Eight countries saw a 0.2 Mbps increase in September on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. After four months of normalised ISP speeds falling (which Netflix attributes to benefits from encoding efficiencies), September showed a slight increase in the average bitrate, with […]

Rakuten TV has opened its new headquarters in Barcelona, which it calls “an important project for the company that has been created with its team in mind and with an environmental commitment”. The new Rakuten TV headquarters are located in the 22 district, an area where many technology companies are based. The project, designed alongside […]

British telco investment company Zegona is negotiating with Vodafone of the acquisition of Vodafone Spain in an operation valued at over €5 billion. A possible deal would be subject to agreement on final terms and funding as well as a due diligence. According to Expansion, Zegona was seeking financing for a bid for all or […]

Másmóvil has announced that its FTTH network has already passed over 29 million homes across Spain. With over €3.5 billion invested over the last seven years in FTTH, the company claims to lead the FTTH coverage in the country thanks to its own network and agreements with other operators. Over the last two years, Másmóvil […]

Spanish TV group Mediapro is relaunching OTT service Gol Mundial to stream all matches from the FIBA Basketball World Cup which takes place in the Philipines, Japan and Indonesia starting today (August 25th) until September 10th. Gol Mundial will offer 92 basketball matches – 76 of which are on an exclusive basis, whilst the other […]

DAZN and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have renewed their contract until 2026 whereby the streaming platform will be offering Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD in five of its European markets: Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The deal includes the transmission of top sports events in tennis, cycling and moto racing, among others such […]

At least 78 websites, mainly IPTV and streaming-related services including Torrent sites, will be blocked in Spain following the country’s courts giving the green light to the list of illicit services provided by Telefónica and LaLiga. After receiving notice, Internet service providers are obliged to block those services within three hours – and for a […]

England’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Final defeat to Spain on August 20th was watched by an audience of 12 million on BBC One, alongside an additional 3.9 million streams on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online. Millions of UK viewers have followed England’s progression to the final of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in […]

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is to show the final of the Women’s World Cup in 4K on its digital terrestrial TV service. The DTT transmission, on August 20th, will be available to Spanish football fans on TVE UHD and TVE UHD 2 channels, now on trial, with regular transmissions set to begin in February 2024. […]