and we are thrilled to join forces with Blackbird, as this partnership will bring clients the state-of-the-art live streaming […]

August 16, 2021