Spain Digital TV News

Telefónica to offer OTT TV on Windows Phone-based devices
Mar 3, 2015 – Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) have announced a joint initiative for the provision of OTT TV on devices with Windows Phone OS. Telefónica’s Movistar TV Go service for Windows Phone 8.1 will enable Telefónica users to enjoy TV content just by speaking into the phone.
News categories: Telefónica, Microsoft, Michael Duncan, Steven Guggenheimer, Apps, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, MWC24, Spain, TV Everywhere

Spain's ONO to upgrade to latest TiVo APIs
Mar 2, 2015 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that, after the acquisition of ONO by Vodafone Spain, ONO's Intelligent TV service will be expanded in Spain and TiVo's platform will be upgraded to take advantage of TiVo's latest generation of capabilities.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Vodafone, David Sandford, Patricia Ferruz, Cable TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

Telefónica adds 437,000 pay TV subscribers in 4Q 2014
Feb 25, 2015 – Telefónica has presented its FY 2014 results. Pay TV accesses totaled 5.1 million, up 48% year-on-year in organic terms, on the back of 437 thousand net additions in the final quarter. In Spain, Pay TV accesses almost tripled over the year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, IPTV, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Verimatrix provides enhanced revenue security for Telefónica's Movistar TV
Feb 11, 2015 – Verimatrix has announced that Telefónica has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV to provide enhanced revenue security for its Movistar TV, part of the Fusión service in Spain.
News categories: Verimatrix, Telefónica, Steve Oetegenn, Roberto Campo, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Spain

Spain's Orange TV passes the 100,000 subscriber mark
Jan 9, 2015 – Orange has announced that its Orange TV IPTV service in Spain now has more than 100,000 subscribers, up 25% since the beginning of the 2013.
News categories: Orange, IPTV, Mobile, Spain, Subscribers

Telefónica dominates pay TV growth in Spain
Dec 28, 2014 – Spain’s Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has published telecommunications and audiovisual statistics for the country for the third quarter of 2014. Year-on-year, the market grew by 969,000 subscribers, with Telefónica accounting for more than 100% of the total, adding 992,000.
News categories: CNMC, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Pay TV service adoption higher in the U.K. and Germany than in Spain
Nov 19, 2014 – Parks Associates has announced research showing pay-TV adoption in Germany and the U.K. has reached 86% and 78% of broadband households, respectively. Spanish adoption is much lower, with 47% of broadband households receiving only local broadcast channels.
News categories: Parks Associates, Brett Sappington, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Spain, UK

Digital TV Research Newsletter - November 2014
Nov 6, 2014 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the November 2014 edition of Digital TV Research's free monthly newsletter is now available for download.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Cable TV, Digital TV, EU, France, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Worldwide

Nagra enables hybrid OTT and DTT service for Vodafone Spain
Oct 13, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX: KUD.S) has announced that its QuickStart Hybrid solution is enabling a combined over-the-top (OTT) and digital terrestrial television (DTT) offering for Vodafone España.
News categories: NAGRA, Vodafone, SmarDTV, Thierry Legrand, Isaac Mendoza, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain, Streaming, Terrestrial