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Telefónica Spain increases the value of its retained customer base, while Vodafone sheds pay TV subscribersJuly 27, 2018Spanish telco Telefónica managed to sustain its pay TV growth and increase its ARPU in Q2 2018. The operator ended the quarter with 3.93 million pay TV subscriptions across its IPTV and satellite offerings, up 7.3% year-on-year. Meanwhile, Telefónica’s main competitor in pay TV, Vodafone, reported a total TV subscriber base of 1,33 million at the end of Q2 2018, which marked a second consecutive quarter of decline for the operator.
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Telefonica regains TV rights to La LigaJune 27, 2018Telefonica has regained control of most of the rights to Spanish first division football from the start of the 2019/20 season, with challenger Mediapro losing all residential domestic rights. The Spanish incumbent telco was awarded two packages which include exclusive rights to nine of the ten first division matches played each week, paying a total €2,940 million ($3,422 million) from 2019/20 to 2021/22. Mediapro was awarded a package of rights to all first and second division La Liga games for non-residential premises, paying €481 million. Mediapro has also renewed its agreement for international rights to La Liga for a five-year period from 2019/20 to 2023/24. The rights sales company offered a guarantee of €4,485 million to La Liga.
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Comcast makes its offer for Sky officialApril 25, 2018Comcast has made a formal offer for Sky, valuing the UK-based satellite operator at £22 billion ($30.7 billion). Today's official offer of £12.50 represents a premium of more than 16% over 21st Century Fox’s offer for the 61% of Sky it does not own. Sky's independent board of directors has this morning withdrawn its recommendation of the Fox bid, making a battle for ownership of Sky between Comcast, Fox and possibly Walt Disney Co, seemingly inevitable.
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Sky and Netflix agree European partnershipMarch 01, 2018Pan-European pay TV operator Sky has announced a partnership with global OTT subscription service Netflix, to make Netflix available on its DTH and OTT platforms. Sky is to integrate Netflix into its advanced DTH set-top box Sky Q across all of its markets, starting with the UK and Ireland, via a new subscription TV package later this year.
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Comcast intends to outbid 21st Century Fox for ownership of SkyFebruary 27, 2018US cable giant Comcast has unveiled a possible takeover offer for Sky, aiming to outbid 21st Century Fox. Comcast today made an all-cash offer of £12.50 per share in cash for the UK-based satellite operator, which represents a 16% increase on 21st Century Fox’s offer, implying a valuation of £22.1 billion ($28.5 billion). Fox, which already owns a 39% stake in Sky, offered £18.5 billion ($23.8 billion) to acquire the shares in the operator that it does not own.
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Spain's La Liga to launch over-the-top sports serviceFebruary 21, 2018Spain’s football league, La Liga, has become the latest major rights owner to plan the launch of an over-the-top streaming service. The service, which will launch in August, will feature multiple sports and will be free to view.
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Netflix partners with OSN to grow its MENA subscriber baseFebruary 19, 2018MENA pay TV operator OSN has announced the signing of a partnership with Netflix. This deal is the first between Netflix and a pay TV operator across the MENA region. As a result of the partnership, OSN satellite subscribers will be able to access Netflix via a new hybrid set-top box, which OSN plans to launch at the end of the second quarter of 2018. Subscribers who will choose to access content from Netflix will not have to face a separate bill, instead they will be charged via their own OSN’ subscription.Subscribers Only
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Channel 4 joins European Broadcaster Exchange to take on global platformsNovember 16, 2017Channel 4 has announced its investment in European Broadcaster Exchange (EBX), a pan-European trading platform for digital video advertising founded by free-to-air broadcasters TF1 Group (France), ProsiebenSat.1 (Germany) and Mediaset (Italy and Spain). Headquartered in London, EBX will aggregate the video on-demand inventory of its participants and allow advertisers to run regional campaigns with programmatic purchasing. It is created with an objective to allow advertisers to tap into one single source for premium video inventory on a regional scale. Subject to European competition authorities’ clearance, the four partners will each take a 25 percent stake in the business.
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Sky launches online streaming service in SpainSeptember 11, 2017Sky has launched an online streaming service in Spain - the first time it has launched in a country where it does not already have a pay TV presence. Today's launch, first revealed by Sky in July, offers TV series and films for €10 a month after a month’s free trial without the need for a contract. The offer includes on-demand content as well as 12 pay TV channels on a linear basis, including Fox, Disney Junior, Nickelodeon, TCM, Comedy Central and National Geographic. Sky is available to anyone in Spain on the web, iOS and Android devices and via Sky’s streaming box powered by Roku.
