Coming Soon: Free Netflix-Like Site Exclusively for Latin American Film

*Here’s what I like about this story: Companies like Netflix and other content streamers know that Latinos binge watch their product more than any other consumer group, and those companies have been stuck in an international distribution rights mire in an effort to bring Latin American movies and television show to their U.S. Latino consumers. So what do Latin American countries and content producers do in the mean time? They set up their own Netflix. VL

By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla

Look out Netflix! After decades of underdistribution, Latin American countries are finally taking their cinematic destinies into their own hands and developing a free VOD platform exclusively for Latin American cinema. You heard right: that means you will have the entire filmographies of countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay at your fingertips, 24-hours a day, to watch, re-watch, fall asleep while watching and start watching again in the morning. Well, at least we hope so. Anyone who’s tried to watch Hulu outside of the U.S. knows that the wacky world of international distribution rights can really ruin your Netflix dates while traveling overseas, and unfortunately it’s still not totally clear in what markets the platform will be available.

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