Analysis

Among the top five SVOD operators in the U.S., Netflix had the highest proportion of Spanish-language content, according to analysis from Reelgood.

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.

Latin America is projected to have 100.35 million SVOD subscriptions by 2025, according to Digital TV Research, more than double the 42.15 million recorded at the end of 2019.

By 2025, Latin America will have 81 million SVOD subscribers, almost twice as many as the numbers recorded last year, according to Digital TV Research.

The Latin American pay-TV sector has been hit by the recession, as the number of pay-TV subscribers fell by 4 million in 2019, according to Digital TV Research.

According to Digital TV Research, revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries are expected to grow by $4 billion to $6.43 billion in 2023.

According to Digital TV Research, fewer than 5 million additional pay-TV subscribers are expected to be added across LatAm between 2017 and 2023, bringing the total to almost 76 million.

MarVista Entertainment’s Kenneth Christmas, MGM’s Matt Vassallo and Keshet International’s Kelly Wright discussed business opportunities in Latin America at a MIP Cancun panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries are forecast to reach $4.6 billion in 2022, more than double the $1.87 billion recorded in 2016, according to Digital TV Research.

A new study from Dataxis indicates that the number of SVOD subscribers in Latin America will double in the next five years, rising from 17.4 million this year to 33.5 million in 2022.