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Survey: Illegal Music Downloading on the Rise in Spain

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 4, 2007 - 8:25am.

Madrid - Illegal music downloading is on the rise in Spain, despite the decline of physical CD piracy, Billboard reported, citing a survey from the Spanish government's Ministry of Culture.

tags: Piracy | Music | Reports | Copyright | Spain | Research |

Hoodiny Entertainment Group Raises $9 Million

Authored by Jay Baage on August 3, 2007 - 5:19am.
Miami - Hoodiny Entertainment Group, a full-service digital entertainment and content production company, and parent of elHood.com, has raised over $9 million from investors in the United States and Spain.
tags: Deals | Internet | VC | Europe | Spain | Hoodiny |

Spanish New Media Venture I3media Gets $46.4 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 26, 2007 - 8:41am.

Los Angeles - I3media, a new company in Spain that will focus on new media research and development, has received about $46.4 million in initial backing from telcos Telefonica and Alcatel-Lucent, and production house Mediapro, Variety.com reported.

tags: Deals | VC | Digital Cinema | Spain | Telefonica | i3media | Mediapro |

Spanish Judge Rules "Personal Use" Downloaders Aren't Criminals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2006 - 7:36pm.
London - A judge in Spain has ruled that those who download free music off the Internet for personal use are not criminals, The Register reported. Judge Paz Aldecoa, of Santander in northern Spain, called file-sharing "a practiced behavior where the aim is not to gain wealth but to obtain private copies."
tags: Internet | Video | Law | Music | Europe | Consumers | Fair Use | Rulings | File-Sharing | Spain | Promusicae |

Jupitermedia Acquires Spanish Image Distributor

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2006 - 2:44pm.
Darien, Conn. - Jupitermedia, the provider of original information, images and digital content, said on Thursday that its Jupiterimages division has acquired Cover - Imagen y Publicaciones, a Spain-based distributor of local and international rights-managed images. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition gives Jupiterimages, which already owns a library of more than 7 million online images online, about 1.5 million more images that are distributed in Spain. Alan Meckler, the chairman and CEO of Jupitermedia, said that the deal will help his company grow its presence in Spain, just as it has in France and Germany over the past year.
tags: Deals | Internet | Licensing | Online Publishing | Europe | Acquisitions | Jupitermedia | Spain | Images |

Univ. of Madrid Library Texts Added to Google Book-Scanning Project

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 26, 2006 - 1:39am.
London - Google announced on Tuesday that the University of Madrid has agreed to add titles from its Compultense library -- which houses 3 million works -- to Google's controversial project that aims to scan every book in print into a searchable index. While the New York Public Library, Harvard, Oxford, Stanford and the Universities of California and Michigan have also signed on to the project, Google is facing a copyright infringement suit from a number of publishers' and authors' associations, who claim Google doesn't have the right to use their works. Google has said it will only publish public domain works in their entirety in the index, and that only a few pages from works currently under copyright will be included. The agreement with the University of Madrid marks the first non-English-speaking library to be added to the project.
tags: Online Publishing | Tech | Europe | Search | Google | Libraries | Education | Publishing | Books | Spain |

Musiwave to Power Mobile Music Service for Telefonica Moviles Espana

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 29, 2006 - 1:18pm.
Paris - Musiwave, a provider of mobile music entertainment services, announced on Tuesday that it will power a new mobile music service for Spanish wireless carrier Telefonica Moviles Espana.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Music | Europe | Commerce | Spanish | Musiwave | Mobile Commerce | Spain | Telefonica |

Narrowstep to Power IPTV Service for Terra Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 15, 2006 - 11:59am.
New York - Narrowstep, a provider of broadband TV delivery services, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Spain-based Terra Networks, which operates websites in the U.S., Spain and Latin America. Under the deal, Terra will use New York-based Narrowstep's technology to launch a trial of a new Internet TV service with dedicated channels for Spain and Peru.
tags: Video | Tech | TV | IPTV | Spanish | Video Tech | Latin America | Narrowstep | Spain | Terra Networks |

