Channel 4 will broadcast live television coverage of England U21’s UEFA 2023 European Championship Final against Spain U21 on July 8th. The Young Lions will look to make history when they appear in their first final for 14 years and take on the Spanish U-21s, La Rojita, who have won three of their last seven […]
Telefonica’s Movistar has launched ‘real’, standalone 5G in 700 municipalities with plans to cover most Spanish cities with over 250,000 inhabitants by the end of the year. With Ericsson and Nokia acting as the main providers, Movistar 5G SA network will allow up to 1,600 Mbps speeds in the 3,500 MHz band. Currently, Movistar covers […]
Blu Digital Group, a specialist in media and entertainment digital media services and software, has announced the opening of a facility in Barcelona, Spain. Nestled within Rambla de Catalunya, the facility will extend the reach of Blu’s range of content distribution, localisation, post-production, and media management services. In addition, Ramon Martos Calvo has been recruited […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced the greenlight and start of production of 8 x 50” Max Original When Nobody Sees Us based on the novel of the same name by Sergio Sarria and published by Espasa. Daniel Corpas leads the writing team, with the collaboration of Arturo Ruiz and Isa Sanchez. Enrique Urbizu will […]
Close to half (49.4 per cent) of Spaniards are currently subscribed to a pay-TV service, according to CNMC’s latest Panel de Hogares survey. The majority of subscribers access pay-TV within a convergent package (formed by four or five services) and through a fibre optic connection. In 2022, Spaniards paid less for their convergent packages. On […]
Atresmedia-owned OTT platform Atresplayer has become Spain’s leading streaming service with 539,700 subscribers and over five million users a month. The service is also launching 10 new FAST channels and strengthening its pay-TV offer along with a new design and functionalities. The new FAST channels will include Clásicos, offering popular TV series; Multicine, offering a […]
Barça TV, the official channel of the Barcelona football team, will cease its transmissions on June 30th following its contract with Telefónica not being renewed. The channel is said to be hitting losses of €14 million every year, and will thus close down dismissing all of its 150 workers. The channel has been operating since […]
BBC Studios has announced its first international format license of STV Studios popular gameshow format, Bridge of Lies, to Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española’s free to-air television channel, La 1. The high-stakes game show created by STV Studios will be produced in Spain by Boxfish. Television presenter Paula Vázquez will front the local version. Bridge […]
A proposed OTT ‘Netflix style’ service in Catalonian, backed by public broadcaster TV3, is attracting the interest of four TV groups, according to Vozpopuli: Spanish TV company Mediapro; Lavinia, along with Netxtre and Adsmurai; Euskaltel and Tyris; and Agile Content along with Optiva Media and Hiberus are the interested parties. The four groups are vying […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has hired Spanish entrepreneur David Hatchwell to strengthen the position of the company in the highly competitive Spanish market. Hatchwell will work closely with DAZN management to identify expansion and new business opportunities in Spain. He will work as a strategic advisor to the CEO of DAZN, Shay Segev, working alongside […]