Hulu Adds Package of Spanish-Language Content

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has lined up two new multiyear agreements, with Telemundo and Sony Pictures Television, that will add a wealth of telenovelas, Spanish-language programming and more to its catalog.

In its first-ever deal with Telemundo, Hulu will add five popular Spanish-language series from the network to its library. All past episodes of the hit series La Reina del Sur, Celia and Bajo El Mismo Cielo are now available to stream on Hulu, and the the complete catalogs of Tierra de Reyes and La Patrona will make their debut on the service beginning April 15. The distribution agreement was made by the NBCUniversal Television and New Media Distribution group.

Through a separate deal with Sony Pictures Television, Hulu acquired the streaming rights for a selection of telenovelas and teleseries, including Lady, La Vendendora de Rosas and Doña Barbara, as well as the comedy Los Beltran and crime dramas El Mariachi, Metastasis and En la Boca del Lobo. The deal also encompasses the feature films El Mariachi and The Secret in Their Eyes. Additionally, nine critically acclaimed movies from Academy Award-winning director Pedro Almodóvar, including The Skin I Live In, Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Bad Education, Broken Embraces, Talk to Her and Law of Desire, are all now available to stream on Hulu.