EXCLUSIVE: Polish drama Śleboda has become SkyShowtime’s best performing scripted series ever in the country.
The SVOD service gets a stream of big-ticket U.S. series from parent companies Comcast and Paramount, meaning the local original has faced off against juggernaut shows such as Yellowstone.
Śleboda, however, sits atop its viewing charts. Filmed in Poland, the series is SkyShowtime’s first original out of the country.
The streamer shared some topline stats with Deadline that reveal over half of its Polish subs have watched the series since its launch on December 12. Of those that tuned into the first episode, 90% watched subsequent instalments.
In Poland, the six-part series wraps today, January 9. In the wake of the success on home turf, SkyShowtime is rolling out the series across its footprint — meaning its services in Northern Europe, Iberia and the rest of Central & Eastern Europe,
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