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Grupo Wertheim agrees to buy Vrio from AT&T

Grupo Wertheim agrees to buy Vrio from AT&T

July 23, 2021
Argentine group takes over Sky in Brazil and DirecTV in 10 other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Argentina's Grupo Wertheim has agreed to buy Vrio Corp from US telecommunications company AT&T, taking over the satellite broadcasting brands Sky in Brazil and DirecTV in 10 other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vrio has 10.3 million subscribers through Sky Brasil, DirecTV Latin America and DirecTV Go, AT&T said in a press release on Thursday. DirecTV Latin America offers broadcast satellite services in Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad

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