Fans of international entertainment will want to take another look at MHz Choice today. The service just absorbed another international streamer: Topic. The combined service offers Nordic crime dramas, thrillers and true-crime stories along with the best mysteries, dramas, and comedies from across the globe. You can sample the service with a 7-day Free trial.
7-Day Free Trial $7.99+ / month MHz Choice via amazon.com
Starting today, MHz Choice subscribers can access critically-acclaimed series like Denmark’s “The Killing,” the UK’s “Temple”, Germany’s “Pagan Peak,” Finland’s “Arctic Circle,” and more. Subscribers will also be able to watch more shows with English-language dubbing options.
Popular MHz Choice series include “The Bridge,” “Arctic Circle,” “Spiral,” “Professor T,” “The Sea Beyond,” “The Returned,” “Mongeville,” and “A French Village.”
New Pricing
If you were a MHz Choice subscriber, the price remains $7.99/month, but the annual price actually decreases from $89.99/year to $79.99/year.
If you ware a Topic subscriber,...
7-Day Free Trial $7.99+ / month MHz Choice via amazon.com
Starting today, MHz Choice subscribers can access critically-acclaimed series like Denmark’s “The Killing,” the UK’s “Temple”, Germany’s “Pagan Peak,” Finland’s “Arctic Circle,” and more. Subscribers will also be able to watch more shows with English-language dubbing options.
Popular MHz Choice series include “The Bridge,” “Arctic Circle,” “Spiral,” “Professor T,” “The Sea Beyond,” “The Returned,” “Mongeville,” and “A French Village.”
New Pricing
If you were a MHz Choice subscriber, the price remains $7.99/month, but the annual price actually decreases from $89.99/year to $79.99/year.
If you ware a Topic subscriber,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Ben Bowman
- The Streamable
The logos of streaming services Mhz Choice and Topic. (Courtesy image)
First Look Media and Kino Lorber will merge their streaming service Topic into international TV platform MHz Choice this spring.
Starting April 1, subscribers of MHz Choice will get access to Topic’s library of crime dramas, supernatural thrillers, mysteries and documentaries as part of their subscription. MHz Choice charges $8 per month for access to their streaming TV platform, and an annual plan will have its price lowered to $80 per year, the streamer said.
“MHz Choice is now the ultimate destination for those who love international series, and especially European mysteries and Nordic noir,” Ed Carroll, the President of Kino Lorber Media Group, said in a statement.
When the two services merge, MHz Choice will become the exclusive streaming home of the German thriller “Babylon Berlin,” which was previously available on Netflix. The fourth season of the series will become...
First Look Media and Kino Lorber will merge their streaming service Topic into international TV platform MHz Choice this spring.
Starting April 1, subscribers of MHz Choice will get access to Topic’s library of crime dramas, supernatural thrillers, mysteries and documentaries as part of their subscription. MHz Choice charges $8 per month for access to their streaming TV platform, and an annual plan will have its price lowered to $80 per year, the streamer said.
“MHz Choice is now the ultimate destination for those who love international series, and especially European mysteries and Nordic noir,” Ed Carroll, the President of Kino Lorber Media Group, said in a statement.
When the two services merge, MHz Choice will become the exclusive streaming home of the German thriller “Babylon Berlin,” which was previously available on Netflix. The fourth season of the series will become...
- 3/2/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice and Topic will merge into one streaming service, the company announced.
The combined product will become the exclusive U.S. streaming home of hit German series “Babylon Berlin” starting in April. As of Feb. 29, the series is no longer available in the country on Netflix, which previously held the U.S. streaming rights.
Co-created, written and directed by Tom Twyker, Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten, “Babylon Berlin” is based on the novels by Volker Kutscher and distributed by Beta Film. The fourth season of the drama, which has not been available for streaming in North America before, will land on the new service June 25.
Along with “Babylon Berlin,” MHz Choice and Topic’s combined lineup will include “The Killing,” “The Bridge,” “Detective Montalbano,” “The Sea Beyond,” “Pagan Peak,” “A French Village,” “Spiral,” “Beck” and “Murder In.”
Current MHz Choice and Topic subscribers will be...
The combined product will become the exclusive U.S. streaming home of hit German series “Babylon Berlin” starting in April. As of Feb. 29, the series is no longer available in the country on Netflix, which previously held the U.S. streaming rights.
Co-created, written and directed by Tom Twyker, Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten, “Babylon Berlin” is based on the novels by Volker Kutscher and distributed by Beta Film. The fourth season of the drama, which has not been available for streaming in North America before, will land on the new service June 25.
