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Vodafone Spain Drops SkyShowtime Channels

From September 1st, Vodafone Spain’s pay-TV subscribers will lose access to seven channels distributed in Spain by SkyShowtime. The lineup includes Calle 13, SYFY and Comedy Central – three of the country’s most popular thematic pay-TV networks – as well as MTV, Nick, Nick Jr, and DreamWorks. The move follows a breakdown in negotiations between […]

August 21, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Significant fall in TV ad revenues 

Spain’s Advertising investment in television dropped by 5.9 per cent, to €886.1 million, in the first six months of the year, according to Infoadex. Linear TV saw the sharpest decline, down 8.3 per cent in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, falling from €839.8 million to €770.3 million. The […]

August 20, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: CTV usage on the rise in Spain 

Connected TV consumption continues to surge in Spain, significantly reshaping viewing habits, according to Barlovento Comunicación’s July 2025 report. SVoD platforms remain the market leader in penetration, while AVoD/FAST models are also showing solid growth. The report highlights 34.9 million exclusive monthly Connected TV viewers, including 15.3 million daily unique viewers and 3.8 million who […]

August 14, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: DAZN offers discounted subscriptions for under 30s

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has unveiled its Tarifa Joven-30 (‘Youth Rate -30’) , a new discounted subscription option available in Spain for sports fans aged under 30. Available immediately, all sports enthusiasts between the ages of 18 and 30 can receieve a 30 per cent discount on any of the platform’s monthly and annual […]

August 13, 2025

CNMC removes restrictions on Telefónica’s FTTH network

Spain’s CNMC has approved the full deregulation of the country’s fixed residential broadband market, most of which relies on modern fibre-optic networks. Under the new framework, Telefónica will no longer be obliged to grant competitors regulated access to its network in certain municipalities. Instead, the company will be free to negotiate wholesale agreements on market […]

August 13, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Telefónica, Vodafone to spin off FTTH stake?

Telefónica and Vodafone are in advanced negotiations with AXA Investment Management over the sale of a roughly 30 per cent minority stake in their FTTH joint venture. The deal would bring AXA in as a financial partner in Fiberpass, the entity the two operators launched in early 2025. Such a deal is expected to be […]

August 12, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Nearly 38m unique users access VoD platforms

The July 2025 edition of the Multidevice OTT Barometer, compiled by Barlovento Comunicación, confirms the consolidation of Spain’s VoD ecosystem. With a population reach of 96.7 per cent among adults over 18, monthly OTT consumption now totals 37.7 million unique users, while daily access stands at 33.5 million. On average, each user accesses 6.1 different […]

August 6, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Movistar Plus grows TV subs by 6.4%

Movistar Plus ended H1 2025 with 3.67 million television subscribers, marking a 6.4 per cent year-on-year increase and 224,000 new customers. The platform’s all-time record was set in June 2019, according to The Objective, with 4.11 million subscribers, closing that year with 4.07 million. Numbers then declined to 3.93 million in 2020 (–3.4 per cent), […]

August 5, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone Spain, MasOrange, GIC sign FibreCo deal

Zegona Communications has announced that Vodafone Spain and MasOrange have entered into a binding contract with GIC Private Markets to create FibreCo – a new fibre network company in Spain. This contract with GIC, a global investor, activates the binding agreement Vodafone Spain signed with MasOrange in January 2025.  FibreCo will bring together network assets […]

August 4, 2025

Telefónica posts €1.36bn loss on LatAm divestments

Telefónica, the Spanish multinational telco, has reported a net loss of €1.35 billion in the first half of the year, after adding an additional €51 million in the second quarter to the €1.3 billion loss recorded in Q1, largely driven by divestments in Latin America. Despite this, revenues reached €18.01 billion in the first six […]

July 30, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid