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Foreign-language drama streamer Walter Presents has inked a multi-territory deal with Italy's largest commercial broadcaster Mediaset for five of its programs for the 2022/23 period. Shows include The Silence Of Water, Rosy Abate, Codename Solo, Love And Sacrifice and Winds Of Passion, all of which will be made…

Walter Presents, a foreign-language drama streamer, launched in the UK in 2016 as a joint venture with Channel 4. It came out of the gates with spy series Deutschland '83, which subsequently became the first German-language scripted series to launch on a U.S. network when it debuted on SundanceTV. In 2018, the service…

Martin Scorsese-fronted Documentary Abacus Media Rights will distribute documentary The Oratorio, hosted by multiple Academy Award-winner Martin Scorsese. The 66-minute TV film about the immigrant experience will tell the story of a long-forgotten event that helped shape the cultural landscape of New York. In 1826, a…

The team behind foreign-language streamer Walter Presents are getting into the original drama game – setting up a scripted venture that will see them reversion the global series into English. Walter Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath and Jason Thorp, who co-founded the Channel 4-backed venture, which launched in the UK in 2016 as…

Sky and Channel 4 have cemented and extended their unusual content partnership in the UK. In September 2018, the two broadcasters agreed a groundbreaking deal under which Channel 4 got access to Sky original Tin Star and rights to motor racing sport Formula 1. In return, Comcast’s Sky was able to carry Channel 4 box…

Walter Presents, the foreign-language drama service backed by the UK's Channel 4, has taken the U.S. and UK rights to a pair of French thrillers. The digital platform has acquired Crimson Wedding and Mother Is Wrong from France TV Distribution. The multi-territory deals also includes rights to the six-part series in…

Foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has struck a deal with PBS Masterpiece to bring more than 300 hours of scripted series to the U.S. The Channel 4-backed platform will make dramas including Belgium dramas Professor T and 13 Commandments and Nordic noir detective series Norskov available via Amazon's Prime…

Dick Wolf's FBI, the reboot of Charmed and Aaron Kaplan's A Million Little Things are heading to Belgium after CBS Studios International closed a deal with RTL. The shows are part of a multi-year licensing agreement that also includes the rights to broadcast current and library series from CBS and The CW including NCIS…

Scandinavian terror thriller Greyzone is heading to the UK after Walter Presents acquired the ten-part series from distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment. The Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service will air the Cosmo Film-produced series later this year. The show, set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and…

NBCUniversal International's reality SVOD service Hayu is heading to North America. The digital platform, which airs series including Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives and Million Dollar Listing, will launch in Canada later this year. It comes after the direct-to-consumer service launched in the UK…

Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has picked up Danish drama Ride Upon The Storm, its latest high-profile European acquisition. The digital platform has struck a deal with distributor Studiocanal for the series, which was created by Borgen creator Adam Price and stars House of Cards' Lars…

UK foreign-language drama service Walter Presents is doubling down on Belgian crime thrillers after picking up nine-part series Tabula Rasa. The Channel 4-backed SVOD service has bought the show from German distributor ZDF Enterprises. It is the latest Belgian series for Walter Presents, which was set up by Walter…