Orange Spain saw its revenues fall by 4.3 per cent to €2.26 billion in the first half of the year, albeit less than the 5.1 per cent reduction the same period in 2021. By quarters, the second, was better than the first with a revenues fall of 4 per cent versus 4.6 per cent until […]
Following the period of exclusive negotiations that began on March 8th, telcos Orange and MásMóvil have signed a binding agreement to combine their businesses in Spain. The transaction is based on an enterprise value of €18.6 billion, €7.8 billion for Orange Spain and €10.9 billion for MásMóvil. The transaction is subject to approval from antitrust […]
Telefónica has sold 13 per cent of its rural FTTH network to its subsidiary (with a share of 55 per cent) BlueVia Fibra – that operates along with Vauban Infrastructure Partners/Credit Agricole Assurances, with a share of 45 per cent. BlueVia, with a value of €2.5 billion, has plans to cover 3.5 million homes with […]
MásMóvil has sold 51 per cent of the Basque Country-based operator’s network to a group of Basque companies under the umbrella of Bidasoa Aggregator (Asua Inversiones, Beraunberri, Inveready and Onchena) for €580 million. The new investors have undertaken to deploy a fibre optic network covering 1.2 million homes in The Basque Country, Asturias and Galicia. […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Movistar and DAZN to offer all La Liga matches, and the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europe Conference League tournaments. Orange subscribers will be able to watch 10 football matches from La Liga every week (38 weeks) and all matches from the European competitions. The deal means Movistar […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN will offer five matches and all highlights from La Liga every week for €18.99 a month through its own platform in Spain – independent of its integration into Movistar and Orange. Following the acquisition of the broadcast rights to La Liga, along with Movistar, DAZN has revamped its offer with three […]
Televisión Española (TVE), the Spanish public service broadcaster, has agreed a deal to showcase Premier Padel’s leading tour in Spain non-exclusively for the 2022 season. TVE will begin its Premier Padel coverage with July’s Greenweez Paris Premier Padel Major taking place at the iconic Stade Roland-Garros. The tournament gets underway on July 11th, concluding on […]
Orange has reached an agreement with DAZN, the sports streaming platform, to distribute its service in Spain within the Orange TV content offer. Orange customers will now be able to add the DAZN La Liga package, as well as the rest of the sports offer available on the OTT platform, as part of Orange TV […]
Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a case probing a possible breach of the Telefónica and Canal+ merger conditions. Telefónica could have broken one of the obligations imposed on the company to approve the merger operation in 2015; providing information to CNMC about its premium TV offers to guarantee that third parties can match it. […]
Spanish broadcasters have warned against a new possible DTT migration from the current 470-694 MHz frequency bands on the grounds that DTT transmissions may be at risk. Intense debate about a possible change is taking place and the issue will be addressed in the next CMR-23 (Radiocommunications Worldwude Conference 2023). The Association TV Abierta – […]