FilmOn, the world’s largest provider of internet television, is continuing to spread its reach internationally! The provider, owned by media billionaire Alki David, announced a landmark agreement with Spanish state-broadcaster TVE to stream an international version of the channel on a global basis.
The historic arrangement will make FilmOn become the first-ever IPTV provider to enter into an agreement with TVE to stream the broadcaster’s content straight to PCs and smartphones on a revenue share basis.
This will allow for FilmOn users around the world to access premium Spanish content independent of which territory they are in at the time. TVE is the first European state broadcaster to embrace the digital world via FilmOn, which already boasts 500 other channels, most of them under license from private broadcasters.
The arrangement will bring brand new audiences to TVE while giving FilmOn another notch towards their position as the leading player in the global IPTV market.
The agreement was signed in Madrid by Fernando Hernández Berzal, Channel Sales Executive at TVE and Gary Shoefield, Senior Vice President Programming (Europe) at FilmOn.
“I have been working with Fernando for a long time to put together this ground-breaking deal for both FilmOn and TVE,” said Shoefield. “All national broadcasters throughout the world are now looking to the internet to deliver them income, and FilmOn is again at the forefront of distribution to this global audience.”
Fernando Hernández Berzal said, “We are proud to have signed this deal with FilmOn to be able to explore new ways to reach our audiences world wide. I would like to thank Mr. Shoefield for his efforts and patience that has led us to the signing.”
The agreement with TVE is similar to another agreement with Australian national broadcaster ABC that was made earlier this year. These deals continue to expand its impressive portfolio of content, that includes 500 channels, plus 45,000 hours of video casts which are updated on a rolling basis.
[Fernando Hernández Berzal (on left in photo), Channel Sales Executive at TVE, and Gary Shoefield, Senior Vice President Programming (Europe) at FilmOn.]