Around 800 workers from Mediapro – the Spanish production group responsible for broadcasting La Liga and La Liga 2 – have been called to strike during the final match days of the season, putting TV transmissions at risk. Trade Unions have warned of the fact that the Swiss company HBS, the new producer of La […]
Spain’s private TV group Atresmedia has reported a net profit of €28.6 million in the first quarter of the year, down 14.5 per cent. With TV ad revenues falling by 2.7 per cent in the quarter, the group’s revenues were largely flat at €243,2 million (versus €245.1 million the same period last year) with EBITDA […]
Mediaset España and Prime Video have reached an agreement to add Mediaset’s OTT platform, Mitele Plus, to the Prime Video service in Spain as an additional suscription. Mitele Plus is now available within Prime Video at €7.99 a month with a promotional seven days free trial. Prime customers who subscribe to Mitele Plus will have […]
Streaming platforms are continuing to gain momentum in Spain, with 36.9 million Spaniards adults (aged 18 and above), having access to them in March 2025, according to the latest report from Barlovento Comunicacion. Platforms such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ are now reaching 94.8 per cent of the Country’s population according to the report. […]
MasOrange subsidiaries MasMovil and Yoigo have launched a new TV service with over 90 TV channels and over 50,000 on-demand TV episodes for €6 a month. The new offering includes a free-of-charge 4k STB, up to five devices to watch the TV content simultaneously and other features such as start-over function, parental controls, watching on-the-go […]
Movistar’s low cost O2 service in Spain is adding Movistar Plus+ and Netflix in an integrated offer that also includes broadband at 600 Mbps for €45 a month in an attempt to boost subscriptions and compete with the likes of Digi and other low cost platforms. The news comes as Pepehone, a brand owned by […]
A Barcelona court has fully dismissed the requests for annulment of proceedings filed by Cloudflare and RootedCON, among others, against the final judgment issued on December 18th 2024, which ordered the blocking of IP addresses used for the unlawful distribution of content belonging to La Liga. “This decision, against which no appeal may be lodged, […]
Spanish satellite builder Sateliot is in the final stages of a Series B financing round tonraise €70 million, and helped by the Spanish government-backed Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) which is putting €13.8 million into the business. The funds will be invested in a constellation of over 100 satellites – critical infrastructure designed to […]
Unitecnic, part of Grup Mediapro, and Nevion, a subsidiary of the Sony group, strengthen their collaboration with the inauguration of the first permanent laboratory for Networked Live in Spain. The event, which took place on March 19th, was held at Unitecnic’s headquarters in Madrid, where the lab is situated and will remain available on request. […]
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 […]