Skydance, Movistar Plus Expand Strategic Alliance In a Win-Win Move Into Co-Branded Original Series

The new deal sees David Ellison's Skydance unleashing its innate power, here HBO Max, in a two-year pact with the biggest Spanish Pay TV/SVOD player

By John Hopewell

John Hopewell

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In what looks like a coup for both parties, Skydance and Movistar Plus, the biggest Spanish pay TV/SVOD operator, are expanding their strategic alliance, strengthening Skydance’s deal in distribution on Movistar Plus and taking it to the next level by including co-branded orginal series.

The two-year deal continuation of the distribution of HBO Max and Warner Bros. Theatrical features on Movistar Plus, the distribution of former Discovery TV channels now part of Skydance TV.

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