Along with “Babylon Berlin,” MHz Choice and Topic’s combined lineup will include “The Killing,” “The Bridge,” “Detective Montalbano,” “The Sea Beyond,” “Pagan Peak,” “A French Village,” “Spiral,” “Beck” and “Murder In.”
Current MHz Choice and Topic subscribers will be...
- 2/29/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Babylon Berlin has landed a new U.S. home on a newly-merged streaming service created as Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice and Topic combine.
The boutique streamer will be named MHz Choice and feature the likes of The Killing, The Bridge, Detective Montalbano, The Sea Beyond and Pagan Peak, alongside the popular Babylon Berlin, which moves over from Netflix after three seasons on that streamer.
Kino Lorber said the new streamer will “combine the best European dramas and mysteries with Nordic noir crime and thrillers under the MHz Choice brand.”
The Four Daughters distributor owns MHz Choice and Topic, the latter of which in a Jv with First Look Media under which Kino has a majority stake and management oversight. The news comes a few weeks after we revealed layoffs at First Look production subsidiary Topic Studios.
Viaplay has also exited the U.S. following a disastrous 12 months that has...
The boutique streamer will be named MHz Choice and feature the likes of The Killing, The Bridge, Detective Montalbano, The Sea Beyond and Pagan Peak, alongside the popular Babylon Berlin, which moves over from Netflix after three seasons on that streamer.
Kino Lorber said the new streamer will “combine the best European dramas and mysteries with Nordic noir crime and thrillers under the MHz Choice brand.”
The Four Daughters distributor owns MHz Choice and Topic, the latter of which in a Jv with First Look Media under which Kino has a majority stake and management oversight. The news comes a few weeks after we revealed layoffs at First Look production subsidiary Topic Studios.
Viaplay has also exited the U.S. following a disastrous 12 months that has...
- 2/29/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Kino Lorber’s streaming platform MHz Choice is merging with First Look Media’s Topic platform to create a single North American streamer, operating under the MHz Choice brand, specializing in international series and films for the domestic market.
Kino Lorber and First Look Media launched a joint venture in 2022 that bundled their streaming activities. The new agreement will fold both MHz Choice and Topic into a single platform.
Kino Lorber Chief Operating Officer Martha Benyam will oversee the new combined service, with Lisa Schwartz, Kino Lorber Chief Revenue Officer, overseeing distribution and partnerships, Executive Vice President, Content Strategy Lance Schwulst continuing to oversee programming and Monica Bloom, who joined Kino Lorber from Topic, continuing to serve as Chief Marketing Officer.
The new service has secured exclusive North American rights to award-winning German period series Babylon Berlin from sales group Beta Film and will stream all four seasons of the show.
Kino Lorber and First Look Media launched a joint venture in 2022 that bundled their streaming activities. The new agreement will fold both MHz Choice and Topic into a single platform.
Kino Lorber Chief Operating Officer Martha Benyam will oversee the new combined service, with Lisa Schwartz, Kino Lorber Chief Revenue Officer, overseeing distribution and partnerships, Executive Vice President, Content Strategy Lance Schwulst continuing to oversee programming and Monica Bloom, who joined Kino Lorber from Topic, continuing to serve as Chief Marketing Officer.
The new service has secured exclusive North American rights to award-winning German period series Babylon Berlin from sales group Beta Film and will stream all four seasons of the show.
- 2/29/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kino Lorber and First Look Media have formed a joint venture to operate their respective streaming services, MHz Choice and Topic.
The new entity will be run by Kino Lorber, which will also take a majority stake. Programming, marketing and technology will be handled by MHz Networks founder Frederick Thomas. Topic Gm Ryan Chanatry and Jennifer Liang, who oversaw acquisitions for the streaming service, will consult through the transition period. Kino Lorber’s streaming services are overseen by Chief Strategy Officer Ed Carroll, the former longtime AMC Networks exec who joined the company earlier this year.
Programming for both Topic streaming and MHz Choice will be overseen by Lance Schwulst, SVP of Content Strategy for MHz Networks. Monica Bloom, VP of Marketing for Topic, will join the Jv as Chief Marketing Officer for both services.
Topic, which launched as an effort to showcase high-caliber international series and eventually focused in on the crime genre,...
The new entity will be run by Kino Lorber, which will also take a majority stake. Programming, marketing and technology will be handled by MHz Networks founder Frederick Thomas. Topic Gm Ryan Chanatry and Jennifer Liang, who oversaw acquisitions for the streaming service, will consult through the transition period. Kino Lorber’s streaming services are overseen by Chief Strategy Officer Ed Carroll, the former longtime AMC Networks exec who joined the company earlier this year.
