| 词条 | Vrio (company) |
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| name = Vrio Corp. | former_name = DirecTV Latin America, LLC (1996-2018) | logo = Vrio. - 2018 logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = | owner = | slogan = | foundation = {{start date and age|June 25, 1996}} | location_city = Fort Lauderdale, Florida | location_country = United States[1] | key_people = | industry = Telecommunication | products = Satellite television | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = AT&T Latin America | subsid = DIRECTV Argentina DIRECTV Chile DIRECTV Colombia DIRECTV Ecuador DIRECTV Paraguay DIRECTV Perú DIRECTV Uruguay DIRECTV Venezuela SKY Brasil (93%) Sky Mexico (41.3%) | homepage = {{url|https://vriocorp.com}} | footnotes = }}Vrio (formerly DirecTV Latin America) is an American operator of DirecTV Latin America and is a subsidiary of AT&T Latin America. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. It is one of Latin America's most popular pay TV services[2] along with Claro TV.[3] HistorySKY Mexico was founded on July 25, 1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), News Corporation, Liberty Media and Grupo Televisa and was later launched on December 15, 1996. By May 2000, the company had extended throughout the rest of Latin America, launching in Central America, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia but during Argentina's economic crisis, on July, 10 2002, with over 52,000 subscribers, Sky Argentina ceased all operations.[4]During the course of the decade, most Sky operations in Latin America were rebranded to DIRECTV, with the exception of the Mexican and Brazilian operations, that in 2005 absorbed the DirecTV keeping the Sky name.[5] DirecTV in ChileThe Chilean subsidiary of Vrio, which is a television system broadcast through satellite, which has operated in the country since 1994. DIRECTV bought SKY Chile and renamed it DIRECTV. It signed an agreement with GTD Manquehue to offer full telephone, television, and internet services throughout the country.
In 2012, it made an agreement with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica to carry the brand name DirecTV on their jerseys. In 2015, it made an agreement with Colo-Colo to also carry the DIRECTV logo.
Illegal placement of advertisementOn January 19, 2016, the Secretary of Environment of Bogotá, sanctioned DIRECTV Colombian subsidiary, Directv Colombia Ltda., with a sum of $118 million for placing advertisement without the proper permission from the city.[6] The company violated Decree 959, of the year 2000, that regulates where companies can place public publicity. Aborted public offering and Name changeOn September 15, 2017, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources, that AT&T, the owner of DIRECTV's U.S. and Latin American divisions, had hired an advisor to consider offering DIRECTV Latin America on the public stock market. The principal motive was cited as the need to reduce the debt load AT&T would assume if it took over Time Warner as planned. Since that date, the U.S. Dept. of Justice filed suit to block that acquisition on antitrust grounds, a trial is scheduled to start on March 19, 2018 before Judge Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and a decision is not expected before June–July. However, even if the deal is blocked, AT&T might dispose of the division as not core to its business.[7] On April 19, 2018, the IPO was cancelled. As of 2018, DirecTV Latin America legal name has been changed to Vrio.[8] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/185827Z:US-directv-latin-america-llc/ |title=DIRECTV Latin America LLC |last=Bloomberg |access-date=13 May 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013/09/20/directvs-latin-america-pay-tv-is-booming/#497e8cbf4320|title=DirecTV's Latin America Pay-TV Is Booming|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=December 15, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://advanced-television.com/2016/08/24/top-latam-operators-continue-pay-tv-domination/|title=DirecTV, Claro continue LatAm pay-TV domination|publisher=Advanced Television|accessdate=December 15, 2016}} 4. ^Sky Argentina cesa operaciones el 10 de julio 5. ^DirectTV se va de México 6. ^http://www.eltiempo.com/bogota/sancion-a-directv-por-publicidad-exterior-ilegal/16485402?ts=42 (Spanish) 7. ^https://www.reuters.com/article/us-at-t-m-a-latamdivestiture-exclusive/exclusive-att-weighs-divestiture-of-latin-american-tv-assets-sources-idUSKCN1BR008 8. ^https://about.att.com/pages/company_profile_latin_america External link
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