Vodafone Spain has reduced the number of affected workers within its redundancy plan to 467 from the initial 515 in an attempt to reach an agreement with trade unions. The company is also open to outsourcing its 34 stores – set to be closed down – affecting some 237 employees. The telco announced this second […]
New nationwide TV channel, 7NN, has begun transmissions in Spain, coinciding with Hispanic Day. Distributed via DTT, streaming and Vodafone TV, the channel, led by Marcial Cuquerella, former director of Intereconomía, will air 24/7 news claiming to be the alternative (‘La Alternativa’) to existing TV channels. 7NN plans to reach 70 per cent of the […]
MásMóvil has announced that it will invest €350 million in Euskaltel’s optic fibre and 5G over the next three years to substantially extend its coverage in the Basque Country. MásMóvil plans to reach 1 million households via FTTH through Euskaltel by year end, up from the current 850,000. As for 5G, Euskaltel is already covering […]
Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels, has announced its debut as a curated channel on Pluto TV in Spain. As part of the launch, Pluto TV viewers in the region will have free access to Love Nature’s natural history series and documentaries in Castilian Spanish. The deal, brokered by […]
Spanish telco Telefónica is planning to sell a small part of its FTTH network next year to bring in cash for its future investments. Several possible investors would be interested in its FTTH network, reports Bloomberg, that currently covers 25 million homes and is valued at €15 billion. Telefónica could also seek an investment partner […]
As part of its recently announced redundancy plan, Vodafone Spain will close down all its own 34 stores in the country, affecting some 237 workers. All these employees will be added to a definitive list of 509 to be dismissed (slightly down on the initially announced 515) for “economic, productive and organisational reasons”. The company […]
Orange Spain is strengthening its TV division with a new TV director, Ignacio García-Legaz, the current TV director at Vodafone. He will directly report to the CEO, Jean François Fallacher when he takes up the role in October. With the appointment, Orange aims to give a boost to its TV business as it prepares for […]
SPI/FilmBox has announced that Dizi, which offers a curated selection of Turkish series, is now available dubbed in Spanish through Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain. Dizi will be offered as an add-on paid monthly subscription package available for Prime members at €2.99 per month and subscribers can get a free trial for two weeks. […]
Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has launched a premium version of its LaLigaSportsTV OTT operation in an attempt to monetise the service. LaLigaSportsTV Plus will offer exclusive content such as the National League of Indoor football, the Spanish Handball League, AFC Champions League and Russian Premier League for a monthly fee of €2.99 or […]
Barcelona-based Sateliot has gained a provisional authorisation from the Spanish Government, through the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Mineco), needed to start its 5G Internet of Things (IoT) services. Sateliot is the satellite operator that will launch a constellation of nanosatellites to universalise the IoT with 5G coverage. The operator is working […]