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Content Warsaw 2024: SkyShowtime and Netflix unveil local strategies
As the first CEE TV and event in June, Content Warsaw started its 2024 edition yesterday with a line-up of conference sessions featuring major streaming platforms SkyShowtime and Netflix presenting their strategies for the region.SkyShowtime’s local focus
SkyShowtime‘s Chief Content Officer, Kai Finke, announced the platform’s next original series in Poland, titled Langer. This thriller, adapted from Remigiusz Mróz‘s novel, stars Jakub Gierszał (Suicide Room) and is produced by Violetta Furmaniuk-Zaorska (The Behaviorist, The Disappearance) with direction by Łukasz Palkowski (Bogowie, Breaking the Limits, The Disappearance).
Langer, a six-episode series, follows the life of a young and ambitious entrepreneur who inherits his father’s financial firm while secretly living a double life as a serial killer who has evaded police capture for years. This series marks SkyShowtime’s second Polish project announced in recent months, following Śleboda, which began filming in April.
Finke also highlighted that local content will be a ‘cornerstone’ of SkyShowtime’s strategy moving forward, emphasizing both production and acquisitions. He stated that the platform is ‘seeking content that is mainstream yet bold, with the potential to resonate internationally, sustain multiple seasons, and operate within realistic budgets’.
‘Leveraging strengths, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where there’s a deep tradition of storytelling around crime, is crucial. We are forging alliances with teams experienced in these genres, targeting adult audiences with crime dramas and comedies’, said the executive. ‘We are open to more true crime or personality documentaries, such as Schmeichel. We’re also monitoring the success of Comcast’s reality streamer, Hayu, to potentially expand into similar areas based on audience feedback’.
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