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Travelxp 4K HDR forays into Mexico on Totalplay
MUMBAI: Commencing its presence in Latin America, world’s first 4K HDR channel Travelxp announces its latest launch in Mexico on Totalplay. Its premium travel and lifestyle shows are available to viewers on channel number 385 from October 1st, 2019. Broadening its global reach, Travelxp also partnered up with various broadcast platforms in Denmark, Slovenia, Germany and the Asia Pacific this year.
Commenting on the Mexico launch, Prashant Chothani, CEO Travelxp, said, “Across the globe, platforms continue to add 4K HDR offerings in their line up to satisfy the growing appetite of the consumers for immersive and vivid television viewing experience. We are thrilled to partner with Totalplay, thus embarking on Travelxp 4K HDR's foray in Latin America and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship together.”
Totalplay is also the first platform to launch 4K service in Mexico. Speaking about the launch of Travelxp 4K HDR, Hugo Adrián Hernández, Director Content Acquisition & Programming of Totalplay said, “We are excited to collaborate with Travelxp which allow us to expand our offer of exclusive and unique 4K content in Mexico.”
The subscribers of Totalplay have complete access to Travelxp’s most popular shows from its six main categories of Destination, Lifestyle, Food, Culture, Nature and Heritage. Willie Hernandez, Managing Director and Partner of Condista International who handles the distribution salesquoted, “We are honored to be the distribution sales agent for Travelxp in Latin America. Travelxp is truly amazing and spectacular, the industry-leading 4K network is now available in our part of the world.”
Right from backpacking destinations, beautiful beaches, luxury hotel stays to lip-smacking street food, shows on Travelxp are sure to keep the audience engaged. With a brilliant HDR quality, the channel promises a never seen before experience of pure travel-based content.
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
