Walter Presents

Walter Presents is a video on demand service of Channel 4, 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.

The service is a partnership between Channel 4 and Global Series Network. It is free to view, but supported by adverts. 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, aimed at competing against services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, and toward audiences already familiar with Nordic dramas such as The Bridge.

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".

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.

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

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