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Movistar TV subs in freefall

Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar + has lost 212,000 customers in a year, 58,000 since April 2022, to a total of 3,589,000. If compared with June 2020, the decline amounts to 465,000 subscribers. Despite the launch of MiMovistar in May, with a revamped offer to personalise the selection of services, the company has lost 27,000 convergent […]

July 29, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Telefónica partly sells rural FTTH network

Telefónica has sold 13 per cent of its rural FTTH network to its subsidiary (with a share of 55 per cent) BlueVia Fibra – that operates along with Vauban Infrastructure Partners/Credit Agricole Assurances, with a share of 45 per cent. BlueVia, with a value of €2.5 billion, has plans to cover 3.5 million homes with […]

July 25, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Telefónica, Canal+ merger probe

Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a case probing a possible breach of the Telefónica and Canal+ merger conditions. Telefónica could have broken one of the obligations imposed on the company to approve the merger operation in 2015; providing information to CNMC about its premium TV offers to guarantee that third parties can match it. […]

June 17, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain’s biggest telcos lose 340k pay-TV subs

Spain’s largest telcos, Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange, have lost 341,000 pay TV customers in a year, according to Q4 2021 data. Telefónica saw the biggest losses, shedding 218,000 pay-TV customers. In the first quarter of 2022, it has deepened its losses losing another 70,000 customers to stand at 3.64 million subscribers. Its pay-TV platform Movistar […]

May 23, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

OneWeb, Telefónica collaborate

OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company, and Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), a subsidiary of global telecommunications company Telefónica, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve connectivity services across Europe and Latin America. OneWeb’s LEO satellite service will complement Telefónica’s existing offering in Europe and Latin America, enabling Telefónica to reach remote […]

May 13, 2022

Movistar Q1: Pay-TV subs decline continues

Spain’s largest pay-TV platform Movistar lost 69,200 TV customers in the first quarter of the year, down to 3,647,200 subscribers. In a year, the company has lost 248,100 pay-TV customers, from 3,895,300 as of March 2021 to 3,647,200 in March 2022, substantially below its peak of 4,054,300 subscribers in March 2020. Convergent customers also decreased […]

May 12, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales selects Agama solution

Agama Technologies, a provider of real-time observability and analytics solutions for video service quality and customer experience, has announced that Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), based in Spain and part of Telefónica group, is using Agama’s head-end assurance and analytics solution to ensure the delivery of a first-class viewing experience to its customers. With the Agama […]

May 9, 2022

Movistar launches miMovistar

Telefónica’s pay-TV platform, Movistar, has revamped its offer and launched miMovistar, a new brand name that has replaced Movistar Fusión, offering more personalised options, TV channels and services. Subscribers will be able to personalise their offer. Initially, they can subscribe to a basic package consisting of fibre and mobile telephony. Other services can be added […]

May 4, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Hispasat revenues up 15%

Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat, now 89 per cent owned by Red Eléctrica Group, has unveiled an impressive set of results. Its full year revenues grew 14.9 per cent and its EBITDA margin was an industry leading 75.2 percent (from 74.3 per cent). This past year has seen Hispasat, almost free from its former state control […]

April 29, 2022By Chris Forrester

Spain: Orange Q1 revenue down

Orange Spain saw a 4.6 per cent fall in revenues in the first quarter of the year to €1.13 billion, complicating its merger with MásMóvil in terms of balance of powers between the parties and the final financial value of the operation due to be completed by June. Tough competition and low cost offers in […]

April 26, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid