Five years ago this week… OTT was sparking conflict around the globe, with Netflix and HBO locking horns in Spain as the former announced plans to kick off a standalone online service, just three months after Netflix had set up shop in the country. At the time of writing, Netflix was available in 130 countries, but in some ways HBO looked better placed internationally. HBO owned nearly all its content, meaning it was bereft of Netflix’s geographical rights issues, and held 150 million subscribers around the globe, although these were mainly derived from its premium pay TV channel and Netflix was closing the gap. Today, one OTT provider has 12.6 million subs, while the other has close to 200 million…