Millicom takes TiVo into LATAM


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 12 April 2016




Spain’s over-the-top (OTT) provider Optiva Media has been selected by TiVo to kick off deployment across Millicom’s Latin American operations.


tivoIn the first stage of the operation, the Spanish company will integrate TiVo into Millicom Colombia’s services through three different set-top boxes (STBs), one of them including a personal video recorder (PVR) and an OTT platform for mobile devices.

Under the terms of the agreement, Optiva Media and TiVo’s partnership will be extended to other Latin American pay-TV operations in the near future.

The announcement arrives shortly after Optiva Media stated its intention to grow in the region as an OTT solutions provider. The company has previously carried out similar projects for leading telcos and broadcasters including Telefónica and Vodafone-ONO in Spain.

Although unveiled in September 2015, many details of the Millicom/TiVo alliance for interactive TV services in LATAM have not been disclosed.

“Highlights for 2016 include rolling out satellite pay-TV launch in Colombia and the introduction of TiVo across all our Latin American countries,” stated Mauricio Ramos, Millicom’s CEO, in February.