Spain Digital TV News

Ono TV subscribers down 8,000 in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Television subscribers were 782,000 at the end of the quarter, down 8,000 from 790,000 at the end of 2013. TiVo penetration grew to 49%.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

PRISA accepts Telefónica offer for CANAL+ stake
May 7, 2014 – Promotora de Informaciones (PRISA) has announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to accept the offer received from Telefónica for the purchase of PRISA’s stake of 56% in DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital.
News categories: PRISA, Telefónica, MandA, Satellite, Spain

Nagra protects one million active devices for CANAL+ Yomvi in Spain
Apr 29, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that its multiscreen solution, NAGRA MediaLive, is enabling over one million active devices for CANAL+ Yomvi, the over-the-top offering of CANAL+ Spain, a leading NAGRA customer.
News categories: NAGRA, Canal+, Guillermo Mercader, Adolfo Remacha, Jean-Michel Puiatti, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Mobile, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers

Spain's pay TV subscriber growth returns
Apr 3, 2014 – Spain’s Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has published statistics for the country for the fourth quarter of 2013. In the quarter, total pay TV subscribers rose for the first time since 2011 to 3.78 million.
News categories: CNMC, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

TiVo® surpasses 2.5 million subscribers in Europe
Mar 13, 2014 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that TiVo has surpassed 2.5 million subscribers across Europe as consumers in the UK, Spain and Sweden embrace the TiVo experience offered by Virgin Media, ONO, and Com Hem, respectively.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

TiVo adds 313,000 MSO cable subscribers in 4Q 2013
Feb 26, 2014 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results to the end of January 31, 2014. The company added a record 313,000 MSO cable subscriptions in the quarter. TiVo-owned net additions were also positive for first time in six years.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Tom Rogers, Scott Kewley, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK, USA

'Vodafone Box' STB launches in Spain
Feb 24, 2014 – Vodafone Spain has launched its Vodafone Box home multimedia platform, a set-top box that allows access to DTT channels as well as IP content from the Yomvi service from CANAL+.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Smartphone, Spain, Tablet, Terrestrial

ONO TV subscribers down 17,000 in 4Q 2013
Feb 1, 2014 – ONO has announced that it has made strides in TV services, notably via Tivo, the advanced PVR service which in the last quarter added more than 65,000 clients.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Abertis deploys Digital TV Labs test suite for HbbTV testing
Jan 16, 2014 – Digital TV Labs has announced that Spanish DTT network operator, Abertis Telecom, has been using its Ligada iSuite test harness and test suite to ensure uniform HbbTV receiver conformance for the new Spanish TDT Hibrida platform.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Abertis Telecom, Keith Potter, Alex Mestre, Digital TV, DRM, HbbTV, QoE, Set Top Box, Spain, Terrestrial