Univision Sets PrendeTV; Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service For U.S. Hispanic Audience To Launch This Quarter

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere was a sincere message from Edinson Cavani to Manchester United supporters that appeared on the club's social media channels last week. Subtitles were required, for Cavani delivered it in Spanish.Cavani, 34 next month, only arrived in Manchester on October 5 and has not had the benefit of language lessons in-person due to the pandemic.

IMDb TV, Amazon’s free and ad-supported streaming service, is now available as its own app on Roku platforms in the U.S. after the companies reached a distribution deal.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn a classic case of co-opetition, Roku inked a deal with Amazon to bring the IMDb TV free, ad-supported streaming service to the Roku platform in the U.S.The IMDb TV service competes for viewers — and ad dollars — with the Roku Channel, a similar ad-supported VOD service.

Jamie Lang “The Endless Trench,” Spain’s submission to the Best International Feature category of the 2021 Academy Awards, features standout performances from its two leads who spend nearly all of the film’s 148-minute runtime on screen together.A story of confinement and fear, “The Endless Trench” follows Spanish Academy Goya Award-winner Antonio de la Torre’s Higino as he escapes from Francoist soldiers at the onset of the Spanish Civil War.

Jamie Lang “The Endless Trench,” Spain’s entry for the international feature at this year’s Oscars, unspools entirely in a small Andalusian village across the 1930s-60s, yet has struck a chord with audiences and critics alike from around the world since its November arrival on Netflix.It’s the second film selected for the honor from the Basque trio of Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, and kicks off during the Spanish Civil War when newlyweds Higinio and Rosa are forced to make a

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFew European TV execs have a better sense of the bigger picture than Movistar Plus president Sergio Oslé. Variety caught up with him as HBO Max announced it had acquired “Perfect Life” for the U.S.

Spanish singer ROSALÍA first teased a collaboration with Billie Eilish back in 2019, and now the song has finally arrived. “Lo Vas a Olvidar” appears on the soundtrack to HBO’s Euphoria.

Jamie Lang Spain’s Movistar Plus, the pay TV arm of Telefonica, and global sports streaming platform DAZN, have closed a deal that will offer extensive live sports and factual sports content to clients of both companies.Through the alliance, Movistar subscribers will be given the option of receiving DAZN content through new linear channels on Movistar Plus, as well as access to DAZN’s streaming platform.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe long-promised collaboration between Billie Eilish and Spanish superstar singer Rosalia will finally drop this week, according to a post on Eilish’s social media accounts.“Lo Vas a Olvidar (You Will Forget Her),” is dropping Thursday, Jan. 21, at noon ET / 9 a.m.

ViacomCBS will launch its rebranded streaming service under the new Paramount+ brand in the U.S. and in Latin America on March 4, the company said on Tuesday.

Cinedigm has acquired Fandor, a 10-year-old streaming home for independent films, and plans to update and expand its offerings with a goal of acquiring millions of subscribers.

Amid all the doom and gloom of the last month, a lovely story of an Irish couple reuniting with their son after 40 years has come to light.

Jamie Lang Maxime Roy, an accomplished actor and filmmaker involved in five productions over the past two years, whose short “Beautiful Loser” was nominated for a César, is participating in this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival with his latest short “Sole Moi,” finishing its worldwide festival lifecycle having previously played at Palm Springs in the U.S., Huesca in Spain and Bogoshorts in Colombia.“Sole Moi” turns on Daniel, a young man coping as best he can with his frustrated mother, desperate to

As BBC Studios America gets set to enter North America's streaming wars with BBC Select, former TiVO exec Tara Maitra has been named to fill the new role of chief commercial officer. And Jennifer Ball, formerly with Univision and Promax, becomes senior vp of marketing at the BBC's U.S.-based commercial arm.

Univision is entering the streaming wars. The Spanish-language broadcaster on Tuesday announced it's preparing to launch a free, ad-supported streaming platform called PrendeTV.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorUnivision, fresh off the closing of its sale to new owners and installing a new senior management team, is launching a new foray into the streaming wars.The Hispanic media company announced plans to launch PrendeTV, which it says will be the only streaming service aimed at a U.S. Latino audience with free, ad-supported Spanish-language programming.

A Florida man was seriously injured after he apparently set himself on fire while allegedly trying to torch a home in the Tampa area on Sunday morning, according to a report.  The suspect, Scott Anthony Massa, 51, allegedly broke a window and dumped a bucket of accelerant into the residence, which ignited and set him ablaze, Fox 13 of Tampa Bay reported.  Massa allegedly fled the scene and was detained after an officer spotted him at Tampa's St. Joseph’s Hospital, the report said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA trio of media investors headed by Bruce Tuchman has joined forces with New Zealand-based Rialto Channel to launch Rialto International as an indie streaming aggregator.The platform will combine subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD), ad-supported VOD and linear TV services.