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CNMC fines Atresmedia for covert ads

CNMC, the Spanish regulatory body, has issued a €500,000 fine on Atresmedia for putting commercials on FTA channel La Sexta and OTT platform Atresplayer without identifying the advertising content. According to the TV law in the country, advertising content must be clearly identified with the word ‘advertising’ and differentiated from the rest of the programming. […]

July 2, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Movistar Plus+ expands Spanish Football Super Cup rights

Movistar Plus+ will continue to be the home of the Spanish Football Super Cup in Spain after extending its exclusive agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the next three years (2025-28). This renewal reinforces the collaboration between the RFEF and Movistar Plus+ in this competition that, since 2020, has been held under […]

June 27, 2025

La Liga CEO: “We’ve reduced piracy by 60% in Spain”

LALIGA Extratime, La Liga’s own annual sports industry event, took place at The Meliá Kuala Lumpur hotel last week. La Liga CEO, Javier Tebas, opened the event with a speech that emphasised the importance of the fight against audiovisual fraud. Piracy causes global losses in terms of new revenues of more than 28 billion dollars […]

June 24, 2025

Report: Netflix the preferred streamer for Spaniards

Netflix is the most popular streaming platform in Spain, ranking significantly higher than its rivals. The latest CNMC Panel de Hogares (‘Household Panel’) report reveals that, when asked: “Which SVoD platform do you use the most?” most respondents answered Netflix (44.1 per cent), followed by Prime Video in second (21.4 per cent) and Movistar Plus+ […]

June 16, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Netflix commits €1bn to Spanish content

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, has announced an investment of more than €1 billion in Spanish content production between 2025 and 2028. The streaming company, which is celebrating a decade since its arrival in Spain, reinforced its commitment to the local audiovisual industry at an event attended by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro […]

June 11, 2025By Nik Roseveare

LaMusica TV on The Roku Channel

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), the Hispanic-controlled US media and entertainment company, has announced that LaMusica, its top-ranked audiovisual entertainment app, will begin livestreaming as LaMusica TV on The Roku Channel. This summer, Roku’s Hispanic customers in the US and Mexico will gain access to LaMusica TV via The Roku Channel, the #2 app on the […]

June 9, 2025

Spain renews six DTT licences

The Spanish Government has agreed to renew the DTT licences of Atresmedia, Mediaset, Veo and Net TV for 15 years in a decision published by the Official State Gazette, BOE. In total, there are six DTT licences that allow the existence of 15 DTT channels in the country, out of which six are operated by […]

June 2, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Samsung TV Plus reaches 2.2m users

Samsung TV Plus has become one of the leading FAST platforms in Spain, offering 140 TV channels through a free app pre-installed on all Samsung connected TVs. In an interview with Hablemos de Tele, Ana Izquierdo, Head of Business Development for Samsung TV Spain, said that the service currently has 2.2 million active users in […]

May 30, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Mitele rebranding as Mediaset Infinity

Mediaset Spain has revealed it will complete the technological and brand transformation of Mitele with the launch of Mediaset Infinity in the coming weeks.  The new platform will offer open access to a wide range of Mediaset España content: live and on-demand broadcasts of its programming and series; exclusive content derived from its television formats; […]

May 30, 2025

Spain: 47% of OTT users watch pirate content

The latest report from consultancy firm GECA has revealed that 47.4 per cent of OTT viewers in Spain watch pirate TV content. The most pirated content is movies (32.8 per cent), followed by TV series (30.6 per cent) and sports (18.4 per cent). People aged 18-24 are the age group who watch the most pirated […]

May 28, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid