FA Cup 6th Round (Quarter Finals) Fixtures and TV Coverage
Saturday 11 March 2017
12:15 Middlesbrough VS Manchester City
Live on BT Sport Two
Live on Teledeporte (Spanish TV)
17:30 Arsenal VS Lincoln City
Live on BT Sport Two
Sunday 12 March 2017
14:00 Tottenham Hotspur VS Millwall
Live on BBC One
Live on Teledeporte (Spanish TV)
Monday 13 March 2017
19:45 Chelsea VS Manchester United
Live on BBC One
Live on Teledeporte (Spanish TV)
The Spanish regulator CMNC has taken action yet again against Mediaset and Atresmedia, the country’s leading commercial broadcasters.
In the case of Mediaset, it has fined the company €229,136 for exceeding the permitted advertising airtime, as stipulated by the General Law on Audiovisual Communication (LGCA), on its channels Telecinco and Cuatro.
Continue reading »
Spain’s Supreme Court will meet on June 23 to decide on whether to order the closure of eight DTT channels.
According to El Economista, the decision, which result in a huge blow for Mediaset and Atresmedia, the country’s two leading broadcasters, has caused a confrontation between by vice president Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria and José Manuel Soria, the industry minister.
Spain’s Ministry of Industry has put back by one month the changes to Spanish TV that would see the freeing up of the 700 MHz band. This band has been allocayed for 4G/LTE networks.
El Economista reports that this new delay follows requests by both TV broadcasters and aerial installers (Fenitel).
Reports suggest that about 2.5 million Spanish households have still to retune their receivers, or if they using commula aerial system,have their systems upgraded.
It is estimated that by March 81% of homes will have retuned – 26 percentage points more than in January but still some way short of the 100% target.
The DTT switch was initially scheduled to take place at the beginning of the year but was then put back until the middle of this month.
Andalucía TV has ceased it satellite transmissions.
The loss of Andalucía TV has caused uproar among dish owners, upset about the loss of the satellite TV signal.
Andalucía TV was available free to air on Hispasat 1E (at 30 degrees West) and Astra 1L (at 19.2 degrees East).
Andalucía TV was a regional TV channels for Spain, and carried programming from Canal Sur TV and Canal Sur 2, two other local SPanish TV channels.
Radio Televisión de Andalucía, that operates Andalucía TV, said that its programmes would be available via the Ono, Telecable and Movistar cable TV / IPTV networks.
Spain will get five new Spanish TV channels in 2015.
The Spanish government has confirmed that they will be awarding Spanish TV licences for four new HD and one new SD channels in 2015.
Currently, there are 15 national digital TV channels in Spain:
Six operated by Mediaset (Telecinco, Cuatro, FDF, Divinity, Energy and Boing);
Five by Atresmedia (Antena 3, La Sexta, Neox, Nova and Gol TV);
Two from Veo TV rented to Discovery Max and 13 TV;
Two from Net TV rented to Disney Channel and Paramount Channel.
Spanish TV is due for a few changes in the next few months.
Several Spanish TV channels, that you receive via a TV aerial, are schedule to change frequencies.
This is due to their current frequencies due to be sold off to mobile phone operators for 3G and 4G.
See: https://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/changes-tdt-spanish-digital-television-changes-tv-spain/
The deadline for his change over was the 31st De3cember 2014.
However, The Spanish government has bowed to the pressure of the industry to delay the switch off until March 31st 2015
For most people, the changes to Spanish TV will simply mean performing a rescan for channels on their set top box or TV
However, those in apartment blocks or communities will have to wait until their “signal head end” is adapted to the new frequencies.
This new delay is due to the fact that by October 2014 less than 10%, and estimates for December 2014 say less than 50%, of buildings in Spain have been adapted for the new Spanish TV frequencies.
Spanish TV channels will continue to be “simulacast” on both old and new frequencies until the new deadline.
Spain’s National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has opened disciplinary proceedings against Mediaset for breaching the Law on Audiovisual Communication.
In particular, the broadcaster’s channels Cuatro and Telecinco stand accused of violating the maximum permitted airtime of 12 minutes per hour for advertising and teleshopping.
As this is considered a minor offence, Mediaset faces the prospect of a fine of up to €100,000 for each violation.
Atresmedia and its TV channel La Sexta are also accused of exceeding the transmission time allowed for advertsing and teleshopping messages.
TVE is to close their free-to-air (FTA) sports channel Teledeporte.
This is to help reduce the company’s huge debt.
The company announced the plan immediately after receiving an input of €130 million from the Spanish Government in order to compensate this year’s fall in revenue.
Although Teledeporte will not close totally.
Teledeporte will become an online streaming channel. Most of Teledeportes programming will be integrated into La 2, TVE’s second channel.
If you have recently lost the Paramount Channel on Spanish TV then this is because it has moved to a new frequency.
A rescan on your TDT TV or TDT set top box, should find the Paramount Channel again.
The Paramount Channel is a free TV channel on Spain digital terrestrial network.
It shows classic movies and series from the Paramount back catalogue.
Many of the programmes and movies are available in English, as well as dubbed Spanish.