Overview
- Decree 194/2025 enshrines the government’s plan to privatize the state-backed CineAr streaming service.
- The government forecasts $330,000 in annual savings by cutting $175,000 in salaries and $155,000 in operational expenses.
- CineAr, CineAr Play and CineAr Estrenos now fall under Contenidos Artísticos e Informativos S.A.U., overseen by Manuel Adorni’s Secretariat of Communication and Media.
- The decree does not specify which private or public entity will assume platform operations or outline the reallocation of saved funds.
- Observers warn that the lack of clarity over management and funding could threaten the service’s free-access model and undermine support for the national audiovisual sector.