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Vodafone’s Evans joins Adgile as CEO

Adgile Media, the next generation TV data and effectiveness business, today announces the appointment of Evans as its first Global CEO. Evans, who has served as a board advisor to Adgile over the last 12 months, joins to lead the company’s continued growth in Australia, and expansion into the key strategic markets of North America […]

November 3, 2020

Vodafone Spain launches unlimited package

Vodafone Spain aims to turn Spanish households into smart homes with customers “always connected and safe”. With this objective, Vodafone has launched a new convergent package called Vodafone One Hogar Ilimitable that includes unlimited data with the fastest speed, telephony with added value services, TV with over 100 TV channels and 40,000 VoD titles, and […]

October 6, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: EE leads on games experience

OpenSignal’s Games Experience metric is a measure of how mobile users experience real-time multiplayer mobile gaming on an operator’s network. Measured on a scale of 0-100, it analyses how our users’ multiplayer mobile gaming experience is affected by mobile network conditions including latency, packet loss and jitter to determine the impact on gameplay. EE is […]

October 6, 2020

Deegan named CEO of Vodafone Spain

From November 1st, Colman Deegan will be the new CEO of Vodafone Spain, joining the Vodafone Group Executive Committee. Deegan will replace Antonio Coimbra who will become a Non-Executive Chairman of Vodafone Spain. Deegan joined Vodafone in 1998. He has held senior roles in group Finance & M&A as well as CFO roles in Vodafone […]

October 1, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone to acquire MásMóvil?

Speculation is mounting about a possible acquisition of MásMóvil by Vodafone Spain. According to El Economista, preliminary talks are taking place between both parties about an operation estimated at €6 billion that will turn Vodafone into the second largest telco in the country to compete with Movistar. MásMóvil has so far denied those conversations. Negotiations […]

September 25, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Survey: Gen Z streaming less entertainment, more education

VOXI, owned by Vodafone, has published research that shows 16-24 year olds’ appetite for streaming online content isn’t always just for entertainment. The research shows an insatiable thirst for knowledge and self-improvement, with 70 per cent of 16-24 year olds looking to learn something from video content, in comparison to just 1 in 5 streaming […]

September 15, 2020

Portugal sees highest pay-TV growth since 2016

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 4.15 million at the end of the first half of 2020, which is 4.1 per cent more than in the same period last year. This represents the highest annual growth in both absolute and relative terms since 2016, according to the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The penetration […]

September 10, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Ofcom: BT pay-TV draws most complaints; Vodafone for broadband

Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between January and March this year – capturing data from the first two weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown. All providers with a stable […]

September 4, 2020

Germany: DAZN launches on Vodafone’s GigaTV

DAZN, the sports streaming service, is now available on Vodafone’s GigaTV platform in Germany. The companies say it is the “first of multiple partnerships integrations” anticipated between them as they respond to “customer demand for frictionless, richer viewing experiences”. The DAZN app has launched on the GigaTV 4K Box for cable TV customers, and the […]

September 1, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Portuguese operators introduce ads on PVRs

Portuguese pay-TV operators Meo, NOS and Vodafone Portugal have started to introduce 30 second commercials on their automatic TV channel recording services. The insertion of commercials will be done gradually, taking into account the different models of digital boxes in homes of subscribers and the number of TV channels that adhere to this initiative, which […]

August 18, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome