Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano
New streaming service SkyShowtime, the streaming joint venture formed by Comcast and Paramount Global, has set December 14 as the launch date for its first Central and Eastern European markets: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
Monty Sarhan, CEO of SkyShowtime, revealed the news during an exclusive European launch event, attended by international celebrities. Hosted in Amsterdam by award winning film journalist and TV personality Alex Zane, the event unveiled the new and exclusive programming that will be premiering on SkyShowtime in the coming months.
Other top talent in attendance was “Halo's” Bokeem Woodbine and Yerin Ha; “A Friend of the Family's” Jake Lacy and Colin Hanks; and “The Calling's” Jeff Wilbusch and Juliana Canfield. Renowned DJs including DJ Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano also made special presentations.
The streaming platform, which debuted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden on September 20, followed by the Netherlands and Portugal on October 25, will take its reach to 13 of its planned 22 markets, which encompass 90 million homes. It will then expand into Albania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia in February 2023. Spain and Andorra are the remaining markets where the streamer will become available during the first quarter of next year. The content will then be available in a total of 18 languages.
SkyShowtime features blockbuster movies, new premium scripted series, kids and family content and a selection of iconic library titles and box sets from Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, Paramount+, Showtime, Sky Studios, and Peacock - all streaming in one place.
