Sprint Customers to Receive Complimentary 45-Day Trial
to New Premium Spanish-Language Streaming
Service
PANTAYA Launch Event Will Benefit the
1Million Project and Feature Entertainment by Prince Royce
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- PANTAYA, the
first premium streaming service for Spanish-language films, and
Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced they are joining forces to reach
millions of new fans across their mobile devices.
Sprint is the first carrier to collaborate with PANTAYA and is
offering an exclusive 45-day trial to customers who visit
sprint.com/pantaya. 1
PANTAYA, a partnership between global content leader Lionsgate
(NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and media conglomerate Hemisphere Media Group
(NASDAQ: HMTV), features the largest and most varied selection of
Spanish-language movies on a single platform. The service
encompasses blockbusters and critically acclaimed films from
Latin America and Hollywood; exclusive and first-run access to
all Spanish-language releases from Pantelion Films, a joint venture
between Lionsgate and Televisa; and a selection of films that will
be available for streaming the same day they premiere in
Latin America, a U.S. first.
PANTAYA and celebrity ambassadors Maite
Perroni and Omar Chaparro
will co-host a launch event tonight in Hollywood featuring international superstar
Prince Royce as a musical guest and
a charity auction.
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the 1Million Project, an
initiative that aims to bridge the digital divide and help close
the homework gap for 1 million low-income high school students who
lack internet access at home to complete assignments, communicate
with their schools, and apply for scholarships.
Together, Sprint and PANTAYA are raising money for the 1Million
Project via an online auction that kicked off yesterday and will be
live through Oct. 24 at
charitybuzz.com/1millionproject. Items offered at the auction will
include unique VIP experiences, star-studded film premieres, and
meet-and-greets.
"We're honored to become the first carrier to work with PANTAYA
and to provide our customers unparalleled access to
Spanish-language movies to stream on their terms," said
Alberto Lorente, vice president of
Multicultural Marketing at Sprint. "Sprint has seen a significant
growth among its Hispanic customers streaming content on their
smartphones. Our collaboration with PANTAYA is one of Sprint's many
dedicated efforts to bring our customers closer to their passions
and helps further our mission of working to meet their wants and
needs."
"There's a great market opportunity in the Spanish-language
streaming space, and we've launched PANTAYA to deliver premium
content curated exclusively for this audience," said Paul Presburger, PANTAYA Chief Executive
Officer. "We've found a great provider in Sprint, who is invested
in the Latino community and shares our commitment to providing
customers a one-of-a-kind streaming experience they can call their
own."
Available for a $5.99 monthly
subscription, PANTAYA is accessible through the web and on iOS,
Android, Roku, Apple TV and Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico, as well as to Prime
members on Amazon Channels in the U.S. PANTAYA was designed to help
consumers easily navigate through hundreds of streaming choices –
with the option to toggle between Spanish and English – and to use
custom filters to discover the best and most varied selection of
content.
To learn more about PANTAYA and stay on top of its growing and
exclusive catalog of movies in Spanish, please visit
www.pantaya.com
About PANTAYA
PANTAYA is the first-ever premium
streaming destination for world-class movies in Spanish offering
the largest selection of current and classic, commercial-free
blockbusters and critically acclaimed titles from Latin America and the U.S. PANTAYA features
first-run exclusive and original titles, including instant access
to select movies available on the same day they make theatrical
debuts in Latin America.
PANTAYA is a joint venture between global content leader
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF. B) and Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: HMTV), which targets the high growth U.S. Hispanic and
Latin American markets with leading broadcast, cable television and
digital content platforms. To learn more about PANTAYA, visit
www.pantaya.com
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect its
customers to the things they care about most. Sprint served 53.7
million connections as of June 30,
2017, and is widely recognized for developing, engineering
and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless
4G service from a national carrier in the
United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and
Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has
been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
North America for the past five
years. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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