azteca Now
Type of site
OTT video streaming platform
Available inSpanish
HeadquartersNew York City,
U.S.
Area served
  • Canada
  • United States
  • Latin America
  • Europe
Owner
Products
Services
URLaztecanow.com
LaunchedAugust 10, 2021 (2021-08-10)[2]
Current statusOperating

Azteca Now (stylized: azteca Now) is a free-over-the-top streaming service owned by Icaro Media Group and operated by TV Azteca,[1] was released on August 10, 2021, exclusively in several Latin American countries, United States, Canada[2] and well as several European countries.[3]

The platform was only released for Android and iOS,[4] Includes a catalog of Original series, Telenovelas (from TV Azteca) as well as Movies from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, Original movies[1] Lifestyle programs and including adn40 news programming.[5] On November 16, 2022, it was launched for the Mexican market to compete mainly against TelevisaUnivision's Vix,[6] and in the US market on January 17, 2023.[7]

History

At the beginning of 2021, TV Azteca would announce the launch of its streaming-platform in collaboration with the New York-based company Icaro Media Group[8] to compete against Televisa's Blim TV,[1][9][10] was officially launched on August 10, 2021[11] for both Latin America and Canada with which they would have a total coverage of 100 million people,[12][13] in September they would expand to the European market being specifically Germany, Spain and Portugal[3][14] On November 15, 2022, the launch of Azteca Now in Mexico was announced through the TV Azteca pay television channels, on November 16 it would be officially released for Android and iOS, it was launched mainly since the launch of Vix by TelevisaUnivision.[15][16] on January 17, 2023 it was launched in the US market for the Hispanic market.[7]

Programming

Telenovelas

Title Genre Episodes
Destino[17] Drama 105
Hombre tenías que ser[17] Drama
Romance
105
Los Rey[17] Drama
Romance
125
La otra cara del alma[17] Drama 130
Tanto amor[17] Drama
Romance
120

Series

Title Genre Episodes
Lucho en familia[17] Drama
Romance
Wrestling
Drenaje profundo[17] Thriller
Crime
Science fiction
20
Demencia[17] Thriller
Horror
Lo que la gente cuenta[17] Thriller 158

Movies

Title Genre Actors
El gavilán pollero Romance Pedro Infante
Ana María Villaseñor
Antonio Badú
La amargura de mi raza Drama
Romance
Andrés García
Yolanda Liévana
Alicia Encinas
La hija del ministro Romance Luis Aguilar
Rosita Arenas
Víctor Parra
Águila o Sol[17] Cantinflas
Manuel Medel
Margarita Mora

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tapia Luna, Tamara (16 August 2021). "Azteca Now, la plataforma en streaming de TV Azteca ¡gratis!" [Azteca Now, the free streaming platform of TV Azteca!]. Donde ir (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Nace Azteca Now una app para Latinoamérica y Canadá" [Azteca Now is born an app for Latin America and Canada]. PRODU (in Spanish). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 Frango, Jason (15 September 2021). "ICARO™ and TV Azteca International Announce the Launch of "AZTECA NOW" in Europe". ICARO. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. "TV Azteca lanza app por streaming" [TV Azteca launches streaming app]. Vanguardia de Veracruz. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. Sandoval Acosta, Jesús Guadalupe (16 August 2021). "TV Azteca lanza su plataforma de streaming "Azteca Now" en Canadá y Latinoamérica" [TV Azteca launches its streaming platform Azteca Now in Canada and Latin America]. tvlaint. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. "TV Azteca inaugura Azteca Now para el mercado mexicano" (in Spanish). Hollogram Televisión. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 "ICARO™ and TV Azteca International Launch "AZTECA NOW" Streaming Platform for US Market in Spanish". www.einnews.com. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. "TV Azteca Launches Free OTT Platform Azteca Now". Todo TV News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. González, Fernanda (10 August 2021). "TV Azteca lanza la app Azteca Now y esto es lo que ofrece" [TV Azteca launches the Azteca Now app and this is what it offers]. Merca2.0. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  10. "Azteca Now Amplía el Alcance de TV Azteca" [Azteca Now Expands the Reach of TV Azteca]. plataformas.news (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  11. Acevedo, Sandra (12 August 2021). "¡Cuidado Netflix y Amazon Prime! TV Azteca lanzará su plataforma streaming" [Beware Netflix and Amazon Prime! TV Azteca will launch its streaming platform] (in Spanish). RegeneracionMX. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  12. "ICARO Media, TV Azteca launch Azteca Now app". Advanced Television. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  13. Esquivel Pacheco, Andrea (19 August 2021). "Azteca Now: la nueva plataforma de streaming de TV Azteca" [Azteca Now: the new TV Azteca streaming platform] (in Spanish). Vía mx. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  14. Easton, Jonathan (13 August 2021). "TV Azteca launches streaming services". Digital TV Europe. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  15. "Azteca Now: TV Azteca lanza servicio de streaming en México, ¿Qué programas tiene?". gluc.mx (in Spanish). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  16. "Azteca Now: ¿Cuánto cuesta el streaming de TV Azteca?". lado.mx (in Spanish). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Azteca Now". aztecanow.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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