Fox set to pull the plug on DirecTV across LATAM
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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 28 January 2017

Fox Networks is threatening to withdraw its channels from DirecTV LATAM and Sky Brazil.


After a long negotiation for a new distribution agreement, Fox Networks Group Latin America has said that the current conditions couldn’t be extended and, therefore has decided to withdraw its entire portfolio from Sky Brazil and from DirecTV Latin America and the Caribbean.

Meanwhile, DirecTV*still hopes to reach an agreement before the end of the month, when the current contract expires.

“We want to keep FOX Networks Group Latin America in our customers´ line-ups and are working to make certain they remain available for them,” it said in an official statement. “We appreciate our customers’ patience as we work to resolve this matter quickly and reasonably.”

Fox, which manages 19 pay-TV channels in the region, including Fox, Fx, Film Zone, Nat Geo, Fox Sport, Fox Sport 2, Fox Sport 3, Cinecanal, Fox Life and Fox Movie, is not so confident about reaching an agreement any time soon.

“After several months of negotiations with DirecTV Latin America, we regret not to have reached a distribution agreement. Therefore, if the necessary conditions are not met, Fox’s content broadcasting will stop by the end of January,” stated Fox Networks Group.