After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Telefonica
1 min read
Amazon & Discovery+ score David Beckham-backed Premier League docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has acquired the upcoming BBC2 football documentary series Fever Pitch! The Rise…
2 min read
Spain’s Buendía Estudios hires former SPT Iberia chief to lead global production push
Spain’s recently launched heavyweight production outfit Buendía Estudios has hired Sony Pictures Television’s former distribution chief for…
1 min read
Buendía Estudios hires Ignacio Corrales as MD
Telefónica and Atresmedia have hired Ignacio Corrales as MD of their new joint venture Buendía…
1 min read
Telefónica, Atresmedia launch joint studio to take Spanish drama global
Spanish telco Telefónica and commercial broadcaster Atresmedia have been given the greenlight by the European…
1 min read
Spain’s Movistar+ links with Telemundo in US for ‘Dime Quién Soy’
Banijay Group-owned Spanish prodco DLO Producciones, Telefónica-owned SVOD service Movistar+ and NBCUniversal’s broadcaster Telemundo are…
2 min read
O2 & Virgin Media confirm merger, plan to invest $12bn on ‘converged platform’
Telefonica and Liberty Global have confirmed the merger of their UK operations. The 50-50 merger…
1 min read
Movistar strikes exclusive distribution deal for Disney+ in Spain
Disney has signed an exclusive deal with Telefónica for its Movistar service to distribute Disney+…
1 min read
European networks land on BBC’s ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’
SVT in Sweden, Denmark’s DR, Telefonica in Spain and Norway’s NRK are among a raft…
1 min read
Telefónica, Atresmedia join forces for content powerhouse
Spanish telco Telefónica and La casa de papel broadcast group Atresmedia are joining forces for…
1 min read
Telefonica’s Movistar+ unveils response to Netflix Spain expansion
Telefonica’s Spanish premium PayTV service Movistar+ has unveiled a strategic alliance at MIPTV with Germany-based…
1 min read
Telefónica: Netflix integration, a new kids app and 4K box rollout
Telefónica is to integrate Netflix in its TV service by the end of the year…
1 min read
Telefonica and Netflix form global partnership
Telefonica and Netflix have announced a global partnership to integrate Netflix’s service into Telefonica’s TV…
2 min read
Viacom plans direct-to-consumer streaming service
Viacom has revealed plans to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service later this year. Speaking at…
2 min read
Telefónica takes originals strategy to Latin America
Telefónica is to take its slate of Spanish originals to the Latin American market with…
1 min read
Viacom strikes Movistar Play mobile streaming deal
Viacom will launch a range of TV channels and content in Latin America through a…
1 min read
Report: Telefonica close to agreeing Spanish Netflix deal
Telefonica is reportedly close to agreeing a deal with Netflix that will see it integrate…
2 min read
Telefónica looking to launch international OTT TV service
Telefónica is mulling the launch of a Netflix-like OTT TV service to target an international…
1 min read
Netflix orders second Spanish original
Netflix has commissioned its second Spanish original series, Elite, which is currently in development. The…
1 min read
Mediapro hails ‘record year’
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has hailed 2016 as “its best year in history” after…
2 min read
BBCWW takes Bowie film global
HBO has bought David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the BBC feature doc about the…
2 min read
Telefónica aims to be ‘top Spanish-language TV producer’
Telefónica España CEO Luis Miguel Gilpérez has said that the telco aims to be the…
2 min read
Telefónica makes eSports move
Telefónica España has signed a strategic agreement with electronic sports giant ESL to develop a…
1 min read
Movistar+ crosses Bridge with multi-genre original
Telefonica’s Spanish pay TV platform, Movistar+, has commissioned Endemol Shine Iberia-owned Zeppelin TV to create…
1 min read
HBO Spain hires original programming chief
HBO is preparing original programming for its new Spanish service and has hired Miguel Salvat…
2 min read
HBO launches in Spain with Nick and Disney fare
HBO has launched its Spanish service. HBO España is currently available exclusively to Vodafone customers…
2 min read
Viacom pays $345m for Telefe
US media giant Viacom has confirmed it is buying Telefe, paying US$345 million for Argentinian…
2 min read
Telcos are ‘taking over pay TV’
Telecoms companies will account for over half of all pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe…
1 min read
Time Warner, Viacom circle $400m Telefe
Time Warner and Viacom are the big-name media groups assessing offers to buy Argentinian free…
1 min read
Sky ‘rapidly closing the gap’ on Liberty Global
Sky is “rapidly closing the gap” on its larger rival Liberty Global in Western Europe,…
1 min read
Telefónica’s Movistar orders original drama
Telefónica is ramping up its investment in original content following the launch of Netflix in…
- 1
- 2