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Spain
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Zegona eyes Yoigo as Telecable posts solid results
Zegona Communications, owner of Asturias region cable operator Telecable, and MVNO MásMóvil are among the…
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Telecable adds Syfy to channel line-up
Spanish regional cable operator Telecable has added Syfy to its content line-up. Telecable, which operates…
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One in six Spanish pay TV homes subscribed for the first time in 2015
Some 16% of Spanish pay TV households subscribed to pay TV for the first time…
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Hispasat redesignates satellites
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is renaming its satellites to establish a more logical system of…
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Telefónica sees strong TV growth in Spain and Latin America
Telefónica had 8.3 million TV customers at the end of the year, up 12% year-on-year,…
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Mobile and TV boost for Euskaltel
A strong increase in mobile revenue-generating units and a more modest but significant increase in…
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MTV Trax music app launches in Spain via Samsung phones
MTV Spain has launched MTV Trax, a new music app that will be available exclusively…
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Hispasat posts solid results
Satellite operator Hispasat has posted strong full-year results, driven by growth in Latin America. The…
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Telefónica to spin off infrastructure arm
Telefónica is to spin off its infrastructure arm under a new name – Telxius –…
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Unitymedia drops down Netflix’s ISP Speed Index
Unitymedia Kabel was among the major movers in Netflix’s latest ISP Speed Index, with the…
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Spain’s Telecable in running to buy mobile operator Yoigo
Telecable, the Spanish regional cable operator owned by UK-based investment outfit Zegona Communications, is making…
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RTVE reduces losses to €33.6m
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has posted a 2015 loss of €33.6 million (US$37.5 million), though…
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Mediapro chief: no exclusivity implied in Telefónica deal
Catalan broadcaster Mediapro’s president Jaume Roures has reportedly told the Spanish competition regulator, the CNMC,…
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Vodafone boosted by strong take up of converged offerings
Strong take up of its converged offering in Spain and “encouraging take-up” of its recently…
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Mediaset Spain pulls out of Yomvi
Mediaset España has pulled its channels from Telefónica’s Yomvi OTT platform to focus on its…
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Moody’s reiterates B1 rating for Telecable
Credit rating agency Moody’s has reiterated its B1 credit rating for Spanish cable operator Telecable,…
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Telefónica offering beIN Sport at no extra cost to subscribers
Following its recent deal with Catalan broadcaster Mediapro, Spanish telco Telefónica has added the beIN…
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Mediapro reportedly ready to distribute football to Telefónica rivals
Spain’s Mediapro is capitulating to pressure from the country’s competition watchdog and leading service providers…
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Wuaki.tv reaches 3 million global users
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has reached 3 million users globally, after growing its…
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Telefónica renews partnership with Sunrise
Spain’s Telefónica has renewed its partners programme agreement with Swiss service provider Sunrise Communications. Sunrise,…
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Spanish SVOD net catches Plague with first original
Spanish subscription-on-demand platform Movistar+ has moved into the original programming game, ordering scripted series La…
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Telefónica and Mediapro facing potential regulatory challenge
Spain’s competition regulator is calling on Telefónica and Mediapro to amend their recently signed deal…
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Spain’s Movistar+ orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improv comedy…
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Report: HBO Now to go up against Netflix in Spain
Premium over-the-top service HBO Now will reportedly launch in Spain by the year-end. The Time…
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Vodafone and Orange demand Telefónica shares football rights
Vodafone Spain and Orange Spain have called on Telefónica to be forced to distribute its…
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Moody’s gives first-time B1 rating to Spain’s Telecable
Moody’s Investor Service has given a first-time credit rating of B1 to Spanish regional cable…
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Telefónica strikes football deal with Mediapro
Telefónica has struck a €2.4 billion deal with broadcaster Mediapro that will enable it to…
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Spanish commercial channels call for level playing field
UTECA, the body that represents Spanish TV commercial terrestrial channels, has called on the next…
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More than half of new TV buyers plan to go 4K in Europe
Some 54% of Western European shoppers who plan to buy a new flatscreen TV in…
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Vodafone Spain passes one million TV customers milestone
Vodafone Spain now has over one million TV customers, having added 216,000 TV subscribers in…