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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,…

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Viacom looks to growth in Europe after difficult 2013

Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has said that its business in Europe is stabilising after a…

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Mediaset reports strong channel ratings

Italian media giant Mediaset said that its domestic channels were the most popular among 15…

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Microsoft announces Xbox One launch partners

Microsoft has announced the “first wave” of launch partners for its new Xbox One games…

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Spanish producers slam RTVV closure

Spanish TV producers have said the closure of regional broadcaster Radio Televisión Valenciana is one…

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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%…

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Israeli news channel i24news to launch in Spain

Recently-launched news network i24news is set to launch in Spain tomorrow after agreeing a distribution…

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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…

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Europe leads the way in broadband speed growth

Global average internet speeds increased by about 5.2% in the second quarter of this year,…

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ONO updates TiVo offering

Spanish cable operator ONO is updating its TiVo offering with new features, which will be…

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Orange Spain revamps TV service

Orange Spain has relaunched its TV service, delivering 25 HD pay TV channels and all…

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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…

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Telefónica reaches deal with partners on Telecom Italia

Telefónica and its Italian partners Mediobanca, Intesa, Sanpaolo and Generali have reached an agreement to…

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Google launches music streaming service in Europe

Google’s new music streaming service, Google Play Music All Access, has launched in nine countries…

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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…

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Ono TiVo customers reach 210,000

Spanish cable operator Ono has reached more than 210,000 TiVo customers, with 25% of its…

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ONO names new residential business chief

Spanish cable operator ONO has named Patricia Ferruz as director of its residential business. Ferruz…

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Canal+ Spain asks for arbitration in dispute with Mediapro

Spanish pay TV operator Canal+ has asked for an independent arbirator to regulate its dispute…

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Prisa mulls Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Spanish pay TV operator Prisa is reportedly considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in…

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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…

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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…

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Magine launches Spanish OTT service

Cloud-based on-demand service Magine has launched in Spain, with Viacom, National Geographic Channel and Chello…

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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…

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Spanish operators agree to share fibre

Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have agreed a deal to share fibre optic infrastructure in buildings…

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Prisa refinancing plan ‘in final stages’

Spanish pay TV and media group Prisa TV is “in the final stages” of refinancing…

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News Corp reportedly eyeing Canal+ Spain move

News Corp has approached Telefónica and Spanish pay TV operator Prisa expressing interest in buying…

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Spanish pay TV penetration reaches 23.5%

Spanish pay TV penetration was to 23.5% in the second half of last year, compared…

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Televes highlights connected home

Spain-based Televes is using ANGA COM to highlight a central console system for the connected…

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Telefónica, Megafon target OTT with partnership

Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a strategic partnership with Russian telecoms firm MegaFon, in a…

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TiVo records biggest user sign up in seven years

US DVR specialist TiVo reported improved revenues and a lower than expected loss as it…