Pluto TV LatAm Rollout to Begin in March

ViacomCBS Networks International will begin rolling out Pluto TV in Latin America at the end of March.

The free, ad-supported streaming service will offer a broad range of genre-based content in Spanish and Portuguese. Pluto TV will be available on cable-operator platforms, pluto.tv and in an app to download on iOS and Android devices. Pluto TV in Latin America will feature a variety of channels, including action, comedy, drama, horror, games, sports, music, kids and family, cooking, travel, mysteries, wildlife and reality. Following the initial launch, Pluto TV will continue to add premium content channels, reaching more than 80 channels by the end of 2020.

The initial channel offering includes Pluto TV Cine Estelar, Pluto TV Cine Acción, Pluto TV Cine Drama, Pluto TV Cine Comedia, Pluto TV Cine Terror, Pluto TV Series, Telefe Clásico, MTV Vintage, Nick Pluto TV, Nick Jr. Pluto TV, Pluto TV Junior, Pluto TV Kids, Pluto TV Anime, Pluto TV Deportes, Pluto TV Cocina and Pluto TV Viajes, plus additional channels to be announced.

Pierluigi Gazzolo, president of studios and OTT for ViacomCBS Networks International, said, “The launch of Pluto TV in Latin America enables our partners to offer their viewers a new value-added service, complementing their premium and linear offerings. I am confident that Pluto TV will quickly become an essential platform for partners and consumers across Latin America as it has been in the U.S. and Europe.”

“The launch of Pluto TV across Latin America marks another huge step toward achieving our mission of entertaining the planet,” said Tom Ryan, CEO and co-founder of Pluto TV. “We see massive opportunity and consumer demand for a high-quality, free ad-supported streaming TV service throughout Latin America and therefore are excited to introduce viewers in the region to Pluto TV very soon.”

Pluto TV Brazil is slated to launch at the end of 2020.