Spain’s UHD Association held a briefing at the headquarters of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) in Madrid, on the pioneering test of UHD-HDR broadcasting and next-generation audio (NGA), using 5G technology at different points of the chain, carried out in October 2023. The Association says that the event was “a milestone that opens […]
Spain is readying for the migration to HD for all its DTT TV channels on February 14th. From that date onwards, all DTT transmissions will have to be HD as SD will be switched off. The country is now under an intense media campaign to prepare for the switchover with the Administration launching an online […]
Telefónica, the Spanish telco, has acquired five live football pay-TV matches per week, from 2025 to 2027, for a fee of €1.29 billion. Telefónica will pay €250 million for half of the 2024-2025 season and €520 million per season in 2026 and 2027 to broadcast the matches in Spain, and will have the first pick […]
Regional TV channel TVG, which broadcasts in the north of Spain, has launched OTT service AGalega with over 1,400 titles in Galician. Fiction, films, TV series and children programmes are the main features of the platform. The service also includes AGalega Audio offering content from Radio Galega such as live programmes, podcasts and exclusive content. […]
Spain’s Sateliot already has a pair of demonstration satellites in orbit and designed to test space-based connectivity for specialist communications, monitoring, tracking and Internet of Things devices. It is looking to raise €30 million in a Series B round in order to add 64 satellites. On January 10th Sateliot said it holds firm orders worth […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced today the first entertainment formats that will be part of the local content offering that will land on Max in Spain. WBD’s enhanced streaming platform will be available in Spain from spring 2024, and will include a variety of local content including global entertainment hits such as the long-running […]
Movistar and Vodafone are raising their subscription fees in Spain to mitigate declining revenues. On average, the pair are increasing their fees by 3.1 per cent and 4.38 per cent, respectively. Movistar will apply the price hike from mid-January with subscribers to Fusión paying up to €4 more a month – €3 more a month […]
Sixteen per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) increased 0.2 Mbps and 83 per cent stayed the same during December 2023 on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Three countries and regions were in the top performance tier for December: Hong Kong, […]
Spanish telco Telefónica has reached an agreement with trade unions over a redundancy plan that will affect 3,411 workers. This is a 33 per cent lower than the initial plan of 5,124 dismissals from its total workforce of 16,000. The redundancy plan will commence on January 9th with most of the exits taking place on […]
Movistar and DAZN have renewed their partnership for another three years with the sports streaming service offering all its content on Telefónica’s platform in SpainMovistar’s subscribers will be able to watch content including Formula 1, Moto GP, WTA circuit, Premier League football, Coppa Italia football, Liga F football and UEFA Women’s Champions League through MiMovistar.La […]