Movistar banks 90% of Spain's pay-TV revs


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 02 March 2016




Telefónica's Movistar+ has invoiced nearly €9 in every €10 generated by the pay-TV industry in Spain, reports the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC).



audiovisual espaaAlthough Movistar's dominant position was known – it owns nearly four million subs in a market of 5.4 million households – income figures from Q3 2015 revealed by the market are impressive.

During the quarter, audiovisual services generated €924 million, representing a 10.4% growth compared to 2014.

Out of the whole TV and audiovisual sector, Movistar+ (including Canal+) invoiced 45.4%; but out of the €492.7 million generated within the pay-TV industry, Telefónica's platform invoiced €438.67 million, or 89% of the pay-TV income in Spain.

Far behind Telefónica, Vodafone-Ono is second by income with €37.9 million, followed by Orange-Jazztel with €16.15 million.

Regarding free-to-air (FTA) TV, the CNMC numbers confirm what has been previously announced: that Atresmedia and Mediaset call the shots in Spain's advertising market.

Fibre continues to be the greatest investment driver in the telecom industry, with 30.8 million homes already connected to a fibre network (59.2% more than in 2014). 9.3 million households pay for a quad- or quintuple-play service with pay-TV, and these convergent services are the top performers for the newly deployed networks.