Vodafone Spain reported a 0.3 per cent rise in revenues to €4.18 million in its last fiscal year (to March 31st), with an EBITDA of €957 million, down 1.1 per cent. Tough competition in the market drove its revenues per service to fall by 2 per cent to €3.714 million with the company losing customers; […]
Spain’s largest pay-TV platform Movistar lost 69,200 TV customers in the first quarter of the year, down to 3,647,200 subscribers. In a year, the company has lost 248,100 pay-TV customers, from 3,895,300 as of March 2021 to 3,647,200 in March 2022, substantially below its peak of 4,054,300 subscribers in March 2020. Convergent customers also decreased […]
acontra+, the new Spanish streaming concept combining movie streaming and cinema tickets in a subscription, is launched on the Magine Pro platform. The service is run by the independent Spanish distributor A Contracorriente Films with a wide catalogue of national and international feature films of all genres, classics and contemporary films and is made available […]
Agama Technologies, a provider of real-time observability and analytics solutions for video service quality and customer experience, has announced that Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), based in Spain and part of Telefónica group, is using Agama’s head-end assurance and analytics solution to ensure the delivery of a first-class viewing experience to its customers. With the Agama […]
TVUP Media Telecom, a Spain-based technology company providing a pioneering television service through its OTT platform Tivify, has selected Ad Insertion Platform (AIP) to monetise its advertising inventory through AIP’s programmatic premium video ad network. Thanks to AIP’s capacity to generate demand via its buying partners and its leading SSAI platform, DAIConnect, AIP will help […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform, Movistar, has revamped its offer and launched miMovistar, a new brand name that has replaced Movistar Fusión, offering more personalised options, TV channels and services. Subscribers will be able to personalise their offer. Initially, they can subscribe to a basic package consisting of fibre and mobile telephony. Other services can be added […]
Unified Streaming, a specialist in smart video streaming technologies, is partnering with Mediaset España, a player in the linear broadcast and VoD markets in Spain, to optimise Mediaset España’s live streaming and linear programming. Mediaset España is also implementing Unified tech to enable content protection for premium content in its on-demand workflow, and to package […]
The Regional Government of Andalucia, in the south of Spain, has awarded 101 local DTT licences throughout Andalucia for a 15 years period. Overall 112 licences were at stake in 45 slots, but 11 were ultimately voided. There were 487 applications from 54 bidders. Among the successful bidders are Publicaciones del Sur with 20 licences; […]
Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat, now 89 per cent owned by Red Eléctrica Group, has unveiled an impressive set of results. Its full year revenues grew 14.9 per cent and its EBITDA margin was an industry leading 75.2 percent (from 74.3 per cent). This past year has seen Hispasat, almost free from its former state control […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Rakuten to integrate its streaming service onto its platform. Almost 700,000 Orange’s subscribers will now have access to Videoclub Rakuten TV, offering a library of 6,000 titles. For Jorge del Puerto, head of European Partnerships at Rakuten TV, the deal “is a milestone in our strategy as we […]