https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Online video streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday opened new film studios in Spain, doubling its production capacity in the country that has become a hub of audiovisual creation in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20221123/netflix-bets-big-on-spain-with-largest-studios-in-eu Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:17:17 +0100 netflix-bets-big-on-spain-with-largest-studios-in-eu Netflix will on Friday release the final five episodes of "La Casa de Papel" (Money Heist), the most in-demand TV series in the world currently and one which blew open the door for other non-English language series on streaming services. https://www.thelocal.es/20211202/spains-smash-hit-tv-series-money-heist-reaches-end Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:48:40 +0100 spains-smash-hit-tv-series-money-heist-reaches-end Netflix, HBO and other streaming platforms will have to offer 6 percent of their content in Catalan, Basque and Galician as well as pay a new tax to fund productions in these co-official languages of Spain, according to a new audiovisual law by the Spanish government.  https://www.thelocal.es/20211125/spain-to-require-netflix-to-offer-content-in-catalan-basque-and-galician Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:12:39 +0100 spain-to-require-netflix-to-offer-content-in-catalan-basque-and-galician Spain is preparing legislation that would impose a 5.0 percent tax on streaming giants like Netflix with the funds used to boost Spanish cinematic production, the government said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201107/online-streaming-giants-face-rise-in-tax-to-fund-spanish-productions Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:43:30 +0100 online-streaming-giants-face-rise-in-tax-to-fund-spanish-productions With Spain's strict lockdown set to run until late April and plenty of home time on the horizon for 2020, there's no better time than the present to get stuck into an enthralling 'Made in España' Netflix series and improve your Spanish in the process. https://www.thelocal.es/20190204/six-spanish-netflix-series-you-need-to-see-right-now Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:57:35 +0100 six-spanish-netflix-series-you-need-to-see-right-now Media firms are racing to set up television production centres in Madrid following the runaway global success of Spanish series such as Netflix's crime caper "Money Heist". https://www.thelocal.es/20190717/how-madrid-is-fast-becoming-the-hub-for-tv-series-production Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:54:36 +0200 how-madrid-is-fast-becoming-the-hub-for-tv-series-production The first Netflix movie in competition at the Berlin film festival, telling the extraordinary true story of a gay marriage in Spain a century ago, premiered Wednesday amid a protest by German cinema operators. https://www.thelocal.es/20190214/netflix-row-berlinale-isabel-coixet-elisa-and-marcela Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:05:25 +0100 netflix-row-berlinale-isabel-coixet-elisa-and-marcela Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos warned Wednesday against praising late drug lord Pablo Escobar "as a hero" as Bogota asked Madrid authorities to remove a giant poster advertising the Netflix series "Narcos". https://www.thelocal.es/20161215/colombia-asks-madrid-to-remove-netflix-narcos-billboard Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:39:31 +0100 colombia-asks-madrid-to-remove-netflix-narcos-billboard Netflix has announced it is to film its first ever original series in Spain, a period piece centred around the fortunes of four very different women. https://www.thelocal.es/20160404/netflix-spain-television-series-spanish-madrid Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:19:26 +0200 netflix-spain-television-series-spanish-madrid Just months after Netflix became available in Spain, HBO has announced the launch of its own streaming service to rival it. https://www.thelocal.es/20160120/hbo-takes-on-netflix-in-battle-for-spanish-viewers Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:16:19 +0100 hbo-takes-on-netflix-in-battle-for-spanish-viewers From this week a dozen Spanish airports will offer travellers free Wi-Fi, a service that will be extended to all AENA operated airports by the end of the year. https://www.thelocal.es/20151020/free-wi-fi-now-offered-to-travellers-at-airports-across-spain Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:16:59 +0200 free-wi-fi-now-offered-to-travellers-at-airports-across-spain Popular streaming website Netflix will be available in Spain from Tuesday, eight years after it was launched in the United States. https://www.thelocal.es/20151020/get-ready-to-binge-watch-netflix-arrives-in-spain Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:34:07 +0200 get-ready-to-binge-watch-netflix-arrives-in-spain The popular streaming service will make its long-awaited arrival in Spain on October 20th. https://www.thelocal.es/20150930/at-last-netflix-comes-to-spain Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:20:31 +0200 at-last-netflix-comes-to-spain The CEO of Netflix has spilled the beans on the details of what to expect for the long-awaited arrival of the streaming service in Spain this October. https://www.thelocal.es/20150908/netflix-set-to-launch-in-spain-in-october Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:55:55 +0200 netflix-set-to-launch-in-spain-in-october The European Commission presented a plan for making the internet and digital content more ‘border-free’ on Wednesday, suggesting ways to loosen up restrictions that often see music, movies and other services blocked when users travel across countries. But could such a plan succeed? https://www.thelocal.es/20150506/could-europe-have-border-less-internet Wed, 06 May 2015 18:11:42 +0200 could-europe-have-border-less-internet