Walter Presents

Walter Presents is a video on demand service of UK's Channel 4, part of its All 4 online platform. Launched on 3 January 2016, it specialises in foreign language drama and comedy, with English subtitles. It is named after Walter Iuzzolino, who selects its content.[1] The service was later offered as an ad-free subscription service in the United States in March 2017,[2] and in Australia via a Foxtel service in November 2017[3]. It will be available in Italy as an on-demand service in September 2018 through a deal between Global and Discovery Networks.[4]

Walter Presents
Launched3 January 2016 (2016-01-03)
Owned byChannel Four Television Corporation and Global Series Network
Picture format576i (SDTV) 16:9
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, United States

Production

In the UK, the service is a partnership between Channel 4 and Global Series Network. It is free to view and supported by advertisements.[5] Walter Iuzzolino began reviewing potential content for the service two years before its launch, viewing 3,500 hours of television in all.[6]

The service aims to avoid so-called arthouse programming in favour of more mainstream productions that compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime for audiences already familiar with such Nordic dramas such as The Bridge.[1] Iuzzolino set three criteria for selection: the show must be popular in its native country, as were Homeland and House of Cards in the United States; 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".[6]

To promote the service, some of the content is also being aired on Channel 4's conventional channels, Channel 4 and More4.[6]

Available programmes
Title Origin Genre
Crow's Blood[7] Japan Horror[8]
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
Nick's Law Germany Crime drama
Prófugos[9] Chile Crime drama
Fdp[9] Brazil Football comedy
Magnifica 70[9] Brazil Drama
Sr Avila[9] Mexico Family crime drama
Merciless[9] Brazil Psychological crime thriller
Clan[10] 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
Thou Shalt Not Kill Italy Crime 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
The Passenger France Crime drama
Case Iceland Psychological crime thriller
Lifeline[11] Spain Thriller
The Swingers The NetherlandsMystery drama
Acquitted Norway Mystery drama
Black Widow The Netherlands Crime drama
The Border Poland Drama
Elite Squad France Police drama
Eyewitness Norway Crime thriller
Forgotten Girls France Crime drama
Framed The Netherlands Crime drama
Hellfjord Norway Comedy drama
Hotel Adlon Germany Drama
The Hunter France Thriller
Inspector Borowski Germany Mystery drama
Lanester France Mystery drama
Before We Die Sweden Thriller
The Cleaning Lady Argentina Crime thriller
Rough Justice Belgium Detective drama
The Adulterer The Netherlands Drama
Alex Sweden Thriller
Bad Banks Germany Crime drama
The Body Collector The Netherlands Documentary
Code 37: Sex Crimes Belgium Crime drama
Contact France Mystery drama
The Court Iceland Legal drama
Cover Story Iceland Drama
The Crimson Rivers France Crime drama
Dead Beautiful France Thriller
Deadly Money Germany Thriller
Farang: Dead Man Running Sweden Crime drama
Flight HS13 The Netherlands Thriller
Frozen Sky Germany Drama
Fugitives Chile Crime drama
Greyzone Denmark, Sweden Thriller drama
Helen Dorn Germany Crime drama
Home Guards Hungary Drama
Inspector Falke Germany Crime drama
Killer by the Lake France Crime drama
Liberty Denmark Drama
Line of Separation Germany Historical drama
Maltese: The Mafia Detective Italy Crime drama
Mama's Angel Israel Thriller
Milk and Honey Israel Comedy
The Mind of a Murderer Germany Crime drama
The Money Shot France Drama
New Texas Belgium Comedy drama
Night and Day Spain Thriller
No Limit France Action thriller
Norskov Denmark Crime drama
Point Blank Germany Crime drama
The Prey The Netherlands Drama
Professor T Belgium Crime drama
The Raid Brazil Drama
Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders Sweden Drama
Rest In Peace Croatia Crime drama
Ride Upon the Storm Denmark Drama
The River Norway Crime drama
Scratch My Back Belgium Comedy drama
Shades of Guilt Germany Legal thriller
Tabula Rasa Belgium Thriller
Tainted Brazil Thriller
The Team Denmark Crime drama
Thicker Than Water Sweden Family drama
Valkyrien Norway Drama
Vanished by the Lake France Crime drama
Young and Promising Norway Drama
13 Commandments Belgium Crime thriller
Sthlm Requiem Sweden Crime drama
Hotel Beau Séjour Belgium Supernatural crime thriller

Reception

According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4.[5]

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References
  1. "Walter Presents: Channel 4 launches new digital service offering best TV shows from around the world". The Independent. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. "Walter Presents streams into the US". Multichannel.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. "Foxtel back in SVOD business, launching Walter Presents in Australia". Mediaweek Australia. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. "Discovery Strikes Deal With Channel 4's Walter Presents To Launch Premium Drama Service In Italy" (Press release). Discovery Corporate Site. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. Television Business International (22 January 2016). "Walter Presents passes 1m views in two weeks". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. "Deutschland 83' Just The Tip of the Iceberg of a New World of Subtitled Drama, Courtesy Of 'Walter Presents'". HuffPost. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/crows-blood
  8. "TV CROW'S BLOOD – allcinema" (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. Broadcast (18 January 2016). "Walter Presents grabs Latin American drama".
  10. "How foreign TV drama became de rigueur with UK viewers". The Guardian. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  11. "Lifeline Lands in the US and UK". TTVNews. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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