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Walter Presents

Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	United Kingdom Ireland Australia United States Sweden Norway Denmark Finland
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 16:9
Ownership
Owner	Channel Four Television Corporation and Global Series Network
History
Launched	3 January 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-03)

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Walter Presents is a video-on-demand service of the UK's Channel 4, part of its streaming 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. The service was later offered as an ad-free subscription service in the United States in March 2017, and in Australia via a Foxtel service in November 2017. It launched in New Zealand in May 2020 as part of free streaming service TVNZ OnDemand (now TVNZ+). It has been available in Italy as an on-demand service since September 2018 through a deal between Global and Discovery Networks. In 2022 Walter Presents launched in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland on the premium streaming service C More.

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. Walter Iuzzolino began reviewing potential content for the service two years before its launch, viewing 3,500 hours of television in all.

The service aims to avoid so-called art-house 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. 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".

To promote the service, some of the content is also being aired on Channel 4's conventional channels, Channel 4 and More4. From October 2019, Welsh-language channel S4C began to broadcast some Walter Presents series with Welsh subtitles as part of Walter Presents ar gyfer S4C (English: Walter Presents for S4C) with some series available with Welsh subtitles online on S4C Clic, the channel’s on-demand service.

In the US, Walter Presents is known as Walter's Choice and is presented by PBS.

Programmes

Reception

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

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. "Walter Luzzolino on the best TV shows from around the world". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
5. "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.
6. "C More lanserar Walter Presents och blir först ut med kurerad streamingtjänst" (Press release). C More Press Site. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
7. ^ Television Business International (22 January 2016). "Walter Presents passes 1m views in two weeks". Retrieved 29 January 2016. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
8. ^ "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.
9. Wolanin, Andrea (8 January 2020). "What Is "Walter's Choice" Anyway?". WGBH.
10. "How foreign TV drama became de rigueur with UK viewers". The Guardian. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
11. "Crow's Blood - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018.
12. "TV CROW'S BLOOD – allcinema" (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
13. ^ Broadcast (18 January 2016). "Walter Presents grabs Latin American drama".
14. "Lifeline Lands in the US and UK". TTVNews. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
15. "'Presumed Guilty,' 'Fear by the Lake' Among 'Walter Presents' Titles Coming to PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel in February – Media Play News". Media Play News. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
16. "Luna and Sophie | PBS". PBS. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

External links

• Walter Presents – official site  UK
• Walter Presents – official site  US

• Channel 4
• Video on demand services
• Public Broadcasting Service