BluTV cooperation with Wirecard
May 20, 2019
BluTV, leading Turkish streaming subscription service, has started a cooperation with Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, to strengthen in its global expansion. BluTV is a Turkish digital streaming service and offers programming on a worldwide scale. As part of the internationalization of the streaming service, Wirecard is providing BluTV with digital payment solutions across Europe.
“As the first Turkish digital platform to go truly global, it is essential that we have an experienced and knowledgeable partner by our side,” commented Alptug Copuroglu, Head of International at BluTV. “Wirecard’s long-standing experience in digital payments has been instrumental in enabling us to grow our streaming subscription services beyond Turkey. We look forward to continue bringing our broad content offering to millions of viewers around the world.”
“There is no doubt that streaming subscription services are growing at an incredibly fast pace, but this also means that competition has increased,” added Boris Bongartz, Head of Sales Digital Goods at Wirecard. “Our digital payment services will allow BluTV users to have a smooth and enjoyable customer experience, and focus on their main objective: enjoying great TV content, no matter where in the world they are.”
BluTV is available globally, and offers a broad content offering including record-breaking Turkish series, BluTV original series, and mainstream TV series from around the world. Reaching Turkish and Arabic communities, among others, around the world, BluTV hosts the largest online catalogue of Turkish TV series. In addition to the European expansion, BluTV is focusing on further strengthening its position in the MENA and Latin American markets.