Movie and TV series streaming platform Lionsgate+ There is already a date to leave Brazil and the entire Latin American region. According to information compiled by the Chippu website and the Info Star+ Brasil profile, the service will go offline at the end of this year, or to be more precise, at the end of 2019. December 11, 2023.
Information that Lionsgate+ would cease operations in Latin America has been circulating for several months, but there was still no concrete date for this to happen. However, during the announcement of the company’s last financial report, it turned out that the period was very close.
In the document, the company claimed it was restructuring to exit some regions in the streaming industry and focus on places like the US and Canada, where it already has a larger audience. Even if you leave the country The service catalog will remain here Through licensing with a yet-to-be-disclosed “major player in the market.”
Lionsgate+’s history in Brazil
Platform Born as STARZ and made a secret exit in Brazil, one by one or As one of your channels Amazon Prime Video. Initially, the subscription fee was R$ 9.90, one of the cheapest in the segment.
Platform in 2021 He was involved in a legal dispute with Disney because of the name of the service: the giant launched Star+, whose name may be confused with the name of its rival in some regions.
Finally, It was STARZ that changed its name to Lionsgate+, we get closer to your own brand. The subscription model has also changed and It can be made by Globoplay, in combination with Star+ itself, or separately..
In addition to Lionsgate’s following franchises: John Wick, Twilight Saga This Deadly GamesThe service also has original productions such as comedies. Big and tension Witches of MayfairBased on a work by Anne Rice.
The studio now needs to look for a distributor to license its content, but names have not been made official yet. When it was announced that the operations would be closed, the company stated that it already had a distribution agreement.
News regarding the Lionsgate+ catalog in Brazil should be known in the coming weeks.
Source: Tec Mundo
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