Leading European distributor Global Screen, a TELEPOOL brand, has sold three major drama series to the UK’s Walter Presents partnered with Channel 4. Premium series Hostage, The Palace and The New Front will be available in the UK later this year. Hostage and The Palace will also be exclusively available in the United States of America and Canada. A six-part thriller set in the long shadow of the “War on Terror”, Hostage, is a nail-biting study of people imprisoned by their pasts. The … [Read more...] about Global Screen sells key Drama Series to Channel 4
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OneGate Media secures record-high sales for Baltic Crimes across 95 countries and all 7 continents
OneGate Media announced it has secured record-high sales for the hit crime drama Baltic Crimes (19x90’). The international series has been sold across 95 countries including the USA, France, UK, Japan and Spain, reaching millions of viewers worldwide. The series is produced by Tim Gehrke with Razor Film Production and Polyphon Film. The series centres around mother and daughter investigators, Karin Lossow, a former district attorney who has returned to the island of Usedom after serving a prison … [Read more...] about OneGate Media secures record-high sales for Baltic Crimes across 95 countries and all 7 continents
NTV strikes deal with Walter Presents for ‘Murderous Fever’
NTV announced at KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital a deal with Walter Presents. The company’s Murderous Fever will premiere on Walter Presents across six platforms internationally, being one of Russia’s first true-case investigative dramas to be streamed on top platforms as part of NTV’s global expansion strategy. The license covers the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand from 2022. The contract also includes Free TV and Pay TV premiers’ rights on those territories. Murderous Fever digs into … [Read more...] about NTV strikes deal with Walter Presents for ‘Murderous Fever’
Sky and C4 sign content partnership
LONDON – European satellite broadcaster Sky and UK commercial public broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) have agreed a first-of-its-kind content partnership encompassing Formula 1 coverage and drama series Tin Star. The pact will see highlights of Formula 1 and live coverage of the Formula 1 2019 British Grand Prix shown on C4. The first season of Sky original Tin Star will also be shown on the channel later this year. As part of the agreement, selected C4 and Walter Presents … [Read more...] about Sky and C4 sign content partnership
Red Arrow’s local language dramas head to the UK
LONDON – Red Arrow Studios International has secured a deal with boutique foreign-language drama streaming service, Walter Presents, for its Icelandic legal drama The Court and Swedish thriller series Farang in the UK. Seasons one and two of The Court will launch on All4 under the Walter Presents banner in September 2018 and Farang will premiere on Channel 4 later this year. This deal follows the recent US launch of season one of The Court on Walter Presents in May; season two will … [Read more...] about Red Arrow’s local language dramas head to the UK
Nordic noir drama secured on Channel 4
Channel 4’s Walter Presents has acquired the hotly anticipated Nordic Noir drama VALKYRIEN from boutique financier and distributor About Premium Content (APC). The series will premiere on Channel 4 in 2017, following which all episodes will be exclusively available on Walter Presents. Produced by Norwegian indie Tordenfilm for NRK, this 8 part-high concept series revolves around an illegal hospital, hidden in an Oslo underground station. It tells the story of a physician who fakes his … [Read more...] about Nordic noir drama secured on Channel 4