The BBC Player platform debuts in Spain with Movistar Plus+

The agreement reached between Movistar Plus+ and the BBC to offer several linear channels in its offer is complemented by the launch of the BBC Player platform exclusively on October 15, which will have more than 700 hours of content selected from the BBC Studios catalogue.

Designed specifically for the Spanish public and available in our language, BBC Player will have great series, nature documentaries, lifestyle programs and other content entertainment. Movistar Plus+ will be responsible for the advertising marketing of BBC Studios channels on the platform and for on-demand advertising that is integrated into BBC Player.

Titles available since launch include Louis Theroux's documentaries, like Stories from Los Angeles, Life on the edge o Louis Theroux Interview, and natural history productions such as David Attenborough and the giant dinosaur, where Sir David Attenborough travels to Argentina for the discovery of the largest known dinosaur, or Big Cat Diary, which follows the lives of African tigers and lions in Kenya. It will also be available Incredible Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, which shows what goes on behind the scenes of the world's most extraordinary accommodations. The offer is completed with iconic contests such as The weakest rival o Ultimate Wedding Planner, and fiction such as crime drama Padre Brown and the complete seasons of the popular franchise Paradise (crime in paradise, Crime beyond paradise y return to paradise), whose new episodes will debut on BBC Player.

Coinciding with this launch, BBC Lifestyle (dial 93) makes its debut in Spain through Movistar Plus+. Designed to entertain, inspire and motivate, the channel will offer viewers a collection of home, decor, travel and lifestyle programmes: from the inspiration of DIY SOS y Stately homes even great adventure titles like The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathany o Steve Backshalls Extreme Mountain Challenge. BBC Earth (dial 86) It is also incorporated into the Movistar Plus+ offer. With more than 120 hours of content completely dubbed into Spanish, the channel will present the best documentary programming from BBC Studios, from shocking natural history productions to incredible and inspiring science and research programs. Featured titles include 60 lethal encounters, Tiger Expedition o Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice. BBC Lifestyle and BBC Earth join the BBC Studios channels now available on the platform: BBC Series (dial 32), Top Gear (dial 34), BBC History (dial 84) y BBC Food (dial 92) launched in January of this year.

To Ismael Calleja, director of alliances Movistar Plus+, the integration of BBC Player into its convergent television offering is a “very important” step in the consolidation of the service as “the best entertainment platform available in the Spanish market.” “The arrival of BBC Player meets that objective and makes us the home of BBC Studios in Spain,” he explains.

From the perspective of BBC Studios, Arran Tindall, commercial director and executive vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, states that the company is proud to offer “varied, quality programming to new audiences,” noting that the agreement with Movistar Plus+ marks “a key milestone in our digital strategy.”