All about SkyShowtime: price in Spain, profiles, devices and catalog of series and movies

SkyShowtime has already landed in Spain, the new streaming platform that aims to compete with other video on demand services by merging the catalogs of two of Hollywood’s most legendary studios. Despite the fact that Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures have their own individual platforms in the United States (Paramount+ and Peacock), in several European countries they have decided to join a joint venture with series and films from both distributors and their associated studios, such as Nickelodeon, Showtime, DreamWorks or Sky.

As the streaming wars are more chaotic than ever, between ad-supported subscription launches, Netflix tweaks to limit account sharing, and more, let’s review the main features of SkyShowtime upon arrival in our country, so that you can decide if it is worth adding to your list of platforms.

– What is SkyShowtime?

It is a video on demand platform with content from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Sky, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Peacock and Paramount+in addition to its original content.

– How much does it cost?

The subscription price is €5.99 per monthwithout permanence.

To celebrate your arrival in Spain they offer a promotion for sign up for 50% off forever. Right now that means the introductory subscription is $2.99 ​​a month. If the price of the standard subscription changes in the future, those who have used this discount will also see their price updated, still at half the cost of the standard subscription. The offer will be active until April 25th at 11.59pm and is valid for new users only, if the subscription is canceled it will not expire again.

Eye! To take advantage of the offer you need to register through the official website. There are users who have reported that the offer does not jump from the application.

– How many profiles can be created?

SkyShowtime allows you to create up to five profiles. There are currently no restrictions on sharing your account with people who don’t live in the account owner’s household.

Profiles can be protected with a PIN and can be limited by the recommended content age (up to 12, up to 16 and up to 18). They can also be marked as child profiles, which will display a customized interface for the little ones and only content suitable for them.

Profiles can be customized with avatars from various series and movies, such as ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘ET’, ‘Halo’, ‘The Office’, ‘Parks and Recreation’ or ‘SpongeBob’.

– How many simultaneous playbacks does it allow?

SkyShowtime allows it play content on three devices simultaneously.

– Allow downloads?

Yes, you can download movies and series to unlimited devices to enjoy them offline. The maximum titles to download are 30, which will expire 30 days after download or 48 hours after you start watching. Expired titles can be downloaded again (if they are still available in the catalog).

– What devices are supported?

SkyShowtime can be viewed via any Internet browser, on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, on Apple TV (4th generation or later), Android TV (6.0 or later), Smart TVs running Android 6.0 or later, LG TVs running webOS 3.5 or later, Samsung TVs from 2017 onwards with Tizen OS 3.0 or later and on Chromecast.

It also allows send content to TV using Google Cast (Chromecast or compatible TV) and Airplay (Apple TV or compatible TV).

– What series and movies does it include?

The launch catalog includes a selection of films and series from Universal, Paramount, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Sky, Showtime, Peacock and Paramount+. This catalog can be explored in the sections dedicated to each brand, in the collections that bring together sagas or universes and in specific categories such as “marathon series”, “family cinema” or “Only for the brave”. The content can be saved in a specific list for each profile.

The series and movies can be enjoyed right now in HD quality (up to 1080p) and they say they are working on including 4K “very soon.” Some titles also have Dolby Digital 5.1 audio quality. The series and films are available in original version or dubbed into Spanish, Polish, Czech and Hungarian. Subtitles are also available.

The ‘Yellowstone’ universe stands out in the catalog with the mother series and the spin-offs ‘1883’ and ‘1923’, ‘Star Trek’, which includes the films and series ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ and ‘Star Trek : Prodigy’, the ‘Godfather’ trilogy and the original series ‘The Offer’, film franchises such as ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Fast & Furious’, ‘Transformers’, ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘ Indiana Jones’, ‘Scream’, ‘The Purge’, ‘La Momia’, ‘American Pie’ or ‘Mamma Mia’, new series such as ‘Halo’, ‘American Gigolo’, ‘Mayor of Kingstown’, ‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin’ or ‘Tulsa King’ and classic series such as ‘The Office’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘Parks and Recreation’, ‘House’, ‘The Good Wife’, ‘The Good Fight’ and ‘ Ray Donovan’. We also find movies like ‘Top Gun’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Try me if you can’, ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘The Truman Show’, ‘Good Will Hunting’, ‘World War Z’, ‘ Scarface’ , ‘Gladiator’, ‘The Holiday’, ‘Ex Machina’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, ‘Lost in Translation’ and many more. They also rescued several European HBO Max series such as ‘Everything else’, ‘Foodie Love’, ‘Por H o ​​por B’ or ‘No news’.

The first original SkyShowtime will begin arriving on March 3 with the premiere of ‘Bosé’, its first Spanish series.

It is unknown what his strategy will be regarding the theatrical releases of Universal and Paramount, but at the moment we cannot find any recent releases like ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. Nor do they have much cinema coming out in Spain.

The little ones will be able to find series such as ‘Avatar: The Legend of Aang’, SpongeBob SquarePants, ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Dora the Explorer’, and films such as ‘Shrek’, ‘Madagascar’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ ‘.