As you well know, yesterday at noon an important event for motorcycling fans was held in the Telefónica District of Madrid, and it is that Movistar announced and finally presented its new Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team, in which the Spanish Maverick will run hand in hand Viñales and the eternal champion Valentino Rossi. However, we always want a small informative gift of all these types of events, and it is that the President of Movistar left us a scoop that will make many of our readers smile, Movistar will broadcast during this year 2017 the first 4K content "made in Spain", the Movistar + platform will be modernized by adopting the latest technology.
Movistar definitely announces 4K content
Luis Miguel Gilpérez attended the event in the Telefónica District of Madrid where he could not miss Actualidad Gadget, and we were there with a notepad in hand in case the President of Telefónica Spain thought of leaving us some important scoop, and so it was, he made it clear that Movistar+ and its entire broadcast platform via streaming would grow throughout the year 2017 exponentially, knocking down any hint of competition such as Netflix, HBO or WuakiTV.
I also take the opportunity to leave figures, announcing that thanks to Telefónica's investment, Spain has the widest fiber optic network that we can find in Europe, and that is It is difficult to find a population, city or municipality of a considerable size where we cannot access 300 Mb fiber symmetrical that Movistar offers in its catalog. Perhaps it is in fiber optics one of the few scenarios where it is difficult for Movistar to find competition, since the offer of other companies is sometimes not as succulent as we could imagine in terms of price and content.
I do not like to give clues about what we are going to do in the future in this type of event, but I am pleased to inform you that Movistar will offer 4K content soon. In addition, we are going to invest in the actual production of content in Spain, investing around one hundred million euros - Luis Miguel Gilperez
That was how the President of Telefónica missed this scoop that Actualidad Gadget we wanted to communicate. However, we couldn't go further to conclude whether this 4K content would be broadcast via satellite for sporting events such as MotoGP or La Liga Santander, or would simply remain in the production and broadcast of series via streaming thanks to its Movistar+ application, heir to the extinct Yomvi.
Companies like Netflix claimed that they would produce movies and series here in Spain, and that's the way it is. However, for Luis Miguel Gilpérez this content is insufficient and merely cosmetic. Movistar intends to invest heavily in content "made in Spain"However, things have to change a lot so that they do not stagnate in the usual four actors and the scenario of script and production that brings such a bad reputation to audiovisual content in this country.
Presentation of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team
The event was aimed entirely at the official presentation of Maverick Casa Particular in Viñales y Valentino Red as teammates, as well as their new suits and bikes that now took on a darker blue color. The Spanish rider took the opportunity to say that he was quite happy with the bike, alluding to the fact that he has improved notably in the cornering, so he cannot deny that he will try to win something and at least have a good season.
Meanwhile Luis Miguel Gílpérez answered the question of why did Movistar invest so much in MotoGP:
We bet on MotoGP because we compete in the sports television market, we are leaders in Spain in sports broadcasting and we have to please our customers. Movistar contributes no less than 300 million customers in total to the broadcast, and sponsoring the best (Yamaha) makes us the best.
For his part, Valentino Rossi did not deny that he would try to win the World Cup again, although he points out that the important thing is to be competitive and strong to always be rivals to beat, all this under the hashtag #Choose to be the best, nothing less.