Regional public TV group CCMA, operator of TV3 in Catalonian, has announced the launch of a FTA OTT service in Catalonian with “universal access”. “We want to be wherever our citizens have access to content and guarantee their right to choose the content in Catalonian as other platforms do not do it”, explained Rosa Romá, […]
Spain is preparing to hold its latest 5G public auction in the 26GHz band for a starting price of €56 million – a 50 per cent reduction on the initial price of €127 million. The public auction has attracted little interest amongst operators as their investment capacity has been hit by the low-cost wars and […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has awarded Retevision (Cellnex) the distribution of its audiovisual signals (including DTT) for the next five years, starting in 2023, for a total of €350 million. Retevision had already been distributing RTVE’s signals for the previous 7-years, but the current contract is about to come to an end. Around €320 million […]
FlixOlé, thr Spanish streaming service, recently announced an expansion to their direct to consumer offering in partnership with Telefonica’s pay TV Movistar Plus+. Magine Pro in collaboration with FlixOlé and Telefonica, developed a custom set-top-box application for use on Movistar’s 4 Million Households. Magine Pro has been the technology partner to Spanish movie streamer FlixOlé […]
AMC Networks International Southern Europe is launching a new pay-TV channel, Enfamilia, which aims to provide entertainment for the whole family. The channel, which gies live on December 15th, will broadcast movies and TV series, and a wide selection of documentaries and children-dedicated content. The channel will be available on the following platforms: Movistar Plus+ […]
Nearly half (48 per cent) of Spaniards are subscribed to pay-TV, according to CNMC’s data for the second quarter of the year, up 6 per cent versus the same period last year. Some 40.5 per cent of all subscribers have a five-service convergence package (fixed and mobile telephony, Internet, and pay -V); 31.7 per cent […]
Spain’s largest pay TV platform, Movistar Plus, has integrated the cinema VoD service FlixOlé into its service through its 4K STB. Subscribers will have access to over 4,000 cinema titles, including recently released Spanish productions as well as a library of classic titles. In addition the service has a wide catalogue of European films, westerns […]
Despite a somewhat slow start in terms of viewership numbers compared with the previous World Cup, the first week of Qatar 2022 has seen a massive surge in usage amongst providers with streaming rights. Global streaming analytics specialist NPAW looked at engagement data for a selection of its clients and identified a 290 per cent increase […]
The World Cup group fixture between Spain and Germany on November 29th pulled in a peak TV audience of 9.9 million on BBC One, making it the most-watched World Cup game without a competing home-nation so far in the UK. The match was also streamed over 3.5 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport […]
Mediapro’s recently launched OTT service, Gol Mundial, reached over 300,000 subscribers after just three days of World Cup competition, according to the company.The service, priced at €19.90, has managed to pull in revenues of €6 million, plus €38 million paid by RTVE and other fees from Movistar and La Liga.The service is pulling in an […]