SVoD services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max, among others, will have to produce 6 per cent of their TV content in Spain in other co-official languages in the country – Catalonian, Galician or Basque language. The measure has been agreed by the Central Administration and the Catalonian party ERC to approve the […]
Spain’s three largest telcos – Movistar, Orange and Vodafone – control 74.5 per cent of the total revenues in the market, albeit three points below last year. Between April and June, the Spanish telco market reported €5;74 billion in revenues, according to the CNMC, with the largest operators taking 74.5 per cent. Mobile services made […]
Ex-Adobe, and now DoubleVerify (DV)’s RVP of Northern Europe, Nick Reid, has shared his industry outlook and predictions for 2022. DV is a software platform for digital media measurement. It protects global brands (e.g. Vodafone), social media platforms (e.g. TikTok, Facebook) and publishers to ensure viewable, fraud-free, and brand-safe ads. Reid commented: “There are two […]
Connectivity and entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home and multiplay telco Vodafone have announced plans to deploy next generation gateways with Wi-Fi 6 capabilities throughout Germany in 2021. This anticipated rollout of customer premises equipment (CPE) further solidifies the strong collaboration between the two companies which began in 2019 with the deployment of Technicolor DOCSIS 3.1 […]
Vodafone Spain has seen its revenues grow by 2.1 per cent in the first fiscal half of 2021 to €2.09 billion, largely driven by the the sale of phones and devices as revenues per service fell by 0.6 per cent to €1.86 billion. Low cost offers and promotions caused revenues per service to fall and […]
UK multiplay telco Vodafone is set to become Britain’s largest full fibre broadband provider following a deal signed with digital infrastructure platform CityFibre. Vodafone says it will offer full fibre to more homes than any other provider thanks to investing in partnerships with both Openreach and CityFibre. By spring 2022, Vodafone has a target of […]
Spain’s largest telco, Telefónica, is set to cut 3,000 workers as part of a job redundancy plan aimed at reducing costs following the drop in revenues due to tough competition in the market. The redundancy plan is scheduled to be ready by the end of the year to negotiate with trade unions, and then implemented […]
Spanish football league La Liga has put TV rights up for auction for the next five seasons (2022-2027), ignoring regulator CNMC’s opposition on five years contracts. The rights are divided into seven packages, each one made up of several lots intended for both terrestrial and non-terrestrial television. The deadline for bids is December 13th. With […]
Vodafone Foundation has launched an international hunt for climate change research partners to help expand the focus of its award-winning DreamLab smartphone app. Developed by Vodafone Foundation, DreamLab is a specialist crowdsourcing app that accelerates scientific research by using the combined processing power of dormant smartphones while users charge them. DreamLab-powered research has already contributed […]
ANGA COM, the European exhibition and conference for broadband, TV and online, has announced it will return on May 10th – 12th 2022 in Cologne, Germany. Key topics of ANGA COM 2022 include FTTH, DOCSIS 4.0, 10G, Wifi, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Services, OTT, AppTV, Video Streaming, Smart City and Smart Home.A […]