Vodafone Spain has set a new a record in pay-TV subscriptions in Spain following the 100,000 gains to June 30th, now totalling 1,421,000. It has become the only platform in the country to gain pay-TV subscribers in the first half of the year. Movistar Plus lost 19,500, down to 4,054,000 and Orange shed 46,000 TV […]
AMC Studios and Movistar+, the pay TV division of Spain’s Telefonica, in collaboration with MOD Pictures, have announced that Academy Award-nominee Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, Big Night, The Devil Wears Prada) has been cast in Alejandro Amenábar’s newly titled original limited series “La Fortuna.” The six-part adventure thriller also stars Spanish actors Álvaro Mel and Ana […]
Ateme, a specialist in video delivery solutions, has announced that Movistar+, the audiovisual entertainment arm of Spanish media leader, the Telefónica Group, has chosen to implement Ateme’s Titan solution, a future-proof converged software headend, for distribution of its live DTH/OTT services. “After so many years of working with the Telefónica Group worldwide, we are very […]
Movistar has been ordered to continue sharing its premium TV channels with other operators for an additional three years following the CNMC’s decision to extend the period. The conditions were initially imposed five years ago, allowing Telefónica and Canal Plus to add the channels to their own pay-TV offerings. Channels with exclusive content or premium […]
AMC Studios and Movistar+, the pay-TV division of Spain’s Telefonica, have announced a first-ever partnership for a new original series from Academy Award winner Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, The Sea Inside) who will make his TV directorial debut directing all six episodes. The six-part adventure thriller with an international cast is co-written by Amenábar and […]
Movistar is testing a new system, called Movistar Tokens, to reward its subscribers with free of charge TV content, channels, or more data for the use of different services within the platform. The service is now in a pilot phase with plans to launch nationally in September if successful. A new ‘Mis Tokens’ section can […]
Spain’s largest pay TV operator Movistar has launched Picture in Picture (PIP) functionality to allow UHD STB-equipped fibre optic subscribers to watch two channels at the same time on the same screen. The PIP functionality enables users to watch one channel on full screen and a second channel on a small window in the upper […]
Telefónica (Movistar+) has reached a major agreement with UEFA for the broadcasting of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League until the 2023/2024 season. The top European football club competitions will continue to be part of La Casa del Fútbol in this new cycle. It is assumed the competition will go ahead as […]
Spain’s fifth largest telco operator Euskaltel has reached an agreement with Movistar to share the dominant operator’s FTTH network in those areas where the company is not obliged by law to allow third parties to use its infrastructure. With this 5 year deal, Euskaltel will be able to strengthen its national expansion through Virgin Telco […]
Movistar and MásMóvil, Spain’s first and fourth largest telcos respectively, have reached an agreement to share their networks. Thanks to the five year deal, MásMóvil will be able to cover around 500,000 new homes with FTTH and have access to future deployments of Movistar FTTH network across the country. The agreement will also allow MásMóvil […]