Movistar Plus+ International has closed a deal with HBO LATAM for the acquisition of ‘La Mesías’ rights in its territory. The 7 episodes of the series will be seen on the Latin American platform.‘La Mesías’ comes to join many Movistar Plus+ original titles that have already crossed our borders. It is a Movistar Plus+ Original […]
Másmóvil has announced that its FTTH network has already passed over 29 million homes across Spain. With over €3.5 billion invested over the last seven years in FTTH, the company claims to lead the FTTH coverage in the country thanks to its own network and agreements with other operators. Over the last two years, Másmóvil […]
Spanish operator Movistar has acquired the pay-TV rights to EuroLeague Basketball for the next three years. After four years being broadcast by DAZN, the EuroLeague will be now air on Movistar with five matches every week on Movistar Plus (channel 7), Vamos (channel 8), and sports channel 63. With this move, Movistar now has the […]
Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its contract with satellite company SES Astra until 2030 for €90 million, according to Economia Digital citing comments from Ruy Pinto, the CEO of SES.Initially, the contract was in force until 2027 to give service to around 240,000 Movistar Plus subscribers who get the signal from the satellite (mostly in […]
Movistar lost 60,000 subscribers in the second quarter with convergent subscriptions also going down, 1,000 versus June last year. ARPU, though, grew by 1.5 per cent year-on-year to €91.5 whereas churn rate has improved, standing at 0.9 per cent. As a whole, Telefónica increased its profit by 44.5 per cent in the second quarter although […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Movistar, DAZN and La Liga to share pay-TV rights to La Liga this coming season starting in August. Orange Spain will offer all matches from the new rebranded La Liga EA Sports along with the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League. In recent years, […]
Telefónica is breaking into the satellite Internet market with the launch of Movistar Max Satellite, following a deal with Hispasat to provide broadband Internet services by satellite for isolated areas across Spain. The service includes up to five different packages with prices from €17.40 to €57.90 a month. With speeds of up to 100 Mbps […]
Movistar+, one of Spain’s leading sports platforms, has chosen Vizrt, a specialist in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, to enhance its sports content creation and better engage audiences with captivating visuals. Movistar+ has transformed its studio with compelling visual graphics, moving away from traditional television broadcasts to appeal to the younger […]
Movistar is reportedly set to launch a new OTT service, branded Movistar++, in an attempt to attract the 2.5 million Netflix subscribers who have dropped their subscription following the clampdown on password sharing. The company could reveal plans it by the end of June, with the service set to include movies, TV series and, according […]
Telefonica’s Movistar has launched ‘real’, standalone 5G in 700 municipalities with plans to cover most Spanish cities with over 250,000 inhabitants by the end of the year. With Ericsson and Nokia acting as the main providers, Movistar 5G SA network will allow up to 1,600 Mbps speeds in the 3,500 MHz band. Currently, Movistar covers […]