The Spanish supreme court (El Tribunal Supremo) has dismissed the measures requested by Telefónica, Vodafone and ONO to stop the annual tax of 0.9% of their gross operating revenue to […]
Rights restrictions on Digital+ purchase
Spain’s competition authority, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC), has given Prisa permission to press ahead with the sale of 44% in DTH platform Digital+ to Telecinco and to […]
Mixed fortunes for Telefonica’s TV business
Growth in Telefonica’s domestic pay-TV business has masked the performance elsewhere in the group, including the Czech IPTV operation O2 TV, which entered negative territory.
Telefonica to introduce OTT set-top box
Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica has chosen Oregan Networks as the supplier of client-side middleware, powering Over The Top (OTT) video deployments in Telefónica’s Spanish home market as well as other […]
Spanish TV tax hits Telefónica
Telefónica was hit to the tune of €38 million in the first quarter as it recognized Spain’s TV tax for the first time.
Hispasat stages Spain’s first 3D broadcast
Hispasat has facilitated Spain’s first 3D transmission of a sporting event.
Telefónica grows TV against market trends
Spanish pay-TV subscribers are continuing to gravitate towards Telefónica’s IPTV platform Imagenio.
€470m seals Telefónica stake in Digital+
Amid intense speculation, Telefónica has purchased a 21% stake in Sogecable, operator of Digital+ from Prisa for €470 million. It places a value of over €2,350 million on the direct-to-home […]
Telefonica to buy 20% stake in Digital+
The Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica is set to take a 20% stake in the DTH platform Digital+. According to reports in the Spanish press, the deal will be worth between […]
Telefónica close to Hansenet takeover
17.00 Update: Telefónica has confirmed press reports that negotiations with Telecom Italia to buy its German subsidiary Hansenet are close to being finalised.