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Channel 4 orders second season of The Curse

Channel 4 has recommissioned crime-comedy caper The Curse for a second season. Written by the combined multi-BAFTA award-winning partnership of Tom Davis and director James De Frond (Murder in Successville, King Gary), along with Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin (People Just Do Nothing) and Emer Kenny (Pramface). The series is produced by Shiny Button, […]

August 24, 2022

Spain: GOL now GOL PLAY

GOL has rebranded as GOL PLAY. The free-to-air sports channel in Spain is also strengthening its programming schedule by adding new fiction and entertainment content such as series, films and documentaries. The new content will be aired in the slots where there is no live content. GOL PLAY will continue to offer free-to-air sports coverage […]

August 19, 2022

Spain: €116m funds to boost 5G+ and 6G

Spain has approved a public fund of €116 million to boost 5G advanced and 6G under the framework of Unico I + D. This year, the Administration will award €86 million to those projects that rely on 5G+ and 6G to implement services. The remaining €30 million will be granted in 2023. This is the […]

August 18, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Mediapro launches BarTV

Spanish TV group Mediapro has launched OTT platform BarTV that will enable bars and restaurants to offer their customers La Liga matches, the European football competitions and other sports like Formula One and Moto GP. With the support of Mahou-San Miguel, the new sponsor for La Liga, BarTV allows hospitality businesses to reduce their pay-TV […]

August 17, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Outage as DAZN debuts on Movistar

Technical failures at DAZN prevented many Movistar Plus subscribers in Spain from having access to the La Liga match on August 13th between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano, one of the five matches broadcast by the streaming platform over the weekend. Subscribers could not connect to DAZN via Movistar Plus throughout the first half as a […]

August 15, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

One America News launches in Spain

One America News Network (OAN), a 24/7 source of national and international news, is now available in Spain through a partnership with Tivify, a streaming platform that offers both free and premium channel options along with a suite of advanced features to its users across the country. On the heels of a recent launch with […]

August 12, 2022

Samba TV enters Spanish market with Smartclip

Samba TV, a global player in television technology and omniscreen advertising and analytics, has announced a strategic partnership with adtech platform Smartclip to enter the Spanish market for the first time. Samba TV says its expansion into Spain delivers another key pillar in its global growth strategy, following the expansion of its advanced TV footprint […]

August 11, 2022

Spain: HD migration delayed until 2024

Spanish TV operators will be able to continue broadcasting in standard definition until 2024 following a proposed Royal Decree that delays the HD obligation until February 14th of that year. Initially, the DTT Technical Plan had set the date of January 1st 2023 as the deadline for migration to HD. The Spanish government cited “the […]

August 10, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Netflix Spain profit up 468%

Netflix Spain managed to increase its revenues by 17 times to €579.3 million last fiscal year, including all subscriptions in the country, according to Europa Press.Its profit rocketed to €8.69 million, up 468 per cent, whilst paying just €675,447 in taxes, up 13.89 per cent. Netflix Spain still owes €10.8 million in VAT taxes. The […]

August 10, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone Spain back with tier 2 football

Three years after it had given up on offering La Liga football, Vodafone Spain will this season broadcast all matches from La Liga Smartbank – the La Liga’s second division. It will distribute the content with its sports package (Pack Deportes) at €5 a month including all second division matches. Subscribers will be able to […]

August 8, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid