Aussie streamer Stan has struck an exclusive programming deal with global drama SVOD Walter Presents. The Nine Entertainment-owned service will gain first-run and exclusive access to shows from Walter Presents, with the “long-term deal” covering eight new programmes, which are launching on the platform this month. These include Peacemaker, Devil’s Throat, First Responders, Hide And […]
Drama streamer Walter Presents has extended its acquisitions spree by adding an array of Nordic shows to its service following a deal with NENT Studios UK. The Inner Circle (8 x 60-minutes), produced by Fundament Film for NENT-owned streamer Viaplay, has been acquired by Walter Presents in the US, UK and Belgium. The Swedish political […]
Global drama streamer Walter Presents has struck a three-year deal for almost 30 hours of programming from Discovery-owned Polish broadcaster TVN. Viewer in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand will be able to watch Polish shows including legal drama The Disappearance (Chyłka), which is based on novelist Remigiusz Mróz’s novel and tracks a […]
Channel 4 in the UK has ordered a remake of Swedish drama Before We Die, with Eagle Eye Drama – the company launched by the founders of streamer Walter Presents – attached to produce. The six-part crime thriller, which will be known as Before We Die in the UK as well, will star Lesley Sharp, […]
UK-based non-English language streamer Walter Presents has acquired eight new series following a multi-territory deal with German-based distributor Beta Film. The deal includes three Italian series, thriller The Hunter (Il Cacciatore), crime drama Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders and period drama Imperial. Under Suspicion and What The Future Holds have been picked up from Spain, […]
France’s M6 builds Lego Masters deal M6 in France has become the eighth broadcaster to order a local version of entertainment format Lego Masters. The show will be produced by Endemol Shine France, having originally been created by Tuesday’s Child Productions, The Lego Group and Endemol Shine Group, now part of Banijay. The latter is […]
UK-based streamer Walter Presents has signed a two-year deal with Russian SVOD service Start, with programming to be made available this month. Water Presents, which specialises in non-English language content, will launch on Start in Russia and Russian-speaking territories, with a 100-hour curated collection, encompassing 11 first-run series. This is set to grow to 400 […]
Non-English language scripted streamer Walter Presents has acquired Russian oligarch drama Gold Diggers for its service in the UK. The eight-part show, from Russia’s Yellow, Black & White Group and its production arm Start Studios, explores the relationships between power, money, and sex among Moscow’s high society. The story follows a female cop who penetrates […]
BBC lands The Heights, extends The Capture BBC One in the UK has acquired the first two seasons of Australian serial drama The Heights, with the first run confirmed to begin in a daytime slot on 15 June. The show, produced by NBCUniversal International Studios’ Matchbox Pictures in association with For Pete’s Sake Productions, explores […]
Non-English language scripted streamer Walter Presents has come to New Zealand through state broadcaster TVNZ’s OnDemand service. Effective immediately, with more than 250 hours of non-English language scripted content to be added over the next six months, the programming will be made exclusively available through a dedicated Walter Presents section on the TVNZ OnDemand homepage. […]
