Movistar+ extends rights on Orange Is The New Black
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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 11 February 2017

Telefónica’s pay-TV provider Movistar+ will exclusively premiere the fifth season of Orange is the New Black in Spain.


In the meantime, the Netflix original series is being launched worldwide by the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform.

As was the case with Game of Thrones and HBO’s streaming service, Movistar+ acquired the rights to Orange is the New Black years before Netflix decided to launch in Spain.

Now, with the SVOD service well settled around the globe, Movistar+ is keeping a grip on the flagship series.

Not many details have been unveiled about the agreement between Telefónica and Netflix, which surprised Netflix’s subscribers last year, when the SVOD platform stated it was not going to have rights over Orange is the New Black’s fourth season.

On 10 June, Movistar Series*will premiere the series’ fifth season in Spain. It will screen one episode per week on the linear channel while the whole season will be available through its on-demand service from the beginning.

Netflix has made no announcement yet about when the fifth season will be added in Spain, but so far it has not even included the fourth season, which launched worldwide over half a year ago.

The new season of the Jenji Kohan series will count on most of the cast from previous seasons, including Uzo Aduba, Kate Mulgrew, Danielle Brooks and Natasha Lyonne, while new faces such as Brad William Henke, Kelly Karbacz or Jolene Purdy will be added to the cast.