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Telefónica restructures converged bundles in bid to turn around pay TV losses and expand original content reachJuly 11, 2017Telefónica has introduced two new converged bundles, Movistar Fusión #0 and Movistar Fusión Series. Launched on July 9 2017, the bundles will bring an array of content and advanced features, such as network recording and seven day catch-up, to a wider audience. Prior to Fusión #0 and Fusión Series, Telefónica’s cheapest quad-play bundle (Fusión Contigo) started at €55 a month.
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Further consolidation in Spanish cable as Euskaltel swoops for TelecableMay 17, 2017Basque cable operator Euskaltel has announced it is to acquire Telecable, a cable operator based in the Asturias region in the north of Spain, for a total value of up to €701 million. The cable operator is currently owned by UK investment group Zegona, which is headed by two former Virgin Media executives. The deal will be financed by a cash payment of €186.5 million to Zegona, as well as a 15% stake in Euskaltel. Regulatory approval for the deal is expected in Q3 2017.
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OSN slashes its package prices to reverse decline in subscribersFebruary 16, 2017OSN, the Dubai-based satellite pay TV operator, has launched new packages with new prices for the 24 MENA countries that form the base of its operations. The operator said the move represents the first steps of a new OSN, an operator that wants to ensure its customers that they will get access to the most premium content at the most affordable prices, and said that further initiatives are planned. OSN has launched a new introductory package, called The Entertainment GetStarted Pack, at a price of $21 in the Gulf States and around $16 in countries outside the Gulf like Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco and Algeria. OSN said it carried out extensive market research to identify its customers’ needs among 40,000 households across the region. The company has also introduced a new packaging policy which allows subscribers to customise what they want to watch and to pay only for the content they have chosen.Subscribers Only
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Amazon Prime Video prepares for launch in SpainDecember 05, 2016Amazon Prime subscribers in Spain have gained access to the US Amazon Prime Instant Video platform. The move occurred immediately after HBO Espana launch, November 2016, and is understood to serve as a sneak peek at the company’s Instant Video service for current premium Amazon Prime subscribers in Spain.Subscribers Only
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HBO launches SVoD service in competitive Spanish marketNovember 29, 2016HBO has made its debut in Spain, the largest European market yet to see the launch of a branded on-demand service by the Time Warner-owned pay TV company. HBO España went live on 28 November, streaming exclusive content from HBO including Game of Thrones, Westworld, Veep and Silicon Valley and movies, documentaries and family content from Walt Disney Co and Nickelodeon.Subscribers Only
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European broadcasters report benefits from production acquisitionsNovember 11, 2016Europe's leading free-to-air broadcasters have all reported third quarter results over the last two weeks, with an increasing reliance on production and digital business and weak advertising growth a more or less common theme.Subscribers Only
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BeIn Media continues its push into entertainment with Warner Bros dealOctober 20, 2016Continuing its move into non-sports programming, BeIn Media Group has agreed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. International Television. According to the deal, the Qatar-based group will immediately be able to offer its subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) access to TV series including Arrow, Gotham and The Originals and will also have second window pay TV rights for Warner Bros movies for the region. However, from 1 January 2019 BeIn Media will have first window pay TV rights for all Warner Bros content. BMG will also have catch-up TV rights for Warner Bros content as well as access to the US company’s library content.Subscribers Only
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ShowMax expands footprint into Sub-Saharan AfricaJune 13, 2016Subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service ShowMax, has expanded its reach to 37 Sub-Saharan African countries. The online TV and movie service, which is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers, launched first in South Africa in August of 2015, with the remaining countries launching in May of 2016.Subscribers Only
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Amazon Launches Amazon Video Direct with Flexible Business Models for Content OwnersMay 12, 2016Amazon has launched Amazon Video Direct, which allows video content owners to specify a range of different business models to generate revenue from their content. Content rights are also granted to Amazon on a non-exclusive base, meaning that videos can be used on, or taken from, other video platforms associated with content owners.Subscribers Only
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Vivendi and Mediaset form pan-European pay TV, streaming allianceApril 11, 2016France's Vivendi and Italy's Mediaset have unveiled a strategic alliance designed to create a southern European media powerhouse encompassing content creation, on demand streaming platforms and pay TV. According to a joint statement released on Friday, the two groups will combine leadership of their respective national markets by 'leveraging the production strengths and cultural affinities of Italy, Spain and France'.Subscribers Only
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Telefónica wins rights to Mediapro sports channelsJanuary 13, 2016In an agreement which is likely to secure its position as the market leader in the Spanish pay TV market, Telefónica has secured the rights to distribute the key premium sport channels operated by Mediapro under the BeIn Sports brand.Subscribers Only
