Money was the name of the game where streamers were concerned at Series Mania this year.
An edition that has maybe felt a tad quieter than previous Lille confabs and suffered from a couple of last-minute keynote cancellations nonetheless was privy to grand spending commitments from Disney+, HBO Max and Prime Video.
Disney+’s new European content boss Angela Jain said at a Deadline-moderated keynote, “We want to do more… And I don’t think we can do more without spending more,” as she unveiled a splashy Murder on Lake Garda adaptation along with shows in the UK, Spain and Turkey.
With Nicole Clemens now at the helm of international originals, Prime Video’s message was “more series, more series, more series,” and this declaration can only mean one thing: more budget.
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