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Spain: Sky OTT closing down

Sky’s OTT platform will close down in Spain on September 1st, the first victim of the country’s OTT boom. The service, which launched three years ago, has failed to make an impact in a crowded market featuring the likes of Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Filmin, Movistar+ and Disney+ among others. Sky’s streaming service launched its […]

July 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Telefónica scores Champions League rights

Telefónica (Movistar+) has reached a major agreement with UEFA for the broadcasting of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League until the 2023/2024 season. The top European football club competitions will continue to be part of La Casa del Fútbol in this new cycle. It is assumed the competition will go ahead as […]

July 2, 2020

Euskaltel, Movistar FTTH deal

Spain’s fifth largest telco operator Euskaltel has reached an agreement with Movistar to share the dominant operator’s FTTH network in those areas where the company is not obliged by law to allow third parties to use its infrastructure. With this 5 year deal, Euskaltel will be able to strengthen its national expansion through Virgin Telco […]

July 2, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

The Secrets of La Roja free on Rakuten TV

Rakuten TV has announced the launch of its new original production, The Secrets of La Roja – World Champions 2010, a documentary that follows the path of Spanish national football team, La Roja, through the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The documentary will launch for free on Rakuten TV’s Rakuten Stories channel on July 9th, in […]

June 30, 2020

Spain: MiTele pulls out of football rights war

Movistar and Orange will be the only operators in Spain to offer La Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, with Mediaset’s streaming platform MiTele Plus withdrawing from the bidding process for lack of profitability. MiTele had strongly bet on football to win subscribers but with all the competitions cancelled as a result of […]

June 25, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Movistar, MásMóvil shared networks deal

Movistar and MásMóvil, Spain’s first and fourth largest telcos respectively, have reached an agreement to share their networks. Thanks to the five year deal, MásMóvil will be able to cover around 500,000 new homes with FTTH and have access to future deployments of Movistar FTTH network across the country. The agreement will also allow MásMóvil […]

June 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone TV Spain adds AMC Selekt

Vodafone TV Spain has added AMC Selekt to its offering, describing it as “the most varied on-demand service in the country”. AMC Selekt offers a range of on-demand content from 11 AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) thematic channels, which include AMC, Canal Hollywood, SundanceTV, DARK, Somos, XTRM, Odisea, Canal Cocina, Canal Decasa, Canal Panda […]

June 15, 2020

DAZN to stream all EPL games in Spain, Canada, Japan

DAZN, the global sports streaming service, will show all 92 remaining Premier League fixtures live and exclusively in Canada, Japan and Spain when the 2019/20 season resumes on June 17th. DAZN has the exclusive live media rights for coverage of the Premier League in Canada, Japan and Spain for the three seasons between 2019 and […]

June 5, 2020