Pelmorex Weather Networks & eltiempo.es announces the acquisition of Portuguese Weather Service

Otempo.pt offers digital meteorological services for Portugal

Oakville, October 24, 2018 – Pelmorex Weather Networks and eltiempo.es announced today the acquisition of Otempo.pt, which provides digital meteorological services in European Portuguese. Otempo.pt was acquired on October 1st, and since that time, Pelmorex has been working on a new design for the site that now offers a responsive design to ensure a  seamless experience on a multitude of devices. Otempo.pt will provide the latest forecast details and maps for 40,000 locations in Portugal and around the world.

“We’re proud to now offer weather services for the people of Portugal,” said Carlos Astorqui, Managing Director of eltiempo.es, Clima & Otempo.pt. “Portuguese speaking people, no matter where they live can trust the forecasts from Otempo.pt in the same way that people in Canada, Spain and Latin America have come to rely on forecasts from our other trusted family of services.”

Pelmorex Weather Networks reaches 60 million users each month under the popular brands The Weather Network, MétéoMédia, eltiempo.es and Clima. The company’s customer first strategy emphasizes needs-based solutions for each of its consumer and advertiser customer groups to keep the user experience as personalized and hyperlocal as possible, across all platforms.

“We are excited to add Otempo.pt to our portfolio of weather services,” said Sam Sebastian, President & CEO of Pelmorex Corp. “Our entire team is dedicated to meeting the needs of our consumers and we are happy that we can now expand our services to Portugal with the acquisition of Otempo.pt.”

Visit www.otempo.pt to experience the newest addition to the Pelmorex family of weather services.

About Pelmorex Weather Networks

Pelmorex Weather Networks, a division of Pelmorex Corp., is a leading international provider of weather-related information services.  It operates in North America, Europe, and Latin America, under the brands The Weather Network, MétéoMédia, Eltiempo.es, Clima and otempo.pt. The Weather Network and its French counterpart MétéoMédia are Canada’s most popular weather and information services on TV, web and mobile apps.  Eltiempo is Spain’s leading multi-platform weather information provider. Pelmorex also operates Canada’s National Alerting Aggregation and Dissemination System (Alert Ready) which aggregates and distributes emergency alerts issued by authorized government agencies.