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Portugal: English Club TV on MEO

English Club TV has announced its expansion onto MEO. This strategic partnership marks a milestone in the channel’s mission to create English speech education accessible to learners worldwide. With the launch on MEO, English Club TV extends its reach to a broader audience, providing engaging and immersive English speech content to learners in Portugal. The […]

November 30, 2023

Meo’s DTT network operator licence renewed

Portuguese telecom regulator Anacom has renewed Meo’s licence to manage the DTT multiplex network for seven years to December 2030. In its application for the renewal of the licence, Meo set down five requirements. These included the renewal of the licence for seven years; the continued use of the DVB-T and MPEG-4 technologies; full use […]

November 6, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Data: 4.5m pay-TV subs in Portugal

Portugal added 117,000 pay-TV subscribers in H1 2023 (+2.26 per cent) compared to the same period last year, taking the total to 4.5 million, according to data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Of this figure, 4 million were residential and 506,000 were business customers. The pay-TV penetration rate among Portuguese households reached 97.3 per […]

September 8, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

SkyShowtime for MEO

Portuguese multiplay operator MEO and SkyShowtime have agreed a wide-ranging distribution deal that will bring the streaming service to millions of additional households in Portugal. The deal represents SkyShowtime’s first Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) relationship in the Portuguese market, with the SkyShowtime app now available on MEO’s platform. SkyShowtime’s exclusive series and first-run Hollywood […]

June 21, 2023

Portugal adds 128,000 pay-TV subs in Q1

Pay-TV services in Portugal added 128,000 subscribers in Q1 2023 (+2.9 per cent year-on-year), taking the total to 4.5 million. The National Communications Authority (Anacom) largely attributed the growth to the increasing popularity of FTTH technology, which added 244,000 new accesses (+9.6 per cent) in the quarter and now accounts for 2.8 million pay-TV subscribers. […]

June 8, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal: Pay-TV subs up 3.1%

Portugal ended 2022 with 4.5 million pay-TV subscribers, an increase of 3.1 per cent on the previous year and good for a 96.4 per cent penetration rate for the service (+2.7 per cent). According to figures released by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), FTTH technology accounted for 2.7 million subscribers or 60.8 per cent of […]

March 10, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Meo receives nod for DTT licence renewal

Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has proposed the renewal of Meo’s licence to operate national DTT multiplex ‘Mux A’. To this end, the regulator launched a public consultation on the draft decision in which it suggests the renewal of the licence for a period of seven year, or until December 10th 2030. Anacom also believes […]

February 17, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Launch success for mPOWER pair

SpaceX successfully launched two mPOWER satellites for SES and its O3b division on December 16th. Despite a heart-stopping interruption to the launch rocket’s video signal which would normally have shown the rocket’s booster on its floating landing barge, but everything was “nominal” in the booster’s landing and the deployment of the two satellites. Confirmation soon […]

December 19, 2022By Chris Forrester

Portugal considering alternatives to Meo

João Cadete de Matos, the  president of Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has acknowledged that Meo (Altice Portugal) has requested the renewal of the DTT network licences. During a meeting with journalists, Cadete de Matos said that the regulator has six months to make an assessment, including financial issues, as ‘DTT has to be cost-orientated.’ […]

December 16, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal: Pay-TV grows to 4.5m subs in Q3

The Portuguese pay-TV market saw a growth of 134,000 subscribers (+3.1 per cent) in Q3 2022, compared to the same period last year, to 4.5 million customers, according to data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The figures reveal a slowdown of the market compared to previous years as Q3 2021 saw 3.2 per cent […]

December 8, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome