Spanish telco Telefónica is considering bidding for the new nationwide free-to-air DTT channel to be awarded by public tender in the last quarter of 2025. According to El Economista, Telefónica is negotiating with a group of media group Prisa shareholders who would be interested in the new TV channel, unlike Prisa – which has ruled […]

Atresmedia, one of the largest TV groups in Spain and operator of six TV channels, among them Antena 3 and La Sexta, has reported it achieved a record revenue of €1.01 billion in 2024, up 4.8 per cent on the previous year. EBITDA amounted to €177.6 million, an increase of €4.5 million on 2023. The […]

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 […]

Marc Murtra has been named Executive Chairman of Spanish telco Telefónica, replacing José Álvarez-Pallete who held the role for nine years. Alvarez-Pallete was asked to resign as at a board meeting on January 18th and complied. The Spanish government had a key role in the decision, which came after an investor shake up that began […]

Spanish regulatory body, the CNMC is scrutinising Telefónica over a possible breach of competition rules with an investigation into the premium channels offered by Movistar Plus. This is the second recent legal case started by the CNMC following last week when the regulatory body commenced legal proceedings against Telefónica over a possible breach of the […]

Telco MasOrange and trade unions have reached an agreement over a workforce reduction, affecting 650 employees instead of the initial plan of 795. Both parties have been negotiating in recent weeks following protests from workers. MasOrange has undertaken not to reduce its workforce any further until at least June 2026. Following this move, the three […]

Mega Max Media has announced a new partnership for its toddler channel, ducktv, in Germany through a FAST carriage agreement. The channel is now part of the newly launched o2 TV platform from o2 Telefónica, which went live on September 25th. This agreement was facilitated by The Channel Store, a provider of FAST/AVoD B2B services […]

AVoD and FAST Channel provider wedotv is part of the newly launched German TV platform from o2 Telefónica. wedotv will contribute its three FAST Channels wedotv movies, wedotv big stories and wedotv sports to the platform’s channel lineup, adding a variety of movies, documentaries and sports coverage to the streaming service. The launch was facilitated […]

M7, the German provider of TV entertainment for cable and IP networks, is the content partner for a channel portfolio with which O2 Telefónica will launch its new TV platform, O2 TV, on September 25th. The licence package supplied by M7 covers over 130 pay-TV channels from Kinowelt, SPI and Hearst Networks: Kinowelt Television HD, […]

MasOrange and Telefónica have signed a deal to share fibre optic networks in Spain, whereby the former will have access to 3.5 million homes with no need to deploy more networks as it will reach a total of 17 million households across the country. In exchange , MasOrange will pay Telefónica 50 per cent of […]