Sky Launches Low-Cost Streaming Services in Spain

Sky Launches Low-Cost Streaming Services in Spain

Sky tv finally comes to Spain legally 

The new Sky streaming service sounds great - €10 per month for streaming on three connected devices – but will it be able to meet Netflix in terms of content? The pay TV service market of Spain has recently welcomed a new challenger following the announcement of Sky launching a new streaming service. 

The broadcasting monolith owned by Rupert Murdoch launched their new service this month, with users able to stream content from 12 local pay-TV challens such as Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TNT, SyFy, Fox, and National Geographic for €10 a month. 

Some of the flagship titles of the launch are Grey’s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, and the Walking Dead. The Spanish TV streaming market currently encompasses Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and Movistar+, giving Spaniards more choice than ever before after being left in the dark for so long. 

The unique selling point for Sky is that viewers have the option to watch their content on up to three connected devices, including a Sky streaming box powered by Roku. It’s obvious that their goal is ensuring everyone in the family can watch what they want without having to argue about it and fight for who gets to control the remote. 

The company has also said the plan on becoming the leading streaming service in Europe, offering much more in terms of live and on-demand streams for Spain than Netflix or Amazon. 

Sky has over 22.5 million subscribers across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, a

nd Austria. Many of these customers are those signed up to the traditional Sky packages that cost upwards of €29 a month. Launching a stripped-down streaming service for Spain priced at just €10 per month shows that Sky is leveraging their strong brand name and a contract-free streaming service with an audience that has proven themselves to be major television lvoers. 

It looks Spain could soon become one of the leaders of European home entertainment following years of unremarkable domestic programming.

Spain Launches Dog-Poop DNA Scheme to Catch Dog Owners Who Don’t Scoop

Spain Launches Dog-Poop DNA Scheme to Catch Dog Owners Who Don’t Scoop

Great news for Spain as the streets are getting cleaner. 

If we can be a little stereotypical for a second the Spanish are hardly the most agreeable when they’re asked by their Spanish government to tweak their social behaviour.

The smoking ban in Spain is one such recent example. There was some initial resistance to the ban when the UK introduced it in 2007, but it didn’t take too long for people to go along with it. Now Brits can head down to the pub for a pint without stepping into an ashtray.

Things are still a little foggy in Spain when it comes to the smoking ban. There are still old rules that decide what does and doesn’t constitute a place of work. Because of this there is yet to be an acceptance of the ban across the whole country.

The same could be said of dog mess. Culture has evolved in the UK to the point where not cleaning up after your dog has become such a taboo that people are policing themselves these days. There may be fines and warnings, but what keeps owners cleaning up after their dogs is the stigma and the tutting that follows them when they don’t.

While it is an offence to not pick up your dog’s mess in Spain they haven’t adopted the self-policing culture just yet. One authority in east Spain has gotten so fed up of the issue that they’re going to start taking DNA samples from dog mess left lying around. The aim is to find the owner behind it and issue them with a fine.

Officials from Mislata, near Valencia, have confirmed that street cleaners have been told they should collect samples of any dog mess left lying in the street so that it can be sent to a laboratory and inspected.

Dog owners in the town have until the end of the year to have their dog’s DNA registered at the vet free of charge. If they fail to register their dog’s DNA then they’ll be hit with a €300 fine.

After the sample is taken and the DNA is registered owners will be issued a €300 fine every time dog mess found on the street matches with their dog’s DNA in the database.

It might sound a little extreme but if you’ve ever tried to take in the stunning architecture of Spain only to step in  excrement you know how off-putting it can be, with Marbella and other areas following.

Marbella New App to Reserve Sun Loungers Launches

Marbella New App to Reserve Sun Loungers Launches

Just as you can book a flight weeks in advance to Malaga airport you can now use an app to book your favourite seat by the pool before you even leave your home.

There are lots of problems with a package holiday; delayed flights, sunburn, a poor quality buffet to name a few. The one that really scares British tourists is the idea of not being able to find a place by the pool to soak up the sun.

Marbella has a new and innovative approach to sun bathing. 

As with almost everything there are some lazy stereotypes out there. The main antagonist is, of course, the Germans. They wake up early and spread out their towels on all the best seats before going to breakfast. They know that a polite Brit would never move their towels even though there are rules against trying to reserve loungers like this.

The problem may not be as simple as that but the fact remains many holidaymakers across all nationalities become annoyed when they can’t find the perfect seat. Well now there’s an app for that too.

The BookMySunbed app was developed by Daniel Jain, a 23 year old from London who is getting ready to launch the app. Users are able to use the app to find the best seat in the house (or by the pool) before even leaving on holiday.

Don’t worry if this all sounds too good to be true. The app is set to be launched this summer in Marbella. So if you’re going to the Costa del Sol you’ll be able to see it in action for yourself.

The Local says that all the hotels in Marbella have come together to agree to use the app with their pools. If things go well then the app will eventually make its way to all of Spain and, should the popularity be high enough, across the entire world.

Jain did an interview with The Local in which he said that he feels having to wake up early to secure a place by the pool can put a real dampener on a holiday. He says that the app will allow people to reserve their favourite sunbeds in the same way that they can reserve a seat at the cinema or on an airplane.

The app will launch with several language options including English, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and French. It’s interesting that the only language really missing from that list is, remarkably, the Germans.