Starting next August 31, in the vast majority of markets, including Latin America, the Star + (Star Plus) platform will be launched, the brand new streaming service that will be part of the ecosystem of The Walt Disney Co.
On Star + you can see the entire package of Fox movies, series and comedies, as well as original Latin American productions, as well as ESPN’s live sports video streaming service.
This phenomenon has an effect: pay TV cable operators will lose content, there is no doubt about that. Since when? How much? This is what is known.
In Bolivia, for example, the cable TV company You (from Millicom), sent an email to customers notifying the cessation of commercialization of the additional Star Premium service (ex Fox Premium) as of this month. Yes, from August 15, 2021, as detailed Tavi latam.
In the same statement, Tigo clarifies that users who currently have the service, will be able to continue enjoying it. At least for now.
Something similar happens with DirecTV in all markets in Latin America. Although there was no official communication, the company has stopped offering the premium package of Star channels on its web platform.
The offer, which was available until a few months ago, is no longer so much on DirecTV via satellite as on the DirecTV Go version, the pay television service via streaming.
“The Mexican telecommunications company Izzi (Televisa) began to send emails to its subscribers who have contracted the Star premium pack to inform them that the company will be a Star + partner “, he details Tavi latam, a medium specialized in information on cable operators in Latin America. “The emails contain information about the offer that allows access to the Star + platform from the end of August with a preferential price for being Izzi subscribers,” a representative of the operator told the same online medium.
According to the same source, customers who already have the service will be able to enjoy the seven Star Premium signals, but only until January 31, 2022.
Both Izzi and Tigo Bolivia They are informing from the customer service centers that in the future they will have a special price to access Star +.
Tavi Latam tried to contact Disney to find out what the strategy will be for Star Premium and its link with cable operators, but did not give details. What is known is that the idea is to take what has been decided to all markets in Latin America.
As part of the content that Star + will have, Nomadland, Deadpool, This Is Us and The Walking Dead are known. Plus, all seasons of The Simpsons and the best of ESPN.
Star +: Disney + add-on
Disney’s goal is for Star + to represent a complementary service to Disney + and consolidate The Walt Disney Company’s presence in the Latin American streaming market.
The plan is also to include content from channels such as ABC, FX, Freeform and from Searchlight and 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox).
Among Latin American productions, it is expected that “Santa Evita”, “It was not my fault” and the 3rd season of “Impuros” will be published. Also comedies like “El Galán” and “Los Protectores” and biopics like the story of Pancho Villa and that of Silvio Santos.