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ONLINE VIDEO ROUND UP: Univision and Facebook Live, Amazon Chime, Comcast Announces XFinity Stream and More

A summary of the most exciting recent news in online video in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you're trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

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A summary of the most exciting recent news in online video in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

US/US-HISPANIC MARKET

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced that it will be live streaming select matches from Univision Deportes’ portfolio of Liga MX in English via Facebook Live this season.

Digital audio ad network TargetSpot announced an exclusive network partnership with Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) (SBSAA), the largest publicly-traded Hispanic-controlled media and entertainment company in the United States. Targetspot will be the exclusive third party sales network for SBS’s entire Spanish Radio streaming inventory.

Amazon announced the launch of Chime, a new online VoIP call and video messaging platform aimed at business users that offers video conferencing and chat messaging and allows users to host or join virtual meetings, share content and screens across multiple platforms, including Mac, Windows, iOS and Android devices.

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Market research and consulting company Parks Associates’ 360 View: Digital Media & Connected Consumers report that  claims that 29 per cent of US broadband households get most of their news from social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and that the majority of broadband consumers feel that television is more authentic than online video.

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Twitter’s recently launched “Explore” section will now feature live videos sourced from Periscope within its “Top Trends,” the company announced yesterday. The move will further integrate Twitter’s standalone live streaming app into its main platform, leaving even fewer reasons to keep a separate app dedicated to live streaming video around.

Facebook revealed plans to launch a Facebook Video app for TV sets. Also, video will automatically play with sound on if a person’s device is not in silent mode, and users can minimize videos while browsing, watching videos while scrolling through their feeds.

Comcast is launching a new app called Xfinity Stream which will be available to all Xfinity subscribers for free on February 28th. The app is an overhaul of the Xfinity TV app and will be replacing it as the tool for subscribers to access live channels, DVR content, and on-demand titles on the go.

Digital audio ad network TargetSpot announced an exclusive network partnership with Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., the largest publicly-traded Hispanic-controlled media and entertainment company in the United States. SBS and TargetSpot agreed today that TargetSpot will be the exclusive third party sales network for all of SBS’s Spanish Radio streaming inventory.

LATAM MARKET

AT&T is growing in Mexico, adding 1.3 million wireless net subscribers in 4Q16, as compared to 0.6 million in 4Q15. Total Mexican wireless subscribers for the company are now 12 million in more than 160 markets with 78 million 4G LTE (long-term evolution) POPs (points of presence). In Latin America, DIRECTV lost 21,000 video subscribers in 4Q16, primarily driven by declines in Brazil.

In a new report, Portada estimates that the Hispanic Online Video Ad market volume will climb to US $450 million by 2020. Particularly high growth is to be expected by branded content videos. Among video ad-tipes, in-stream will continue to have the largest share, although out-stream will grow at a higher rate.

Mexico’s Grupo Salinas has signed an agreement with Google for the online distribution of TV Azteca content to increase reach and awareness through the most popular online video services. Through the agreement, TV Azteca will also integrate YouTube’s player into its own digital platforms, aiming to improve users’ experience and video quality.

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