Business
Telefonica fined €1.5 million for breaching DTS takeover commitment
Failed to provide access to football content at a guaranteed minimum rate
spain
Content
Facebook Watch reveals 27 short series
Digital publishers include Tastemade (UK), Brainpool (Germany) and Ciaopeople (Italy)
Business
Vivendi ‘prepares to step up legal fight with Mediaset’
Vivendi has decided not to sell its stake in the broadcaster
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV launches on LG Channels
Expands distribution in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Business
Mediaset files complaint against Vivendi
Row over Mediaset's plans to create new Amsterdam-based holding
Business
Broadcast Solutions expands Zero Density’s distribution
Delivers virtual studio solutions for broadcasting, augmented reality, live events and esports
TVBEverywhere
DAZN, Discovery announce Eurosport distribution partnership
DAZN makes Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD available in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain
Data Centre
Streaming piracy decreases with SVoD rise
"Users no longer need to turn to illegitimate sources to get their viewing fix"
Business
Spain looks to levy ‘RTVE’ tax on OTT platforms
Aimed at funding Spain's ad-free public broadcaster
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV launches on Ahí+
Spanish service operates in small communities and remote areas
Business
La Liga fined over mobile phone ‘spying’
App used microphones on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
Business
Mediaset sets up pan-European media company
MediaForEurope will operate in Italy, Spain and Germany
Business
Italy’s Mediaset ‘planning corporate reorganisation’
Company to hold extraordinary board meeting
TVBEverywhere
Netflix to open Berlin office
Streamer is expected to release more German-made content
Business
Mediapro acquires VR company Visyon
Companies previously collaborated on the world's first live VR telecast of a football match
Content
AP, Agencia EFE partner for news video archive
Agencia EFE’s video will be available on both AP Archive and AP Video Hub
Production & Post
Mediapro broadcasts 10 simultaneous La Liga matches
Deployed 1,000 staff and 10 mobile units
Production & Post
Spain’s El Hormiguero to shoot at Television Centre
BBC Studioworks is providing full studio and technical services
Content
DAZN partners with Huawei on Premier League streaming
Spanish DAZN subscribers will be able to access content via their Huawei phones
Business
Prisa ordered to pay Mediapro €51 million over football rights
Latest twist in the row known as 'The Football War'
Production & Post
Netflix opens Madrid production hub
To be used as a central facility for original Spanish-language content
Production & Post
Viacom to open Manchester and Madrid production centres
Expansion planned to support English and Spanish-language production
Production & Post
Sony takes Catalonian public broadcaster to 4K
CCMA has upgraded its cameras to 4K/HD after selecting new Sony HDC-4300
Business
Shure creates Western Europe sales region
Appoints Nik Gledic, Rob Smith and Tuomo Tolonen as sales leaders
Technology
LaLiga unveils latest round of technology innovations
Includes technology that predicts natural light conditions for matches, virtual reality, and a new virtual assistant
Data Centre
SVoD Stackers on the rise across Europe
New research finds more than half of SVoD homes are SVoD Stackers
TVBEverywhere
DAZN enables streaming multiple events on one screen
New 'MultiView' feature made available on fourth and fifth generation Apple TV devices
Technology
LaLiga teams with Microsoft GSIC on global technology start-up competition
Competition includes media category looking at innovation in OTT, broadcasting, second screens, graphics, analysis and piracy
Content
Mediapro will launch 2022 World Cup channel
Broadcaster plans to air every game from the tournament
Production & Post
Movistar+ employs Net Insight for remote production
Solution is being used for production on coverage of the Spanish Basketball League
TVBEverywhere
FoxNow streaming service launches in Spain
Available to Vodafone TV Total customers from 14th December
TVBEverywhere
Acorn TV expands into more European countries
Brit streamer now available in 30 new countries
Production & Post
Amazon looking at Madrid for production hub
Netflix has already announced plans for its own hub in the Spanish city
TVBEverywhere
Mediapro launches esports OTT platform U-Beat
Platform offers VoD and live content designed to be viewed on a range of mobile devices
TVBEverywhere
Turner confirms FilmStruck international closure
SVoD had recently launched in France and Spain
Content
MTV launches personalised linear channel in Spain
MyMTV will also launch in the Nordics later this year
Production & Post
Mediapro employs latest technology for El Clásico
Match coverage will include sound technology that tracks the ball and activates microphones
Business
AEQ appoints Iván Olmeda as new CEO
Takes over from Rogelio de la Fuente, who has led the company for 35 years
Content
A+E Networks announces first global event for Crime+Investigation
Twisted Faith will be a seven day block of programming airing in 100 territories globally
TVBEverywhere
Mediapro to launch esports-dedicated OTT platform
New channel will launch by the end of 2018
Business
Netflix expands European presence
New Madrid location will open next year, some existing Amsterdam employees will be moved to Spain