Movistar+ offer to acquire 295 million euros for 22% of Canal + in the hands of Mediaset Spain. On July 4, 2014, Mediaset Spain accepted the offer to purchase 22% of Canal + Telefónica. The April 22, 2015, the CNMC gave its approval to the sale of Canal + to Telefónica. After this, Canal + began the process of merger with Movistar TV the July 7, 2015, which resulted in Movistar +. After the merger, Telefónica retained Canal+'s VOD service, launched in 2011. It is available on Android, Apple devices, the web, Smart TV (Samsung and LG), PS3/PS4 and Xbox. Movistar+
State monopoly government monopoly run by the national government, although it may also refer to monopolies run by regional entities called "states" (notably the U.S. states). The most prominent example of a state the monopoly is law and the legitimate use of physical force. In many countries, the postal system is run by the government with competition forbidden by law in some or all services. Also, government monopolies on public utilities, telecommunications and railroads have historically been common, though recent decades have seen a strong privatization trend throughout the industrialized world. In Nordic countries some goods deemed harmful are distributed through a