For the third time in 12 months, Movistar has announced it will increase its subscription fees (from January 13th 2025) by an average of €3 a month. The Spanish pay-TV platform has justified the new increase in its tariffs on the grounds that the company is investing extensively in networks and new technology to improve […]
Spanish regulatory body, the CNMC is scrutinising Telefónica over a possible breach of competition rules with an investigation into the premium channels offered by Movistar Plus. This is the second recent legal case started by the CNMC following last week when the regulatory body commenced legal proceedings against Telefónica over a possible breach of the […]
Love TV Channels, a Spanish start-up specialised in the production of thematic channels, has launched Actualidad 360. The channel will offer 24-hour news and be available free of charge on multiple streaming TV platforms. Actualidad 360 is the first television channel in Spain designed to offer news in collaboration with different agencies and news publishers […]
RTVE Play, the OTT service from Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, was the most widely watched OTT platform in the country in October 2024 with 10.5 million unique viewers, representing 27 per cent of its TV consumption, according to Barlovento Comunicacion. RTVE Play leads Movistar Plus+ and other national OTT platforms, bit still remains behind the […]
Comercio TV, the premier Spanish-language financial news network, has announced a partnership with FAST Channels TV to bring its unique programming to a global audience through a new FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel. Comercio TV will deliver high-quality financial news, market insights, and educational content in Spanish, tailored to empower Hispanic audiences in the […]
Mediasur, a Mediapro company specialising in the accessibility of audiovisual content, has announced the launch of its new Offline Subtitling Platform. The automatic captioning and subtitling product – which combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and human supervision – has achieved productivity gains of up to 60 per cent in a testing phase. This initiative arose in […]
Mediaset Spain is facing a key change in its content division with the appointment of Alberto Carullo, the VP of production for Italy and Iberia at Max, as its new Director of Content of the Spanish TV group. Carullo will replace the 67-year-old Manuel Villanueva who has held the role for the last 22 years, […]
Spanish TV group, Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta among other channels, has reported a net profit of €77.4 million, up 8.2 per cent, in the first nine months of 2024. Revenues grew by 7 per cent to €713.2 million with TV ad revenues totalling €560.9 million, a 5.2 per cent increase. […]
The annual 4K HDR Summit in Seville, Spain (November 11th-14th) will be asking whether there is likely to be any progress in the adoption of UHD transmissions other than those already happening in Spain and France. Spain and France are leading the implementation of UHD in Europe, deploying terrestrial channels to bring it free to […]
Samsung’s free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, Samsung TV Plus, has announced a suite of new Spanish channels and content to further expand its offering in the region. According to MIPCOM, Spain is second only to the UK in scripted TV commissions in Europe from global streaming platforms, and its TV sector has surged by […]