Televisa's blim inks BBC VOD content deal


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 22 March 2016




Shortly after its launch across Latin America, Televisa's over-the-top (OTT) platform blim has announced a major content deal with BBC Worldwide.



doctor whoOver 200 hours of BBC's video-on-demand (VOD) content, including dramas, natural history documentaries and factual programmes will be available for blim subscribers across the region.

“We're thrilled to join this new pan-regional platform and strengthen our commercial relationship with Televisa, an important partner of BBC in Latin America,” said Anna Gordon, executive VP for LATAM and the US Hispanics, BBC Worldwide. “The agreement will enable Latin American audiences to watch many of BBC renowned titles on-demand and across multiple platforms.”

blim is Televisa's new streaming platform, after its first trial, Veo, didn't find success in Mexico. Since blim launched a month ago, the company has already signed a content agreement for children’s programming with 9 Story and has announced it will remove all its content from Netflix, which is seen as blim's main competitor.

Available for iOS and Android, the OTT platform will now have in its portfolio, BBC titles including Doctor Who, Top Gear, Misfits, Generation Earth and Wild South America.

“The BBC has great content which we're sure will please our subscribers. Titles such as Top Gear and Doctor Who add diversity to our offer,” added Carlos Sandoval, general manager, blim. “These kinds of agreements make blim stronger.”