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Spain: Love Nature on Pluto TV

Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels, has announced its debut as a curated channel on Pluto TV in Spain. As part of the launch, Pluto TV viewers in the region will have free access to Love Nature’s natural history series and documentaries in Castilian Spanish. The deal, brokered by […]

October 8, 2021

Telefónica to partly sell-off FTTH

Spanish telco Telefónica is planning to sell a small part of its FTTH network next year to bring in cash for its future investments. Several possible investors would be interested in its FTTH network, reports Bloomberg, that currently covers 25 million homes and is valued at €15 billion. Telefónica could also seek an investment partner […]

October 6, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone Spain to close all stores

As part of its recently announced redundancy plan, Vodafone Spain will close down all its own 34 stores in the country, affecting some 237 workers. All these employees will be added to a definitive list of 509 to be dismissed (slightly down on the initially announced 515) for “economic, productive and organisational reasons”. The company […]

September 29, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange Spain names new TV chief, 10Gb cities

Orange Spain is strengthening its TV division with a new TV director, Ignacio García-Legaz, the current TV director at Vodafone. He will directly report to the CEO, Jean François Fallacher when he takes up the role in October. With the appointment, Orange aims to give a boost to its TV business as it prepares for […]

September 28, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: SPI’s Dizi on Amazon Prime Video Channels

SPI/FilmBox has announced that Dizi, which offers a curated selection of Turkish series, is now available dubbed in Spanish through Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain. Dizi will be offered as an add-on paid monthly subscription package available for Prime members at €2.99 per month and subscribers can get a free trial for two weeks. […]

September 27, 2021

LaLigaSportsTV Plus launches

Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has launched a premium version of its LaLigaSportsTV OTT operation in an attempt to monetise the service. LaLigaSportsTV Plus will offer exclusive content such as the National League of Indoor football, the Spanish Handball League, AFC Champions League and Russian Premier League for a monthly fee of €2.99 or […]

September 22, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain approves Sateliot for 5G from space

Barcelona-based Sateliot has gained a provisional authorisation from the Spanish Government, through the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Mineco), needed to start its 5G Internet of Things (IoT) services. Sateliot is the satellite operator that will launch a constellation of nanosatellites to universalise the IoT with 5G coverage. The operator is working […]

September 22, 2021By Chris Forrester

Spain: Mediaset launches acontra+ OTT channel

Mediaset Spain has launched a new cinema OTT channel, acontra+, available through its Mitele Plus platform for €3 a month. The channel is the result of an agreement between Mediaset and cinema distribution company Contracorriente Films. acontra+ will initially offer 240 feature films, including national and international titles, with plans to reach 350 films in […]

September 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange Spain to launch 5G trial on 700 Mhz band

Orange Spain has announced the launch of a 5G node in Universidad Politécnica, Valencia over the 700 MHz band to carry out trials and pave the way for commercial services in the future. Orange has invested €523 million in 5G frequencies thus far to provide 5G services to at least 50 per cent of the […]

September 17, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Mediaset H1 best performance in 2 years

Italy’s Mediaset Group reported net revenues of €1.38 billion for the first half of 2021 (up from €1.16 billion in H1 2020), of which €963.7 million were achieved in Italy and €423.6 million in Spain. Advertising revenues in Italy increased 31.7 per cent to €979.9 million, while the Spanish market contributed with €406.1 million (up […]

September 16, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome