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Wuaki.tv moves forward with ambitious Euro-expansion plans
Wuaki.tv, the Spain-based OTT service owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, will launch in France,…
Viacom looks to growth in Europe after difficult 2013
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has said that its business in Europe is stabilising after a…
Mediaset reports strong channel ratings
Italian media giant Mediaset said that its domestic channels were the most popular among 15…
Microsoft announces Xbox One launch partners
Microsoft has announced the “first wave” of launch partners for its new Xbox One games…
Spanish producers slam RTVV closure
Spanish TV producers have said the closure of regional broadcaster Radio Televisión Valenciana is one…
Telefónica pay TV rate of loss in Spain declines
Telefónica had 3.441 million pay TV subscribers globally at the end of September, up 3.7%…
Israeli news channel i24news to launch in Spain
Recently-launched news network i24news is set to launch in Spain tomorrow after agreeing a distribution…
Orange Spain taps Viaccess-Orca for TV everywhere
Orange Spain is using Viaccess-Orca’s TV everywhere platform to deliver OTT content as part of…
Europe leads the way in broadband speed growth
Global average internet speeds increased by about 5.2% in the second quarter of this year,…
ONO updates TiVo offering
Spanish cable operator ONO is updating its TiVo offering with new features, which will be…
Orange Spain revamps TV service
Orange Spain has relaunched its TV service, delivering 25 HD pay TV channels and all…
Telefónica stakes international ambition with new TV and film studio
Spanish telco Telefónica has put all of its production units into a single Studios division…
Telefónica reaches deal with partners on Telecom Italia
Telefónica and its Italian partners Mediobanca, Intesa, Sanpaolo and Generali have reached an agreement to…
Google launches music streaming service in Europe
Google’s new music streaming service, Google Play Music All Access, has launched in nine countries…
Alki David’s FilmOn inks deal with Spain’s RTVE
Over the top service FilmOn has inked a deal with RTVE and will stream the…
Ono TiVo customers reach 210,000
Spanish cable operator Ono has reached more than 210,000 TiVo customers, with 25% of its…
ONO names new residential business chief
Spanish cable operator ONO has named Patricia Ferruz as director of its residential business. Ferruz…
Canal+ Spain asks for arbitration in dispute with Mediapro
Spanish pay TV operator Canal+ has asked for an independent arbirator to regulate its dispute…
Prisa mulls Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Spanish pay TV operator Prisa is reportedly considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in…
Viki makes Spanish push, signs Netflix, Latin American deals
Viki has launched a Spanish-language service and inked a telenovela deal with Netflix and Colombia’s…
Pay TV numbers down in Spain but revenues exceed DTT
Pay TV revenues in Spain exceeded those of commercial free-to-air digital-terrestrial channels last year, although…
Magine launches Spanish OTT service
Cloud-based on-demand service Magine has launched in Spain, with Viacom, National Geographic Channel and Chello…
Magine unveils expansion plans with US$19 million investment
Magine has secured US$19 million (€15 million) in extra funding from Swedish and international investors…
Spanish operators agree to share fibre
Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have agreed a deal to share fibre optic infrastructure in buildings…
Prisa refinancing plan ‘in final stages’
Spanish pay TV and media group Prisa TV is “in the final stages” of refinancing…
News Corp reportedly eyeing Canal+ Spain move
News Corp has approached Telefónica and Spanish pay TV operator Prisa expressing interest in buying…
Spanish pay TV penetration reaches 23.5%
Spanish pay TV penetration was to 23.5% in the second half of last year, compared…
Televes highlights connected home
Spain-based Televes is using ANGA COM to highlight a central console system for the connected…
Telefónica, Megafon target OTT with partnership
Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a strategic partnership with Russian telecoms firm MegaFon, in a…
TiVo records biggest user sign up in seven years
US DVR specialist TiVo reported improved revenues and a lower than expected loss as it…