It appears that some of the killers may not be Faroese at all. Therefore although it is illegal to kill whales in the European Union, which includes Denmark, the Faroese may kill whales because they are exempt, despite the fact that they receive tens of millions of Euros in subsidies every year from the European Union.įaroese citizens are not citizens of the European Union. For a distributor like DR, which is looking to maximize its dealmaking in each territory, that’s appealing.Faroese (green) and Danish (maroon) passportsThe argument presented by Denmark is that the Faroes are independent and they are exempt from European regulations. But a smaller upstart like Topic can tout the fact that it’s only looking for North American rights - unlike Netflix or Amazon, which look to do global licenses.
Streaming behemoths like Netflix are at the forefront of acquiring such new and library international titles. So we’ve only been selling the streaming rights for about six months, and we’ve seen a huge spike in interest.” “We were finally able to clear all rights at the end of 2020,” said DR sales executive Freja Johanne Nørgaard Sørensen. It was only recently that Danish production company DR ironed out streaming VOD rights and could start selling it worldwide - and that’s when Topic came calling. network interested in acquiring episodes back in the day. “What we were excited about in launching Topic was to be a home for so many great series over the past five or ten years that never really came meaningfully or at all to the U.S., partially because the appetite wasn’t there, or there wasn’t anybody focused on looking and picking out what was available,” Chanatry says. audiences have shown a willingness to watch subtitled series. But there’s a new hunger now for global fare, especially now that U.S. series when the shelves were empty due to a Hollywood strike or production shutdown. broadcast and cable outlets, which preferred to focus on homegrown fare - and would only acquire Canadian or U.S. International series, particularly those not in English (but even plenty that were) used to be nonstarters for U.S. version to see what inspired it,” says Topic general manager Ryan Chanatry. “I think this is a perfect time to be releasing and hopefully getting people who watched the U.S.
Now, international hits such as Netflix’s “Squid Games” and “La Casa de Papel” have become more frequent. predating the streaming revolution, which has made it much easier to watch such shows. The international success of “The Killing” foretold the globalization of worldwide TV hits hailing from all parts of the globe, not just the usual territories like the U.S.
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