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Skydance and Movistar Plus extend alliance two years, add joint-label Spanish series

Skydance and Spain's Movistar Plus announced a new two-year global agreement that keeps HBO Max and Skydance TV channels on Movistar Plus and launches local series under a joint Movistar Plus and HBO Original label.

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Mixed · 2Skydance and Spain's Movistar Plus announced on Tuesday 13 October 2026 that they had extended their strategic alliance through a new two-year global agreement. Left · 2Movistar Plus will keep HBO Max on its streaming platform, and the deal also covers select Skydance TV channels, Warner Bros. Pictures theatrical releases and new content agreements; financial terms were not disclosed. Centre · 1Deadline reports that the renewed channel line-up includes Warner TV, TCM, Discovery, Eurosport 1 and 2, and the Cartoon Network VOD service, plus non-exclusive PGA Tour rights, and that the deal runs from July 2026 through December 2027.

Mixed · 2The main new element is a joint label for local series: the companies will launch a selection of series under the Movistar Plus and HBO Original label, described as a first of its kind in the Spanish market. Mixed · 2According to Variety, the partners will co-develop and co-produce the series, which HBO Max and Skydance will distribute worldwide; Deadline says they will premiere simultaneously on Movistar Plus and HBO Max in Spain. Left · 2The first two titles are Veredicto, made with Ikiru Films and Luminol Media and created by Eduard Sola, Pol Cortecans and Daniel González from an idea by Carles Porta, and an untitled series from Porta and Los Moriarti starring Anna Castillo, Pol López and Eduard Fernández.

Centre · 1Movistar Plus CEO Alfonso Gómez Palacio said the agreement strengthens the long-standing partnership and lets it keep offering customers one of the most comprehensive entertainment propositions in the market. Left · 2Alessandro Araimo, Skydance's managing director and executive VP for Southern Europe, said the alliance will bring Spanish viewers influential franchises, films and series and support a new generation of creators. Centre · 1Deadline notes it is one of the first big international pacts confirmed by Skydance since it closed its merger with Warner.

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Framing
Trade coverage presents the deal as a business win and highlights the novelty of the co-branded originals; Variety is the most enthusiastic.
Emphasis
The joint label, the cast and creators of the first series, and Skydance's reach via HBO Max.
Leaves out or plays down
Neither gives the channel list, PGA Tour rights or the July 2026–December 2027 term that Deadline reports.
Charged language
“In a Win-Win Move”“looks like a coup for both parties”“unleashing its innate power”“newly mega-merged”
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“In what looks like a coup for both parties” — Variety
“The newly mega-merged Skydance and Spain’s Movistar Plus” — The Hollywood Reporter

Centre1 outlet

Framing
A short, factual deal report that leads with the extension and the joint label.
Emphasis
Contract detail: channel line-up, film access, PGA Tour rights, term dates and simultaneous premieres.
Leaves out or plays down
Gives little on the creative teams and no comment from Skydance's Araimo.
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“The deal will run from July 2026 through December 2027.” — Deadline

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