Featuring Exclusive Polish debut of the new eight-part comedy drama

Udar (The Stroke) starring Jacek Poniedziałek on Tuesday 17 December

Polish Prime Video customers will have access to the very best in Nordic and international series and films with an add-on subscription to the Viaplay Films and Series channel via Prime Video Channels

9 December 2024 – Viaplay Films and Series (Viaplay Filmy I Seriale), available in Poland both as part of Viaplay Medium and Viaplay Total offerings, as well as standalone, is expanding its distribution. Following launches in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, Viaplay Content Distribution will increase the distribution of the Viaplay films and series offering in Poland as an add-on subscription on Prime Video via Prime Video Channels later today, Monday, 9 December at https://www.primevideo.com/viaplay. Subscribers on Prime Video Channels will be able to seamlessly access the leading specialised offering of award-winning and must-see series and films. Additionally, on Tuesday 17 December, Viaplay will exclusively premiere the highly anticipated Polish comedy drama Udar (The Stroke).  

Viaplay Content Distribution’s SVOD channel content offering features the Nordic region’s high-quality and psychologically penetrating series and films, from atmospheric and suspenseful crime dramas and provocative and stylish young adult series to award-winning dramas and riveting documentaries, in addition to international and US content. Subscribers will have immediate access to hundreds of hours of highly entertaining international content, including:

·        Original Polish Series: Crime drama Murderesses as well as several true crime docuseries The Case of Iwona Wieczorek, The Rapist’s Journal and Polish Murder Secrets

·        Popular Nordic Series: Fenris, a Norwegian mystery set in a wolf-inhabited forest; Roslund & Hellström: Cell 8, a Swedish crime drama based on the bestselling book; The Bridge, Seasons 1-4 (Bron), all four seasons of the iconic series; Trom, a mystery set in the picturesque Faroe Islands; and hugely popular crime dramas Wisting, Darkness Those Who Kill (Den Som Dræber - Fanget af mørket), The Machinery, and Gåsmamman

·        Popular U.S. Produced Series and Movies: Billy the Kid, S.W.A.T., Turn: Washington Spies, CSI: Vegas, FBI: International, Fire Country, The Good Doctor, Mr. Mercedes, and NCIS Hawaii as well as movies Wrath of Man and Honest Thief

·        Internationally Produced Series: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, Killing Eve, The Responder, and Litvinenko

Coming up on the Viaplay Poland add-on subscription channel, subscribers can look forward to a steady stream of series and films. Up first, following its recent Polish premiere at the BNP Paribas Warsaw SerialCon festival, the highly anticipated Polish comedy drama series Udar (The Stroke) starring Jacek Poniedziałek debuts on Tuesday, 17 December with all eight episodes available to binge.

After a stroke, Jacek (Jacek Poniedziałek) has to ask some tough questions, including: how do you fulfil your dreams after they’ve already come true? Jacek, a vibrant foodie, gay man, and Warsaw bon vivant, stars in his own popular TV food show. Surrounded by a cast of eccentric friends and harboring self-destructive tendencies, his life unfolds in a dramedy that playfully satirizes Poland’s artistic elite—those who see Warsaw as “the only real Polish city.”

Unlike anything else on television, this unique series is the brainchild of playwright and screenwriter Paweł Demirski. From the start, Demirski set out to create a character who defies the modern-day burnout culture—a wildly passionate figure who truly believes that the best is yet to come.

Gerald Biart, Viaplay Group, VP Partnership, Growth & Marketing: “With launches in the U.S., U.K., and Germany earlier this year on Prime Video Channels, Viaplay Content Distribution is thrilled to continue to expand this partnership with Viaplay’s availability as an add-on subscription in Poland. With Prime Video Channel’s user-friendly platform, Polish viewers can easily add-on the Viaplay SVOD channel to watch all their favorite international series and films, including Nordic series like The Bridge, Wisting and Gåsmamman and American series like S.W.A.T., NCIS: Hawaii, and The Good Doctor, as well as the upcoming exclusive debut of Polish comedy drama Udar (The Stroke).”

Vanda Rapti, Viaplay Group EVP, Viaplay Select & Content Distribution: “As previously announced, while Viaplay Group will focus on the Nordics and the Dutch market and exit Poland as a broad and leader in sports streamer in 2025, Viaplay Content Distribution will collaborate with partners through Viaplay Select and the SVOD channels in key markets to ensure our impressive international films and series inventory can continue to be viewed in other parts of the world.  Poland will remain a key market for our content distribution business and our international SVOD channel. Furthermore, our film and series offering is currently available in the market through our existing partners and distribution means until mid-2025 and will continue after that via Prime Video Channels and other partners.”

Customers in Poland will have the opportunity to experience the Viaplay add-on subscription channel on Prime Video via Prime Video Channels starting with a free 7-day trial for eligible customers and no extra apps to download and no cable required.

Viaplay Content Distribution, a division of Viaplay Group, is responsible for the company’s content sales, the Viaplay Select branded content concept, and the Viaplay subscription on demand channel, which is already available in the US, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.viaplaycontentdistribution.com

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Viaplay Group AB (publ) is the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider. Our Viaplay streaming service is available in every Nordic country, as well as in the Netherlands and Poland, and our Viaplay Select branded content concept has been added to partner platforms around the world. We also operate TV channels across most of our markets, as well as radio stations in Norway and Sweden. Our talented people come to work every day with a shared passion and clear mission to entertain millions of people with our unique offering of locally relevant storytelling, which spans premium live sports, films, series and music. Our purpose is to grow our business profitably and responsibly, and deliver sustainable value for all our stakeholders. Viaplay Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘VPLAY B’).