LOVEStv is a free Spanish catch-up TV service jointly participated by

RTVE The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...

, Atresmedia and Mediaset España based on a

HbbTV Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is both an industry standard ( European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) TS 102 796) and promotional initiative for hybrid digital TV to harmonise the broadcast, Internet Protocol Television (I ...

standard. Announced in June 2018, when test broadcasting started, it was formally launched on 28 November 2018. Prior to the introduction of LOVEStv HbbTV technology had been previously employed in Spain by RTVE. RTVE (the Spanish public broadcaster), Atresmedia and Mediaset España are competitors in the generalist TV sector. All three partners announced at the time of the presentation that the service was envisioned to transition into an OTT service in a second phase. It offers viewers seven-day catch-up of programming broadcast by the channels of the three platforms and the option of watching an ongoing program from the start. The service requires internet connection, television models able to support a HbbTV 1.5 standard and the manufacturer making the service available on the TV receiver.

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