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Paramount+ partners with Millicom for Latin America expansion

ViacomCBS streaming outfit Paramount+ has teamed up with Latin American and Caribbean cable and mobile service provider Millicom, which operates under the Tigo brand, to take its premium content to its cable subscribers in Costa Rica, Honduras and Bolivia. Tigo customers, including subscribers to its One tv service, will be able to access the Paramount+ […]

LatAm pay TV subscriber numbers to reach 83.6m

The number of pay TV subscribers in Latin America is tipped to climb from 72.02 million by end-2016 to 83.56 million by 2021, according to new research. The Digital TV Research report claims that Latin America’s top two pay TV operators will account for nearly half the region’s pay TV subscribers by the end of […]

Netflix agrees LatAm partnership with Millicom

Netflix has signed a partnership deal with Millicom that will see its app pre-loaded on phones for Tigo mobile customers in Latin America. Millicom’s Tigo and TigoUNE customers will find the Netflix app preloaded on Android smartphones. Customers who buy select TigoSmart mobile and TigoStar residential plans will also receive a prepaid Netflix subscription as part […]

Rwandan telco Tigo launches VoD service

African telco Tigo is launching a new on-demand service targeting its 2.5 million customers in Rwanda. The telco is working with VoD firm Vonetize, which operates a paid-for mobile-focused  streaming service in Africa under the Aflix brand. It is now in 34 African countries and offers series and movies from distributors including several Hollywood studios. […]