From January 2018, the Spanish TV offer Movistar + will no longer be broadcast via satellite via Hispasat.
Movistar + subscribers will have to re-orient their satellite dish to the satellites of the ASTRA fleet. Indeed, ASTRA will be, from January 2018, the sole distributor of Movistar +. And there are still many subscribers of Movistar + who receive the channels of their TV package via the Hispasat satellites: 100,000 households will thus be invited to choose between a reception of Movistar + by the fiber or turn their parabola towards the 19 ° East.
The discontinuation of Movistar + by Hispasat is linked to the sale of shares held by Telefonica in Hispasat in 2013. Hispasat has been broadcasting Movistar since 1996.
The end of the distribution of Movistar + by Hispasat will also allow the package to make substantial savings and to recruit new subscribers to fiber optics (if the subscriber is eligible).