Telefonica, Vivendi Mull Bid For Spain’s Digital Plus TV Outfit

After BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) took an interest but later pulled out, Spain’s Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) telco and France’s Vivendi (EPA: VIV) media conglomerate are talking about a joint bid for Spanish pay TV operator Digital Plus, FT.com says. Its owner Prisa is selling the outfit to offset debt gathered when it bought the Sogecable pay TV outfit. It’s said Digital Plus would complement Telefonica’s ADSL IPTV service Imagenio. But it’s said offers for the company have fallen short of Prisa’s hoped-for