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Vodafone names Spain price, rejects Italy bid

Vodafone has priced the sale of its Spanish subsidiary Vodafone Spain at €7 billion, according to El Independiente. Vodafone is weighing both a sale and a joint-venture with the creation of a new company on a 50/50 basis. Back in 2020 the company explored this latter possibility with MásMóvil but its plan failed as the […]

February 11, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Pay-TV revenues down 7.3% in Q3

Low-cost TV offers and promotions in Spain saw pay-TV revenues drop by 7.3 per cent to €487.7 million in the third quarter of 2021 – despite the number of subscribers growing 4.8 per cent YoY for a total of 8.3 million According to data from CNMC, as a whole, the TV industry in Spain experienced […]

February 4, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

HBO fastest growing DTC in Spain

Streaming service HBO Max was by far the SVoD platform with the highest growth in Spain in Q1 2021 with a customer share of 28.6 per cent, up 7 per cent on the previous quarter, according to consultancy firm GECA. Despite the increase in subscribers, HBO Max is still behind Movistar Plus, with 29.1 per […]

January 20, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sky Sports to air 6 NBA games for MLK Day

Today (January 17th) the NBA will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day (MLK Day) with ‘NBA 360’, a lineup of six games broadcast to fans in Europe and the Middle East in a simultaneous live feed produced by the NBA, tipping off at 6.00pm GMT on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sport Arena. NBA […]

January 17, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Spain: Movistar+ scores NHL rights

The NHL (National Hockey League) will once again be available via Movistar+ in Spain.The platform has reached a multi-year deal for the rights to broadcast the US competition to its subscribers. Ice hockey fans will have weekly access to two of the best games on Movistar Deportes, with further options in the playoffs where, starting […]

January 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Movistar, Orange agree Supercopa rights deal

Orange has reached an agreement with Movistar that will allow the French operator to broadcast Spain’s Supercopa matches. Orange will add the Movistar Supercopa TV channel to its line-up and will broadcast three Supercopa matches between January 12th and 16th at no extra cost for football subscribers.  The matches will be also available to bars […]

January 7, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: 83% have pay-TV

Some 32.2 million Spaniards have a pay-TV service, representing 82.8 per cent of the country’s population, with 59.8 per cent subscribing to at least two different platforms. The latest figures from consultancy Barlovento Comunicacion reveal that each Spaniard has access to an average of 2.7 platforms. Netflix is the leading service with an average share […]

December 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange eyes La Liga rights deals

Orange Spain is to negotiate with Movistar and DAZN, successful bidders of La Liga rights for the next five years, in order to continue offering pay-TV football to its customers. “Football is very important for our TV offer,” declared Jean François Fallacher, CEO of Orange. “We will negotiate with both companies.” Orange Spain has been […]

December 20, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

La Liga secures €4.95bn rights deal

Spain’s premier football league La Liga has concluded the tender for the national market broadcast rights of La Liga Santander in Spain and Andorra for the period between 2022/2023 and 2026/2027. For a total of €4.95 billion over the coming five-season period, Movistar will broadcast a total of five matches per matchday plus three full […]

December 14, 2021By Colin Mann

Spain: No RTVE tax for streamers until 2023

Streaming platforms in Spain will be exempted from paying the 0.9 per cent RTVE tax until 2023 as the Administration has put the amendment on hold for one year. Instead, traditional pay-TV players – such as Movistar, Vodafone and Orange – will have to pay up to €128 million in 2022 to finance the public […]

December 2, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid