The paradox of the streaming explosion: why some of the most prestigious series don't reach Spain

Global promotion channels have managed to get American television, the main engine of fiction consumed in the West, to notify us of its new offers and release dates, but when we go looking for them in our usual services they don't always appear.

It can be said that the new paradigm of overabundance on platforms has spoiled us, and it is very difficult for us to assimilate that we cannot always have everything at hand immediately.

It is rare that the final episode of the first season

premieres two days late in Spain, when

have been leaked in a few hours on social networks.

We just can't conceive of not being perfectly in sync with the rest of the world, even though series like

took months to arrive, or even a year like The

.

There is so much contention that a lot ends up passing by and fails to find its place in Spain.

One of the most recent cases is that of

,

's debut on television.

A series with which the prestigious director continues his fondness for the criminal mystery that he conquered the public with

and continued with the

phenomenon , still fresh.

has a great cast with names like

or

.

As expected from a project by one of the filmmakers of the moment, it is receiving stratospheric reviews and ratings that place it as the best series so far this year, with averages higher than

, from

on

or

.

Kevin Costner stars in 'Yellowstone'.PARAMOUNT NETWORK

However, there is still no release date in our country and the explanation is that the platform that produces it is

, which has not yet been distributed outside the United States.

It is not the only series with great impact on the platform that is out of our reach.

Others to rave reviews, such as

, a disturbing re-enactment of the true case told by the Netflix documentary

about a Mormon family whose 12-year-old daughter fell under the influence of a sociopathic neighbor in the 1970s, They are still waiting in the catalog of the

platform .

The new version of

, which despite seeming like a bad idea is already in its second season, or the

of

, are omissions that adults may not miss, but the series whose The absence is harder to assimilate is

, the

created by

starring

that has been on the air for five seasons and has given rise to two prestigious prequels,

and

, with actors such as

,

,

and

.

This is a special case, since the first two seasons aired, years behind schedule, on the

channel , but are still not available for

.

Sylvester Stallone stars in 'Tulsa king'.PARAMOUNT+

The

of the highly acclaimed series belong to

, another platform that does not exist in Spain and whose original productions are also still in limbo from which the exit has not just opened.

The latest phenomenon of the King couple,

, which critics have ranked with the historical

, is often released late on the

channel , but its

availability is poor;

It appears in

, but seasons are missing.

Others, such as

, the first series by

, is also still on hold, but the loudest case is the eternal delay of the

series , the highly anticipated adaptation of the popular video game made with blockbuster media, which continues without news from his arrival, despite the success of

.

The solution may be close, although it will involve the creation of a new platform.

and

have announced a partnership in which they will broadcast their content jointly through a brand called

, whose launch in Spain was expected in 2022 but it seems that it will finally arrive this year.

With it come other recent successes such as the comedies

or

, but the problem does not end on these two platforms.

In Spain,

and

distribute the content released by the American

, owned by Walt Disney, but everything always arrives.

Some great series fall by the wayside, like the comedy

or, for now, the second seasons of

or

.

Many of its missing productions are original films, for example, the

of the classic horror film

, which has not arrived in Spain nor is it expected.

Nor does everything come from the small

, now renamed

, with series like the prestigious

,

,

,

and movies direct to its network like

, from the creator of

, or

.

You could continue with everything that

produced , such as

or the serialized version of

, which have not only been canceled before reaching our country but will also disappear from its catalog due to the integration of the linear channel and its video-on-demand platform at

, but the constant digestion and restructuring of traditional chains and

services is leaving all kinds of collateral damage, invisible victims and many hours of content that sometimes arrives, sometimes doesn't, and in many cases it doesn't. it is late and with difficult access.

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