Vodafone Spain has added DAZN to its programming line-up, with the sports streaming platform offering football, Formula One and Moto GP, as well as documentaries and other TV programmes. All DAZN content will be available on Vodafone TV 4K and 4K Pro sep-top-boxes; through the DAZN app in Smart phones and tablets; via its website; […]
The Spanish Administration is set to approve a Royal Decree with a new DTT Technical plan that will pave the way for a new nationwide DTT channel and for an Ultra HD migration of all TV channels. The favourite candidate for the new DTT channel is the media group Prisa, which is the publisher of […]
Movistar and Vodafone have signed a MoU to renew their fibre optic agreement (initially signed in 2017) whereby the latter will be able to continue using the Movistar network to provide services across Spain. The deal comes two months after both companies had agreed to set up a joint-venture with 3.5 million FTTH homes and […]
Spanish media group Mediapro has reported a profit of €12 million at the end of 2023, versus a loss of €69.4 million one year earlier. The company increased its revenues by 2.2 per cent to €120 million, though still far away though from a pre-pandemic €177 million in 2019. Mediapro, controlled by Chinese Fund Orient […]
Cellnex, the Spanish domestic broadcasting agency, is taking regulatory body CNMC to Spain’s Constitutional Court to content a €13.7 million fine for abuse of its dominant position. The company has already unsuccessfully appealed against the sanction before several courts. In December 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the last appeal that the company filed. The legal […]
MasOrange, the new merged company formed by MásMóvil and Orange, has announced a redundancy plan that will affect 795 workers, equating to 10 per cent of the total workforce. The job cuts will affect all entities within the MasOrange group, including Orange Spain, Xfera Móviles, Lorca Telecom Bidco, Euskaltel, R and Telecable. Both MasOrange and […]
AMC Networks has announced the start of production on the third season of its hit series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in Spain starring beloved characters Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride). Season three will be based in Madrid with extensive location shooting planned in the Galicia, Aragón, Catalonia and Valencia regions, […]
Luckia, the Spain-based gambling and entertainment company, has reached an international agreement with La Liga to become its new official partner in Spain and Mexico for the next three seasons. Luckia joins the list of official La Liga sponsors that includes EA Sports, Puma, Microsoft, Mahou and El Corte Inglés, among others. The agreement also […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Movistar and DAZN to offer all matches from La Liga, Copa del Rey and all European tournaments (UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) for another season. With the move, Orange renews the football deal at a time when MasOrange just starting operations, and is underpinning its […]
La Liga, the Spanish sports association, reports that it has obtained more than a thousand convictions against hotels, bars and restaurants that have engaged in football piracy. This figure, which translates to a favourable ruling every two days, is attributed to a change in strategy that La Liga implemented in January 2019, when it began […]