Telenovela fans have a new destination: Pongalo, which means “Play it” in Spanish. Available both on the Web and on mobile devices (iOS and Android), its beta version boasts a catalogue of 50,000 hours of Spanish-language television, film and children’s content, which viewers can stream for free with ads. Most of this catalogue comes from Venezuelan content powerhouse RCTV (Radio Caracas Televisión), which is owned by the family of Jorge Granier, director of RCTV International and CEO of Pongalo’s parent company Latin Everywhere. As some of you may remember, Latin Everywhere was formed in October through the merger of Granier’s former company GoTV and…
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