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RTVE launching 2Cat Catalan-language channel

Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE will launch its new Catalan-language television channel, 2Cat, on October 13th. The new channel will replace L2, which currently broadcasts in Spanish across the country, transforming it into a service tailored for Catalonia. The channel will start with an initial annual budget of €8 million, which will increase to €11 million […]

October 9, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: RTVE, FORTA launch DVB-I pilot

RTVE and FORTA have officially launched the Spanish DVB-I Pilot, an initiative in Spain aimed at testing the DVB-I standard. The project seeks to assess its suitability as a strategic tool to enhance the visibility, accessibility, and relevance of audiovisual content, while adapting to new consumption habits. The pilot is framed within the Convenio Compostela, […]

September 26, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: RTVE, Mediapro share World Cup 2026

Spanish broadcasters RTVE and Mediapro will share the 2026 World Cup to be held in the US, Canada and Mexico following an agreement reached with FIFA. The competition will be held from June 11th to July 19th 2026 and will be the biggest in history, as 48 teams from the five continents will compete for […]

September 10, 2025

Spain greenlights new DTT plan

Spain’s Administration has approved a fresh DTT technical plan that paves the way for a new nationwide DTT channel, and will preprae the country for a migration to UHD transmissions with a reorganisation of the radioelectric spectrum that adopts DVB-T2 technology. The new DTT (SD) licence is likely to be awarded before this summer with […]

March 25, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: RTVE scores World Cup 2026 rights

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the Football World Cup 2026 for €55 million, according to El Mundo, after offering the highest bid to FIFA, ahead of private TV operators. RTVE will share football matches from the World Cup with TV group Mediapro that will be able to launch its own […]

March 18, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: RTVE scores Euro 2028 rights

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the Euro 2028 football tournament – which will co-hosted by England, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales – for around €50 million. In addition, RTVE has secured TV rights to the Spanish national team between 2026 and 2028 for around €60 million. The deal […]

January 31, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

RTVE to launch Catalonian channel

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is set to launch a TV channel in Catalonian. The Regional Government of Catalonia has announced that the region will have an RTVE-owned TV channel in Catalonian to improve the TV offer in the region which currently has only TV3, the regional TV station, broadcasting in that language. The process will […]

January 29, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: RTVE secures Champions League finals

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the next three years Champions League final (2o25, 2o26 and 2027) for a total cost of €7.5 million (€2.5 million per year). RTVE outbid both Mediaset and Atresmedia in securing the rights to the finals that historically draw siginificant TV audiences in the country. The […]

December 16, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

López appointed RTVE president

José Pablo López has been appointed as the president of Spain public broadcaster RTVE. His inauguration will take place on December 2nd. Until March 2024 he served as Director of General Content at the public broadcaster, but the controversial recruitment of comedian David Broncano to lead the late night talk show La Recuelta led to […]

November 29, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Mediapro delivers 2024 Karate World Cup

Mediapro has been responsible for the live production of the Karate World Cup – National Teams Championship organised by the Spanish Karate Federation and the World Karate Federation and held November 22nd-24th in Pamplona. Throughout the three days of the championship, Mediapro BMS (Broadcast Media Services), the group division specialising in audiovisual production for events, […]

November 29, 2024