CNMC, the Spanish regulatory body, has fined sports streaming platform DAZN €182,531 for showing an advert without a specific ad tag. The legal breach happened during a football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in October 2023 on the DAZN La Liga channel which has nationwide coverage. The streaming platform aired an advert without including […]

Spanish regulatory body, the CNMC is scrutinising Telefónica over a possible breach of competition rules with an investigation into the premium channels offered by Movistar Plus. This is the second recent legal case started by the CNMC following last week when the regulatory body commenced legal proceedings against Telefónica over a possible breach of the […]

Cellnex, the Spanish domestic broadcasting agency, is taking regulatory body CNMC to Spain’s Constitutional Court to content a €13.7 million fine for abuse of its dominant position. The company has already unsuccessfully appealed against the sanction before several courts. In December 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the last appeal that the company filed. The legal […]

Spain is nearing the 15 million FTTH milestone after the country ended 2023 with over 14.8 million lines, according to the latest CNMC report. Movistar maintained its position as the market leader taking 36 per cent (5.3 million) of all FTTH lines. Year-on-year FTTH gained 1.1 million lines, up 7.3 per cent, versus a loss […]

The Spanish regulatory body CNMC has given its go-ahead to the acquisition of Vodafone Spain by the UK’s Zegona, a deal valued at €5 billion, ruling that the consolidation “does not significantly modify the structure of the affected markets”. With ithe green light, along with the EU’s blessing, Zegona now faces the government’s approval, to […]

Close to half (49.4 per cent) of Spaniards are currently subscribed to a pay-TV service, according to CNMC’s latest Panel de Hogares survey. The majority of subscribers access pay-TV within a convergent package (formed by four or five services) and through a fibre optic connection. In 2022, Spaniards paid less for their convergent packages. On […]

Spanish telco provider, Cellnex Telecom, will have to pay a €13.7 million fine imposed by regulator CNMC for the abuse of its dominant position in the distribution of DTT signals. The Spanish court Audiencia Nacional has ratified the sanction after Cellnex’s appeal before the Supreme Court that obliged a recalculation of the fine amount. A […]

Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a disciplinary file against Movistar for the Formula 1 deal signed with DAZN in 2021 for three seasons (2021-2023) over a possible breach of competition rules. The CNMC states that, with the deal, Movistar would have failed to abide by the deal limits imposed on the company for the […]

MásMóvil ended the year as the third largest broadband provider in Spain – ahead of Vodafone – according to the latest CNMC data. MásMóvil hit a penetration rate of 18.6 per cent, higher than Vodafone’s 17.5 per cent, which is now in fourth place. Telefónica is the market leader with a 34.1 per cent share […]

FTTH continues growing in Spain. The latest data from the regulator CNMC reveals that FTTH lines reached 13.8 million in January 2023 adding 89,944 new lines. Eighty-three per cent of broadband lines in the country are FTTH, with Movistar taking 36.6 per cent with 5.1 million lines. The three largest operators – Movistar, Orange and […]