Disney to Launch VOD Service in Spain

Will offer Disney Movies on Demand on Wauki.tv

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/20/2012 11:20:52 AM

The Walt Disney Company Spain and Portugal and Wuaki.tv are planning to launch Disney Movies on Demand in Spain. The service will offer subscribers of Wuaki.tv's streaming and on demand service access to a wide selection of Disney and Disney/Pixar movies on demand.

The service will be the second Disney-branded subscription video on demand movie service to go live in Europe. Earlier this November the service was also launched on ZON in Portugal.

The Disney Movies on Demand includes such titles as Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, WALL-E, Toy Story, Pocahontas and Dumbo, with new selections being regularly added.

"Launching a Disney-branded SVOD movie library service in Spain is a logical next step in our distribution strategy, complementing our existing agreements with other linear and non-linear broadcasters and platforms" explained Simon Amselem, country manager, The Walt Disney Spain and Portugal in a statement. "Through working with innovative clients, such as Wuaki.tv, we are able bring our audiences our compelling storytelling in more flexible ways, to further enhance their viewing experience."

Jacinto Roca, Wuaki.tv CEO added in a statement that "this agreement is in line with Wuaki.tv's priority of pioneering the best premium content distribution via the Internet, allowing consumers to choose what they see, when they want to see it, directly on their TV or game console."