Spain Enacts Copyright Levy on Blank Media

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2006 - 2:42pm.
London - The Spanish Congress voted last week to enact a levy on the sale of blank CDs, DVDs and memory sticks, with proceeds to be doled out to copyright holders to compensate for piracy losses, TheRegister reported.
tags: Internet | Law | Piracy | Commerce | DVD | Copyright | CD | Spain | Levies |

Google and Skype Invest $21.7 Million in Spain's Fon

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2006 - 6:21am.
Madrid - Fon, a Spain-based company dedicated to creating an international network of shared Wi-Fi connections, announced that it has raised more than $21.7 million in its first round of venture capital financing. Index Ventures led the round, with Google, Sequoia Capital and Skype also participating. Fon's goal is to create a grass-roots network of shared Wi-Fi links by turning individual users into an army of so-called "foneros," or people sharing wireless access.
tags: Google | Skype | Invest | Fon | Spain |

Report: France, U.K. and Spain Lead Europe in Internet Usage

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2005 - 9:16am.
Paris - According to a new report by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA), the French -- followed by the British and Spanish -- spend more hours on the Internet than anyone else in Europe. The EIAA said the French spend on average about 13 hours online every week, while Brits and Spaniards spend about 11 hours online. Italians spend the least amount of time online, surfing the Internet just eight hours a week (the European average is currently about 10 hours and 15 minutes per week). The numbers should come as little surprise, as broadband adoption across Europe is booming, according to another report by research firm Datamonitor. "The current situation in many markets can be best described as one of rapidly increasing penetration, where broadband has effectively entered its growth sweet spot," said Datamonitor's Tim Gower. Gower claims that connection rates will level out at 60% of European households.
tags: Internet | Europe | Reports | France | U.K | Lead | Spain |

Report: Spain, Japan and U.K. Set to Lead Interactive TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 15, 2005 - 9:49am.
London -- According to a new "digital readiness" study by Parks Associates, interactive and personalised TV services are likely to find widespread success in Spain, the U.K. and Japan. Spain has nearly 80% of its population showing keen interest in adopting advanced TV services, especially those related to interactive features such as personalized recommendations and voting abilities. In both the U.K. and Japan, 75% of the people showed a strong inclination toward advanced TV services. "Different populations have quite unique reactions to and interest in applications regarding advanced TV services," said Parks Associates analyst Deepa Iyer. "Consumers in the United Kingdom are more inclined toward interactive features such as voting abilities, whereas the Japanese prefer features such as personalized recommendations and one-button access capabilities."
tags: Reports | Japan | U.K | Spain | Lead Interactive TV |

Game Retailer Electronics Boutique Acquires Spain's Jump Ordenadores

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 23, 2005 - 6:52am.
West Chester, Penn. -- Video game retailer Electronics Boutique announced on Monday that it has acquired Spanish retailer Jump Ordenadores. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Jump, which operates 141 stores in several Spanish provinces, currently sells PCs and related products, and will introduce video game hardware and software over the next several months. Electronics Boutique said the purchase will give it an established foothold in the fourth-largest video game market in Europe. Pennsylvania-based Electronics Boutique agreed in April to a $1.4 billion acquisition by rival GameStop, which will give the combined company a total of more than 4,000 stores worldwide.
tags: Games | Spain | Electronics | Boutique | Jump Ordenadores |

Report: Spain Has Highest Broadband Penetration in Europe

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 26, 2003 - 11:00am.

Madrid -- According to Jupiter Research's latest findings, Spain boasts the highest percentage of households in Europe with broadband Internet connections -- 37% in 2002. The report may be something of a surprise for many analysts since Spain currently has the highest basic monthly fee in the region. Moreover, Jupiter Research predicts that Spain's current 1 million broadband households will increase to 4 million -- a whopping 67% of the country's total population -- by 2008. By contrast, only 8% of Italy's households enjoy broadband Internet connections. http://www.jup.com
tags: Internet | Broadband | Europe | Spain |