A criminal family group in Malaga, in the south of Spain, dedicated to TV piracy, has been dismantled with the arrest of nine people who have defrauded an estimated €5 million+ in illegally distributing pay-TV signals. The group operated a chain of companies that was receiving and managing illegal payments from users to gain heavily-discounted […]
PEAK Sport Media, the agency, advisor and investor for the world of sports content, has made three key international hires across its sales and insights teams. Ed Fleet, formerly VP Football at sports technology and betting company Stats Perform, joins as Head of Sales, based at PEAK’s London office. Fleet brings with him seven-and-a-half years’ […]
To maximise cloud production capabilities for its popular live radio programs, Spain’s public service radio broadcaster Radio Nacional de España (RNE) has turned to LiveU’s efficient and agile IP-video solutions combined with its local partner’s, Datos Media Technologies’, integration expertise. Thanks to LiveU’s LU-Smart mobile app integrated with its LiveU Studio cloud production service, RNE […]
Google could be made to compensate La Liga, Telefónica and Mediapro as a result of La Liga football matches broadcast via illegal app, New Play, which sells advertising. Representatives of Google Ireland and Google Commerce Limited have been summoned to testify in court as Google is alleged to make a share of the ad revenue […]
BBC Studios has renewed and expanded its partnership with Movistar Plus+ in Spain. The new agreement will see BBC Studios increase its content offering in the market with the debut of multi-genre VoD service, BBC Player, the launch of additional FAST channels, and a recommitment to natural history and BBC Earth content acquisitions. BBC Studios […]
In January, 5 per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw a speed increase between 0.2 and 0.4 Mbps, 87 per cent remained consistent with last month’s results, and 8 per cent experienced a decrease of 0.2 Mbps on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time […]
The joint-venture between Telefónica and Vodafone to provide combined fibre optic services in Spain will operate under the new brand Fiberpass. The former operations director at Telefonica, Pablo Ledesma, will be the CEO of the company that will cover some 3.5 million homes. Telefónica is the largest shareholder in Fiberpass with a 63 per cent […]
Prime Video leads the Spanish SVoD market with a share 72 per cent (up 4.7 per cent) with Netflix on its heels with 67.4 per cent – seeing 7.2 per cent growth in the last quarter – according to GECA citing Kantar data. Disney+ is third in the market with a share of 34 per […]
Orange TV in Spain has added six new TV channels to its programming line-up: Squirrel (cinema and TV series), BOM Cine (Cinema), Pocoyo TV (kids channel), Horse TV, Top Barça (dedicated to the Barcelona football team) and Flamenco Auditorio (Flamenco Music). In addition, Orange TV has launched new tariffs enabling subscribers to choose the platform […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the Euro 2028 football tournament – which will co-hosted by England, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales – for around €50 million. In addition, RTVE has secured TV rights to the Spanish national team between 2026 and 2028 for around €60 million. The deal […]