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Fibre growth lifts Movistar Colombia’s TV base to new heights
Movistar Colombia has surpassed the milestone of 20 million customers – the majority of them…
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Virgin Media O2 passes new fibre milestone as competitive landscape heats up
Liberty Global and Telefónica-owned Virgin Media O2 has added one-and-a-half million homes to its gigabit…
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Movistar+ secures rights to Bundesliga
Telefónica’s pay TV service Movistar+ has secured rights to German Bundesliga football through to the…
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Spanish watchdog demands changes to Telefónica-DAZN F1 deal
Spanish competition and markets regulator the CNMC has demanded that Telefónica change the terms of…
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LaLiga eyes DTC streamer
Spanish football league LaLiga is reportedly planning on launching a DTC streaming service for the…
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Orange renews LaLiga and Champions League rights deal in Spain with Telefónica
Orange has renewed its sublicencing deal for LaLiga and UEFA club competitions in Spain. Orange…
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Spain’s CRTVG teams up with Telefónica for 5G broadcast
Spanish regional public broadcaster Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG) has become the first Spanish pubcaster to…
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Short-form specialist Blackpills launches in Spain with Movistar
Telefónica’s TV, mobile and broadband service Movistar has teamed up with short-form mobile-focused content provider…
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Telefónica begins marketing services on Tele Columbus network
German cable operator Tele Columbus has begun implementing a wholesale agreement with Telefónica Deutschland, giving…
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Telefónica forges partnership with TikTok, launches app on Movistar+
Telefónica has formed a partnership with TikTok to collaborate in a number of areas in…
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Telco CEOs call for European regulatory reform
A number of top telco execs have called on the EU to overhaul its regulatory…
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Movistar+ CEO Burzako restructures pay TV operator’s management
Cristina Burzako, the recently appointed CEO of Telefónica-owned pay TV operator Movistar+, has restructured the…
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Telefónica Spain deploys Harmonic VOS360 for Movistar+
Telefónica Spain has announced a partnership with Harmonic to deploy its VOS360 cloud streaming platform….
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Movistar+ gets VOD performance bump with Mediakind tech
Telefónica has selected MediaKind to enhance the VOD offering of Movistar+ in Spain. Utilising MediaKind’s…
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O2-Virgin Media merger given formal approval, expected to close June 1
The UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally approved the proposed merger of Telefónica’s…
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UK watchdog clears O2-Virgin Media merger
The UK’s Competition and Markets authority (CMA) has given the proposed merger of Telefónica’s O2…
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Liberty Global and Telefónica name UK JV management
Liberty Global and Telefónica have named current Virgin Media CEO Lutz Schüler as CEO of…
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Movistar+ adds ATRESplayer Premium to offering
Telefónica-owned pay TV platform Movistar+ has added commercial broadcaster Atresmedia’s premium online player ATRESplayer Premium…
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Movistar+ adds Mediaset España’s Mitele Plus to offering
Telefónica’s Movistar+ has struck a deal with Mediaset España to offer the latter’s streaming service…
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Telefónica launches standalone Brazilian fibre network FiBrasil
Telefónica has announced the creation of a standalone fibre wholesale network in Brazil. Called FiBrasil…
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O2 says it has ‘addressed concerns’ over Virgin Media merger in record quarter for Telefónica
O2 and Virgin Media have addressed concerns raised by Sky ahead of their merger, the…
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Movistar+ launches edutainment app
Movistar+ has announced the launch of a new edutainment app. Sitting within its new Living…
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O2 handed £10.5 million fine for decade of overcharging customers
Telefónica’s UK mobile operator O2 has been handed a fine of £10.5 million for almost…
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UK watchdog outlines concerns about Virgin Media/O2 merger
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has outlined its concerns about the proposed merger of…
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DAZN does Movistar+ deal with Telefónica
Telefónica has signed a major sublicensing deal with DAZN. The agreement will Movistar+ bolster its…
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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica sign active network sharing pact
Deutsche Telekom has signed a co-operation agreement with Telefónica to share infrastructure in Germany. The…
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Telefónica sells Telxius tower business to American Tower in €7.7 billion sale
Telefónica has announced the €7.7 billion sale of its telecom tower business Telxius to US…
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NBCUniversal teams with Movistar+ to launch Universal+ and DreamWorks channel in Spain
NBCUniversal International Networks is to launch streaming service Universal+ and new channel DreamWorks in Spain…
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CMA launches probe of Virgin Media-O2 merger
UK competition regulator the CMA has referred the proposed merger of Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media…
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Liberty Global’s Fries looking to Belgian merger, fixed-mobile convergence
Liberty Global is hoping part-owned Belgian operator Telenet will take advantage of the renewed sale…