Walter Presents

Walter Presents is a video on demand service of Channel Four Television Corporation, part of its All 4 online platform. Launched on 3 January 2016, it specialises in foreign language drama and comedy. It is named after Walter Iuzzolino, who selects its content.[1]

Production

The service is a partnership between Channel 4 and Global Series Network. It is free to view, but supported by adverts.[2] Walter Iuzzolino began reviewing potential content for the service two years before its launch, viewing 3,500 hours of television in all.[3]

The service aims to avoid so called 'art house' programming in favour of more mainstream productions, aimed at competing against services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, and toward audiences already familiar with Nordic dramas such as The Bridge.[1]

Iuzzolino sets three criteria - any selected show must be popular in its native country, giving the examples of Homeland or House of Cards; it must be "award-winning or already critically acclaimed", and it must have "the finest writing, directing and acting that each country has to offer....something worth our time as viewers".[3]

In order to promote the service, some of the content is also being aired on Channel 4's conventional channels, Channel 4 and More 4.[3]

Programmes

Title Origin Genre
Deutschland 83[1] Germany Spy drama
Spin[1] France Political drama
Heartless[1] Denmark Vampire thriller
Blue Eyes[1] Sweden Political thriller
Pure Evil[1] Argentina Psychological crime thriller
Kabul Kitchen[1] France Comedy drama
10[1] Switzerland Mystery drama
Cenk Batu[1] Germany Crime drama
Prófugos[4] Chile Crime drama
Fdp[4] Brazil Football comedy
Magnifica 70[4] Brazil Drama
Sr Avila[4] Mexico Family crime drama
Merciless[4] Brazil Psychological crime thriller
Clan[5] Belgium Detective drama
Locked Up Spain Prison drama
Resistance France Historical drama
Mammon Norway Detective drama
The Lens Czech Republic Crime thriller
Match Day France Crime drama
Thicker Than Water Sweden Mystery drama
Mafiosa France Crime drama
The Invisibles Czech Republic Comedy drama
Tony's Revenge France Crime drama
Dicte - Crime Reporter Denmark Crime drama
Beauty and the Baker Israel Romance drama

Reception

According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Independent (27 November 2015). "Walter Presents: Channel 4 launches new digital service offering best TV shows from around the world".
  2. 1 2 Television Business International (22 January 2016). "Walter Presents passes 1m views in two weeks".
  3. 1 2 3 Huffington Post (3 January 2016). "Deutschland 83' Just The Tip Of The Iceberg Of A New World Of Subtitled Drama, Courtesy Of 'Walter Presents'".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Broadcast (18 January 2016). "Walter Presents grabs Latin American drama".
  5. ↑ The Guardian (2 January 2016). "How foreign TV drama became de rigueur with UK viewers".

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