This coming Tuesday, February 28, there will be a new actor (and more than prominent) in the world of streaming: it is the on-demand content platform SkyShowtime that comes with Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as main ambassadors of his series. Here we will try to answer the main questions.
Spanish serial fans had been hearing about two American television platforms without representation in Spain for some time: Peacock, the NBCUniversal service, and Paramount, Paramount Global's video-on-demand platform. The interesting? That, to land in the Iberian Peninsula, they have preferred to join forces with a common platform that recycles the name of two of its best-known brands.
Among the novelties, it is worth highlighting the deployment of the fictional universe of Yellowstone. The creator Taylor Sheridan has been sweeping American television for five seasons with Yellowstone, a neowestern starring Kevin Costner about the family that owns the largest ranch in the United States.
Following the success of the series, Sheridan has already released two prequels. 1883, showing the arrival of the Dutton ancestors in that wild Montana terrain. With rave reviews, the miniseries stars Sam Elliott and country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, a real-life couple. And now it has 1923 on the air, which continues to show the lives of the predecessors with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in the leading roles.
Also from Taylor Sheridan is Tulsa King, a comedy starring Sylvester Stallone as a mobster fresh out of jail and banished to a seedy town, and Mayor of Kingstown, a Michigan-set crime drama starring Kyle Chandler, Jeremy Renner and Oscar-winner Dianne West.
In addition, SkyShowtime will premiere its catalog with the true crime A friend of the family with Colin Hanks and Anna Paquin; the expensive adaptation of the video game Halo; the television version of American Gigolo and Let the right one in; and spin-offs of well-known properties like Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds about the adventures of Spock (Ethan Peck) before working under Captain Kirk.
Other news? Souls, The best man: The final chapters, The calling, The fear index, The great game, The Midwich Cuckoos, The offer, The rising, The undeclared war, Vampire academy, Funny woman or seasons 21 and 22 of Law and order , unprecedented in Spain. In the future, the remake of Fatal Attraction, the television adaptation of Grease: Rise of the pink ladies, Lioness with Nicole Kidman or the latest thriller by Kiefer Sutherland, entitled Rabbit hole, will also arrive.
Three days after the premiere, Bosé, the biopic about Miguel Bosé, played by José Pastor and Iván Sánchez, will arrive to offer the public an intimate look at his life. Each episode will focus on a song by the singer and will use flashbacks to travel back to defining moments in his life. Later, it will also premiere the second season of XHOBH, the Manuela Burló Moreno series initially produced for HBO but which disappeared from the HBO Max catalog before the second season premiered.
SkyShowtime will also premiere Los envoys with Miguel Ángel Silvestre, a Mexican bet about two Vatican priests who arrive in Mexico to verify alleged miraculous healings.
SkyShowtime, at the moment, advertises that they have the following franchises: the Full Throttle movies, Gru and the Minions, Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible, and all the Star Trek installments. They also highlight Mamma Mia or the SpongeBob movie.
Perhaps the premieres are the striking elements for the media and to attract users but, in reality, having a good wardrobe is the ideal way to retain subscribers. And, in this sense, there will be no shortage of classic or current series with dozens and even hundreds of episodes such as The good wife, The good fight, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D, Chicago Med, Law and order, Law and order: Special Victims Unit, Hawaii 5-0, Bates Motel, Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, Dexter, Downton Abbey, Elementary, FBI, Grimm, Heroes, House, Magnum P.I, Madam Secretary, Mr Robot, NCIS, New Amsterdam, Nurse Jackie, Parks and recreation, SEAL Team, Penny Dreadful, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Prodigy, Superstore and The affair among others.
The official price of SkyShowtime in Spain and Andorra is 5.99 euros per month. Of course, the platform, aware that the streaming market is saturated and that potential customers already have other contracted services, wants to break in with a special offer: 2.99 euros per month. It is a 50% discount that, in theory, the customer will keep forever if they do not unsubscribe from the service.
As with the 50% discount on HBO Max, one detail must be taken into account: SkyShowtime does not promise a price of 2.99 euros for life, but rather that 50% discount on the official price, which could change further. forward.
