Israeli broadcaster Yes approves gradual migration from satellite to OTT18 March 2019 [+] Once the migration is complete, Bezeq expects quantitative cost savings and better compatibility with changing market conditions. The advice...
Mediaset abandons UTECA and opens a schism in the private television employers' association15 March 2019 [+] Mediaset requests its departure from the Union of Open Commercial Televisions (UTECA), of which it is a founding member along with Atresmedia, due to disagreements...
The CNMC takes positions on the draft royal decree of the new National Technical Plan for DTT14 March 2019 [+] This Plan regulates key aspects for the release of the second digital dividend that will free up the 700 MHz band. DTT...
TVE awards Telefónica the streaming service for its contents14 March 2019 [+] The duration of the award will be three years with an annual cost of two million euros. The public Spanish Radio Television Corporation...
Fernando López Puig, new content director of Spanish Television after the departure of Toni Sevilla13 March 2019 [+] Toni Sevilla leaves office by his own decision and by mutual agreement with the Corporation to return to the private audiovisual sector. RTVE has announced...
Ramon Martos, candidate to represent the audiovisual sector in the elections to the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce13 March 2019 [+] The general director of Deluxe intends to activate the presence of the audiovisual industry in the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and thus be able to relaunch...
Ildefonso Tébar, new commercial, marketing and digital director of AMC Networks International Southern Europe12 March 2019 [+] Tébar, who will report to the recently appointed CEO Manuel Balsera, will be responsible for the areas of Marketing, Ad Sales, Digital, On Air and...
Andreu Vilamitjana, new general director of Cisco Spain8 March 2019 [+] Previously, Vilamitjana was general commercial director of T-Systems Iberia and director of large companies and public administrations at Orange. Starting next Monday,...
Almost half of the televisions sold are already Ultra High Definition8 March 2019 [+] China led the world market in 2018 with 30.1 million sold, followed by North America with 24.7 million. The global television sales market...
Mediterráneo, a subsidiary of Mediaset España, presents its content for the first time at MIPTV 20198 March 2019 [+] The new company, with Ghislain Barrois as CEO and Ana Bustamante as general director, brings together its affiliated production companies to boost production,...
Mediapro is awarded the rights to the Iberdrola League for the next three seasons8 March 2019 [+] The Association of Women's Football Clubs (ACFF) has trusted Mediapro for the exploitation of the audiovisual rights of the competition The Association...
Road to 5G: rules for walking towards a digital environment7 March 2019 [+] The Official College of Telecommunications Engineers (COIT) wanted to give more visibility to 5G, as a promoter and activator of telecommunications, so that...
Ápodo is reborn as Noxon to project its international expansion7 March 2019 [+] The Navarrese startup is focused on the development, manufacturing and online sale of equipment for audiovisual production, especially systems intended to achieve movement...
IBC opens registration for its prestigious annual awards6 March 2019 [+] IBC will include two new categories this year that reflect the way the industry is developing globally: the Pioneer Award...
AT&T integra HBO y TNT en una filial para hacer frente a Netflix6 March 2019 [+] AT&T creará una nueva filial de entretenimiento, Warner Entertainment, que incluirá a HBO y TNT, y que estará dirigida por Robert Greenblatt. AT&T ha ...
The Government of Navarra puts out to tender all vacant radio and DTT licenses6 March 2019 [+] These are three radio licenses (two in Auritz-Buguete and one in Pamplona) and eleven local DTT licenses (three in each of...
AEQ renews its corporate image and opens an office in India6 March 2019 [+] The Spanish company will soon celebrate forty years as a leading manufacturer of professional audio, video and communications equipment and systems for health centers.
The CNMC initiates sanctioning proceedings against Atresmedia and Mediaset for possible irregularities in the broadcast of LNFP football summaries6 March 2019 [+] Competition investigates whether they exceeded the limitations they have for the issuance of brief informative summaries with images of certain matches in a...
Akamai recognizes Epic Labs as technology partner for VOD transcoding5 March 2019 [+] Epic Labs' LightFlow media transcoding and optimization suite helps streaming video editors address...
Enensys Technologies joins the HbbTv consortium5 March 2019 [+] The French company has already developed and implemented a regionalized advertising solution under HbbTV over DVB-T2 Enensys Technologies in a large European national network...
Orange launches new packages with Netflix included4 March 2019 [+] Orange Love Intenso Max and Experto Max, the two new fiber and mobile rates, will now have the Netflix service. Orange has...
Atresmedia Studios enhances its status as a global creation factory with the integration of Atresmedia Cine4 March 2019 [+] Mercedes Gamero will be the head of the film area of the Atresmedia group as General Director of Atresmedia Cine. Atresmedia Studios will integrate Atresmedia Cine, the...
Mediapro signs screenwriter and showrunner Diego San José4 March 2019 [+] Screenwriter of successful comedies such as the saga '8 Basque surnames' and '8 Catalan surnames'; 'Pagafantas' or 'No controls', has already worked before...
Amazon Prime Video bets heavily on live tennis with the broadcast of the ATP Tour4 March 2019 [+] After the broadcast of the US Open last year, Amazon will broadcast live and exclusively, in some territories, a total of 37 events of the ...
Telefónica proposes a new way of broadcasting and producing television over 5G4 March 2019 [+] In collaboration with Ericsson, Idronia and Samsung, this solution that has been exhibited at the Mobile World Congress relies on the capabilities of ...
Atresmedia obtains a consolidated profit of 88 million euros in 2018, 38% less than the previous year1 March 2019 [+] It obtains an EBITDA of 187.1 million euros and an adjusted net profit of 125.7 million. The net income of the audiovisual group stands...
Sunrise to acquire UPC for 6.3 billion Swiss francs1 March 2019 [+] The Sunrise operator has signed a binding agreement to acquire the Swiss cable operator UPC Switzerland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global. Sunrise...
Audiovisual productions left almost 30 million euros in Tenerife in 201828 February 2019 [+] The 150 national and international jobs hosted by the Island, which represent a record, employed more than 2,600 local professionals, including technicians...
