SkyShowtime Strikes Content Deal For 21 HBO Max Europe Shows Including ‘Beforeigners’, ‘Lust’
deadline.comSkyShowtime has struck its first major content deal, picking up exclusive rights to 21 HBO Max Europe originals, most of which were ditched by the streamer last year following its European programing cull.
The move from the Comcast/Paramount JV comes a few months after HBO Max pulled commissioning from the majority of European territories, remaining only in the likes of the UK and leaving numerous scripted shows up for grabs.
SkyShowtime, which launched recently in 12 markets in which Paramount+ and Comcast-owned Peacock aren’t active, has picked up critically-acclaimed shows including Norway’s Beforeigners, Sweden’s Lust and Denmark’s Kamikaze.
Shows that were yet to air include Finland and Sweden’s ID, Czechia and Slovakia’s The Winner and Poland’s Warszawjanka. All in all, SkyShowtime has picked up 168 episodes of original scripted, a big boost to a growing streamer that can also lean on the hefty Comcast/Paramount catalogs.
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