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Infographic : OTT Video Streaming Market Forecast for Western Europe 19 January 2021

Video Streaming is booming across the world and Western Europe is certainly adopting to this change in OTT Market. With this pace, Video Streaming revenues in Western Europe are expected to show huge growth from current USD 4,291.4 million in 2016 … Continue reading

FuboTV introduces Sports OTT service in Spain 05 December 2018

New York-based over-the-top (OTT) sports streaming service FuboTV has expanded into Spain, lured by the country’s “strong soccer culture”. In its first move outside North America, the service – which launched in January 2015 and has US$150 million in funding … Continue reading

Sky’s OTT platform to include live streaming in Spain 08 December 2017

Sky has reached an agreement with LaLiga to add live sports to its recently deployed (Over-the-Top) OTT platform in Spain. Sky subscribers will now be able to access one part of LaLiga, and the other part on-demand. The programming will … Continue reading

Orange signs Sony to offer 4K VOD content in Spain 05 December 2017

Orange has signed an exclusive agreement with Sony Pictures Television and is adding UHD content to its TVOD platform in Spain. With this deal, Sony premieres and over 50 classic films in 4K quality will be added to Orange Videoclub. … Continue reading

Pay-TV revenues growing in Spain 27 November 2017

According to the latest report from CNMC – Spain, Pay-TV revenues have grown to match advertising revenues in the country. Having recorded a growth rate of 14.8 %, pay-TV revenues have reached €520 million in Q1 2017. At the same … Continue reading

Discovery launches OTT service DPLAY in Spain 20 November 2017

Discovery has launched a free streaming service called DPLAY, that allows viewers to watch on-demand content, documentaries, and TV series from the DMax channel on multiple devices. DPLAY.es viewers will also be able to personalize content with their own playlists, … Continue reading

Sky launches smart TV app in Spain 03 November 2017

Sky had launched its OTT service on a web-based platform, Android and iOS apps, and the Sky TV Box. However, the company recently launched their smart TV app for the OTT service in Spain. The VOD service will now be … Continue reading

OTT net additions outperform pay-TV in Spain 11 October 2017

According to a recently released IHS Markit report, it has been noted that OTT platforms have added more subscribers than pay-TV services, in Spain in 2016.   Figures suggest that 2016 saw over 500,000 net subscribers’ additions to OTT and … Continue reading

Peru’s anti piracy measures on the rise 29 September 2017

The largest pirate websites including Pelis24, Series24 and the leading Spanish language streaming platforms have been closed down by Peru authorities. The move is a measure of strengthening the international protest against Spanish-language pirate sites. It also follows the removal … Continue reading

Spain tests 5G with live 4K broadcast 29 September 2017

Orange and Ericsson have tested a pioneering 15Gbps mobile connection in Spain via a live Ultra HD broadcast. This test was conducted inside a moving vehicle in an urban environment and was the first real 5G test in the country.