In response to school closings sparked by Covid-19 outbreak concerns in the region, DirecTV Latin America and its partners have opened up their joint educational channel, Escuela Plus, to all DirecTV subscribers for 30 days, starting March 17.
Disney, National Geographic, Discovery and Torneo are among the key content partners in Escuela Plus, which is normally exclusive to some 10,000 rural schools in select countries that form part of the Escuela Plus social responsibility initiative.
Uruguay and Washington-based technology partner Takeoff Media provides digital platforms to the program. In addition, DirecTV and Sky are offering free additional content – 70 more channels from Sky, 91 from DirecTV – to their subscribers until March 31, to
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