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Movistar+ retains Spanish rights for Orange Is the New Black
Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 12 May 2016
Just as Netflix prepares to premiere Orange Is the New Black’s fourth season worldwide, Spain’s subscribers have been told that Movistar+ will keep the series for at least another year.
orange movistarThe show’s third season is not yet available through Netflix’s Spanish catalogue, but the SVOD platform premiered it worldwide all at once, whereas it has been gradually released on the Telefónica pay-TV platform.
But for the fourth series, Movistar+ plans to emulate Netflix. On 18 June, a day after Netflix releases it, Movistar+ will air the entire fourth season in Spain through Yomvi, its online TV and VOD service.
Despite being one of Netflix’s largest successes, the SVOD platform can’t broker the agreements reached with Canal+ (now Movistar+) prior to its arrival to Spain. When signing the distribution agreement in 2013, Netflix’s plans didn’t include a Spanish operation, which is why the company sold Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards to the pay-TV platform.
After winning four Emmy awards and been nominated for four Golden Globes, Orange Is the New Black is returning with the same cast, led by Taylor Schilling, although with new faces too, like Brad William Henke, Mike Houston, Kelly Karbacz and Jolene Purdy.
Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 12 May 2016
Just as Netflix prepares to premiere Orange Is the New Black’s fourth season worldwide, Spain’s subscribers have been told that Movistar+ will keep the series for at least another year.
orange movistarThe show’s third season is not yet available through Netflix’s Spanish catalogue, but the SVOD platform premiered it worldwide all at once, whereas it has been gradually released on the Telefónica pay-TV platform.
But for the fourth series, Movistar+ plans to emulate Netflix. On 18 June, a day after Netflix releases it, Movistar+ will air the entire fourth season in Spain through Yomvi, its online TV and VOD service.
Despite being one of Netflix’s largest successes, the SVOD platform can’t broker the agreements reached with Canal+ (now Movistar+) prior to its arrival to Spain. When signing the distribution agreement in 2013, Netflix’s plans didn’t include a Spanish operation, which is why the company sold Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards to the pay-TV platform.
After winning four Emmy awards and been nominated for four Golden Globes, Orange Is the New Black is returning with the same cast, led by Taylor Schilling, although with new faces too, like Brad William Henke, Mike Houston, Kelly Karbacz and Jolene Purdy.
