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Orange Spain launches Orange TV Libre

Orange Spain has launched its new OTT service, Orange TV Libre, offering over 90 TV channels and live football for free until the end of the year. From January, the streaming service will cost €7.99 a month – €2 less than the €9.99 cost of its main rival Movistar Plus+. The streaming service is initially […]

October 4, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange Spain adds Filmin promotion

Orange Spain has added the OTT service Filmin for free for three months (as of September 30th). After the free offer, the service will be available to subscribers for €7.99 per month – €2 less than the regular price. Subscribers to Orange will be able to access a library of some 15,000 titles offered by […]

October 1, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Global telcos unite for network API venture

Some of the world’s largest telecom operators, including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone, together with Ericsson, have announced a new venture to combine and sell network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) on a global scale to spur innovation in digital services. The newly formed […]

September 12, 2024

Spain: Orange renews football rights

Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Movistar and DAZN to offer all matches from La Liga, Copa del Rey and all European tournaments (UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) for another season. With the move, Orange renews the football deal at a time when MasOrange just starting operations, and is underpinning its […]

July 30, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange Q2 boosted by Africa, Middle East

Orange group has reported that Q2 2024 revenues rose 0.9 per cent compared with the Q2 2023 (+€85 million) thanks to growth in retail services (+2.4 per cent or +€182 million) and a smaller decline in wholesale services (-7.9 per cent or -€128 million), mainly related to higher unbundling and civil engineering rates in France […]

July 24, 2024

Research: CSP consolidation advances

Communications service providers (CSPs) have experienced substantial consolidation in recent years with 514 mobile and wireline M&A deals worldwide over the 2019-23 period, Omdia’s research shows. There have been more wireline M&A deals than mobile, with 392 wireline and 122 mobile M&A deals over the 2019-23 period. The mobile M&A includes prominent deals such as […]

July 24, 2024

Orange Polska elevates video experiences with Viaccess-Orca

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that pay-TV operator Orange Polska is using VO’s Secure Video Player for IPTV and OTT streaming on Sagemcom high-end, new-generation STBs. The VO Secure Video Player converges IPTV and OTT streams, allowing smooth transitions between live, time-shift TV, […]

June 13, 2024

Belgium: BASE rolls out TV and Internet offering

BASE, the Belgian telco which has previously focused on its mobile offering, has added a fixed Internet offer (BASE Internet) and a TV offer (BASE TV) to its existing mobile offering (BASE mobile). ​ With BASE Internet, customers can choose between a limited or an unlimited offer. With limited Internet, BASE customers who surf moderately […]

June 3, 2024

Spain: Max on all platforms

Max, the successor to HBO Max, is available through all the major telcos in Spain: Movistar, Vodafone, Orange as well as cable companies Euskaltel, R and Telecable. All operators are now promoting the service with different optios in their packages. Movistar is offering Max in six different packages from €16 to €36 a month Ficción […]

May 23, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange, Nokia strengthen 5G collaboration

Orange and Nokia are expanding their partnership to advance network programmability and monetisation. Using Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal, developers will be able to test and take advantage of Orange’s 5G network capabilities to create applications for customers in France and other parts of Europe. Orange is already providing commercial production grade […]

May 23, 2024