HBO to Launch in Spain
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| With HBO coming to Spain that's great news for TV addicts |
Combining the Spanish with TV and Cinemas has always been a bit of an
odd combination. Think about it; Spain is a country that is packed with
stunning landscapes, mountains, cities, beaches and people. The weather is
always lovely and the culture is a very outdoors one. Then add in a television;
something designed to keep you inside and in the dark.
Television certainly makes a lot of sense in the wet and
dismal weather of the UK, which is why there is some excellent British TV.
The Spanish have never really needed much television though.
They have a whole country to serve as their entertainment. Even if a Spaniard
would turn on the TV it wouldn’t take them long to regret it because Spanish TV
has just never been good.
Things have changed recently however with the rising
popularity of online on-demand TV services including Netflix, Sky Go and Amazon
Now. The Spanish of today can enjoy great shows from around the world and
they’ve been taking to these online services at a rapid rate.
This is likely the reason that the US Home Box Office TV
network HBO recently announced they would be launching HBO España. No one is
quite sure on the details right now, but HBO are the creative force behind hit
TV shows including Girls, True Detective and Game of Thrones. They simply
announced that the service would be “coming very soon”; a message that was
repeated by Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Nikolaj made the
announcement while filming season seven of Game of Thrones which is, coincidentally
enough, being filmed in Spain.
HBO are offering the service through a streaming platform
powered by Vodafone. It’s expected that it will cost €7.99 a month and that
customers who aren’t with Vodafone will still be able to sign up to the
service. HBO España is set to launch with over 3,000 titles including a movies
straight from Hollywood, documentaries, and also children’s TV.
