Soon after having completed the acquistion of Vodafone Spain for €5 billion, Zegona has launched a redundancy job plan that will affect 1,198 workers – equating to over 36 per cent of Vodafone’s staff. José Miguel García, former CEO of Euskaltel and Jazztel, will pilot the plan that has to be negotiated and agreed with […]

Zegona Communications has announce the completion of the acquisition of 100 per cent of Vodafone Spain for €5 billion. The deal was first announced in October 2023. Vodafone is the #3 telco player in Spain with significant market shares in mobile, broadband and TV. Eamonn O’Hare, Zegona’s Chairman and CEO, commented: “We have now completed […]

Max, the successor to HBO Max, is available through all the major telcos in Spain: Movistar, Vodafone, Orange as well as cable companies Euskaltel, R and Telecable. All operators are now promoting the service with different optios in their packages. Movistar is offering Max in six different packages from €16 to €36 a month Ficción […]

Spanish TV group Mediaset, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro among other TV channels, has appointed Cristina Garmendia as the new president of the company, replacing Borja Prado. Former minister of Science and Innovation (2008-2011), Garmendia, aged 62, is PhD in Molecular Biology, entrepreneur and president of the COTEC Foundation, a private non-profit organisation whose […]

The Spanish cabinet has approved the acquisition of Vodafone España by UK investor Zegona in a €5 billion deal. The greenlight comes soon after the go ahead to the Orange-MásMóvil merger to create MásOrange – which has become the leading national operator in broadband and mobile customers – and as the State has taken a […]

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+ […]

Spanish TV group Mediaset, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro among others, has again become a member of Spain’s private TV association UTECA. The company pulled out of the Association five years ago during the leadership of former CEO Paolo Bassile for “profound disagreements” with some of the association’s other members. Now, with new CEO […]

Hallmark Media is enhancing the reach of its programming to serve more Spanish-speaking audiences with its new channel, Hallmark en Español. The channel features a curated library of over 130 Hallmark original movies and the first six seasons of fan-favourite series, When Calls the Heart, all dubbed in Spanish. Hallmark en Español will be available […]

RTVE, the Spanish public broadcaster, has allocated a €4.6 million budget to reshape and personalise its OTT service RTVE Play. The broadcaster says it will rely on original productions to expand the service, improve its free registration wall and search engine, and deploy a new CDP – software that stores customers data – to analyse […]

Banijay Iberia, comprising Spain and Portugal’s scripted and non-scripted production companies, and Mrs Greenfilm, a sustainability consultancy in Spain, have signed an agreement to help build a greener future. In doing so, they combine their efforts to achieve a more sustainable audiovisual industry. Through education, training and meetings at Banijay Iberia’s labels, the partnership with […]