Stockholm- and Istanbul-based localisation company Dubhub is partnering with UAE-based Animotion Media Group to localise the animated series The Question Club for international audiences. The first batch of 28 episodes will be localised into English using Dubhub’s new technology Evocion, an AI-based system for emotion transfer that combines advanced technology with management by human editors and translators. […]
A Madrid investigating court has summoned the chief executive of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince, to appear on April 7th as part of criminal proceedings linked to an alleged failure to cooperate in the fight against football piracy. Investigating Court Number 50 of Madrid has admitted a joint complaint lodged by LaLiga and Movistar Plus+, in which […]
Telefónica has opened a voluntary redundancy scheme for employees at Movistar Plus+, prompting concerns that the reduction in staff could affect the quality and reliability of the pay-TV platform’s service. The process will involve up to 175 employees (out of the total workforce of 860) – fewer than the 279 initially proposed – and will […]
Spain’s Movistar Plus has reported a 66,000 gain in pay-TV subscribers in the first quarter 0f 2025 – being its highest growth in customers since 2018 – and reaching a total of 3,586,000 subscribers as of March 31st. The platform added 7,000 pay-TV subscribers in Q1 2024; 22,000 in Q2 2024; 49,000 in Q3 2024 […]
Spanish pay-TV platform Movistar hopes to gain new subscribers for its streaming service Movistar Plus+ through a deal with electronics manufacturer Samsung. From May 15th, the South Korean brand will offer Movistar’s OTT service for free for three months to all buyers of its smart TVs in Spain. It is estimated that the Movistar Plus+ […]
WSC Sports has signed a multi-year agreement with Spain’s Movistar Plus+ who will employ its AI-driven technology. The audiovisual entertainment offering of the Telefónica Group, Movistar Plus+ will utilise WSC Sports’ platform to create real-time short-form video for a host of its sports rights including LaLiga and LaLiga 2, UEFA’s Champions League, Europa and Conference […]
Spain’s Movistar Plus has launched a low cost offer whereby all subscribers to Fusión or MiMovistar will be able to watch all LaLiga, LaLiga Hypermotion (second division), Champions League and Europa League content between now until August 31st for a one-off payment of €30. Under this promotion, subscribers will save €150 as the package usually […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and Telefónica Audiovisual Digital have signed a three year agreement to distribute all RTVE channels (La 1, La 2, Canal 24 Horas, Clan and Teledeporte) on Movistar Plus for the next three years. The deal also brings regional news programmes from all around Spain to the platform. The deal includes all […]
Movistar Plus+ has announced an agreement with LIV Golf League to exclusively broadcast the tournament in Spain.This recently created tournament (2022) is a professional golf tour whose name (LIV) refers to the total number of holes to be played in each event (54 in Roman numerals, corresponding to 3 rounds of 18 holes). The competition […]
Movistar Plus+ and SkyShowtime have announced a multi-year agreement, bringing SkyShowtime to Telefónica’s TV offering. From early 2024, Movistar Plus+ will becomes the first Spanish operator to launch SkyShowtime, with its exclusive selection of international and Spanish-language series and theatrical releases from Paramount and Universal. The service will be included in the Ficción miMovistar package. […]