Latin America Digital TV News

Free viewing increases lead over SVOD
Mar 13, 2024 – According to Omdia, the number of SVOD services per home has declined in a number of markets for the first time. Simultaneously, free video stacking is still on the rise.
News categories: Omdia, Maria Rua Aguete, Brazil, Digital TV, France, Germany, Market Research, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA

Zapping deploys Zixi for OTT content delivery
Mar 12, 2024 – Zapping is deploying Zixi's Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP) for unified control and orchestration and universal ingest of channels from diverse content providers into its OTT service.
News categories: Zixi, Zapping, Bruno Forchieri, Ignacio Opazo, Jose Pedro Ricalde, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming

Latin America to add 55 million SVOD subscriptions
Mar 7, 2024 – Digital TV Research forecasts that Latin America will have 165 million SVOD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Streaming

Pixalate releases Q4 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Feb 28, 2024 – Pixalate has released Q4 2023 reports ranking SSPs based on their share of open programmatic ads sold on apps in the Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV Smart Hub and Amazon Fire TV app stores.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

Latin America pay TV stable at 53-54 million subscribers
Feb 29, 2024 – According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subscribers in Latin America will stay at 53-54 million between now and 2029, down from a peak of 73 million in 2017.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research

Nielsen expands YouTube CTV ad measurement in 11 countries
Feb 8, 2024 – Nielsen will integrate YouTube CTV measurement into Nielsen ONE Ads to measure audiences in Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and the UK.
News categories: Nielsen, YouTube, Deirdre Thomas, Kate Alessi, Advertising, Australia, Big Data, Digital TV, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Streaming, Thailand, UK

SBT selects Brightcove to power new streaming service
Feb 7, 2024 – Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) has announced Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) has chosen Brightcove as its official streaming technology partner to power its new AVOD app, +SBT.
News categories: Brightcove, SBT, Marc DeBevoise, Roberto Grosman, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming

Eutelsat ends operations on EUTELSAT 113 West A
Feb 2, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) has confirmed that, following an anomaly on its EUTELSAT 113 West A satellite, it has ceased operations on the satellite.
News categories: Eutelsat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, North America, Satellite

Stenna Group selects PlayBox Neo for production and playout
Jan 29, 2024 – Stenna Group has selected media production and playout solutions from PlayBox Neo to support a series of newly launched streaming channels in Brazil.
News categories: PlayBox Neo, Stenna Group, CIS Group, Sonya Chakarova, Fabio Buhr, Felipe Andrade, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming