Mansha Daswani

HBO Max plans to deliver more than 100 local original productions in Latin America over the next two years, with 33 already in production.

AVOD service Pluto TV is gearing up to expand its U.S. Hispanic category, which will encompass almost 50 channels and 20,000 hours of content from 80-plus partners as of May 5.

Univision CEO Wade Davis and Alfonso de Angoitia, co-CEO of Televisa, discussed the reasoning behind merging their content and media assets in a conference call this morning, with the opportunities in the global Spanish-language streaming market a key priority for the company.

Televisa is selling its media and content assets to Univision for $4.8 billion, with SoftBank Latin America Fund, Google, The Raine Group and ForgeLight among those participating in the financing of the transaction.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has sealed a deal to acquire Chilevisión from WarnerMedia.

By 2026, the number of SVOD subscribers in Latin America will reach 116 million, per Digital TV Research analysis, up from 53 million as of the end of last year.

Diego Lerner, the president of The Walt Disney Company Latin America, said Disney+ has already exceeded the company’s expectations in the region in his keynote conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at NATPE Virtual Miami, during which he received the Premio Ícono TV Latina for his contributions to the media industry.

Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight have completed their acquisition of a majority stake in Univision, with Grupo Televisa maintaining its stake and program licensing agreement with the U.S. Hispanic media company.

ViacomCBS International Studios is setting aside 25 percent of its LatAm budget for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) content.

The anime streaming platform Funimation has launched in Brazil and Mexico, with series subtitled in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively, and some shows available dubbed.