Programming for both Topic streaming and MHz Choice will be overseen by Lance Schwulst, SVP of Content Strategy for MHz Networks. Monica Bloom, VP of Marketing for Topic, will join the Jv as Chief Marketing Officer for both services.
Topic, which launched as an effort to showcase high-caliber international series and eventually focused in on the crime genre,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fanny Herrero, “Call My Agent!” creator and showrunner, will be president of the jury at television series festival Canneseries, which runs April 1-6.
The French screenwriter’s other credits include “Les Bleus,” “Odysseus,” “Fais pas ci faire pas ça,” “A French Village” and “Kaboul Kitchen.” Her latest series, “Standing Up” has just been launched on Netflix, and opened Series Mania.
Also on the jury will be French actors Anne Marivin and Sami Outalbali (“Sex Education”), American actor Denis O’Hare, Icelandic actor-producer Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Minister”), and British composer Daniel Pemberton (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”).
The Official Selection features 10 series in competition. These are Belgian crime drama “1985,” Norwegian relationship drama “Afterglow,” Canadian comedy-drama “Audrey’s Back,” Italian crime comedy-drama “Bang Bang Baby,” Spanish crime drama “El Inmortal,” French political thriller “The Inside Game, Seeds of Wrath,” German anthology series “Punishment,” German mystery drama “Souls,” Danish biographical drama “The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen,...
The French screenwriter’s other credits include “Les Bleus,” “Odysseus,” “Fais pas ci faire pas ça,” “A French Village” and “Kaboul Kitchen.” Her latest series, “Standing Up” has just been launched on Netflix, and opened Series Mania.
Also on the jury will be French actors Anne Marivin and Sami Outalbali (“Sex Education”), American actor Denis O’Hare, Icelandic actor-producer Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Minister”), and British composer Daniel Pemberton (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”).
The Official Selection features 10 series in competition. These are Belgian crime drama “1985,” Norwegian relationship drama “Afterglow,” Canadian comedy-drama “Audrey’s Back,” Italian crime comedy-drama “Bang Bang Baby,” Spanish crime drama “El Inmortal,” French political thriller “The Inside Game, Seeds of Wrath,” German anthology series “Punishment,” German mystery drama “Souls,” Danish biographical drama “The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Sarajevo Director Exits After 27 Years
Mirsad Purivatra, the founder of the Sarajevo Film Festival, is leaving the Sff Director position after 27 years. Purivatra will assume the role of President of the Obala Art Centar Association, the umbrella organization behind the Sarajevo Film Festival. Purivatra’s successor will be Jovan Marjanović, previously in charge of the Sff Industry Department and the Festival Co-director. Said Purivatra: “I am proud of everything we have accomplished over the last 27 years. We started from nothing, when our city was under siege, and today we are a globally renowned institution attended by filmmakers and film industry professionals from the region and the whole world. We have faced many challenges on this journey. Our recognizable strong teamwork has turned challenges into successful projects by always setting and attaining high standards. All along we have been dedicated to our mission to discover, support and promote local and regional film authors and industries.
Mirsad Purivatra, the founder of the Sarajevo Film Festival, is leaving the Sff Director position after 27 years. Purivatra will assume the role of President of the Obala Art Centar Association, the umbrella organization behind the Sarajevo Film Festival. Purivatra’s successor will be Jovan Marjanović, previously in charge of the Sff Industry Department and the Festival Co-director. Said Purivatra: “I am proud of everything we have accomplished over the last 27 years. We started from nothing, when our city was under siege, and today we are a globally renowned institution attended by filmmakers and film industry professionals from the region and the whole world. We have faced many challenges on this journey. Our recognizable strong teamwork has turned challenges into successful projects by always setting and attaining high standards. All along we have been dedicated to our mission to discover, support and promote local and regional film authors and industries.
- 2/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
As global SVOD operators and local pay TV rivals power ever more the future of film and TV in Europe, French state-backed Orange, one of Europe’s biggest telecoms groups, made available in Spain on July 10 its first full Spanish original series, the adrenaline sluiced horror thriller “Caminantes.”
Orange’s first series in Spain marks the full arrival of a new, deep-pocketed producer on Spain’s booming drama series production scene as well as what looks like another significant commitment by a Spanish telecom to premium content in an ever more competitive market, where Telefonica’s Movistar Plus began to produce around 11 original series a year from September 2017.
Directed by “Money Heist’s” Koldo Serra, and produced by The Mediapro’s Studio’s 100 Balas, “Caminantes” comes hot on the heels of the exclusive release by Orange of two other Tms series: Antarctic survival thriller “The Head,” whose cast includes “Money Heist’s” Alvaro Morte,...
Orange’s first series in Spain marks the full arrival of a new, deep-pocketed producer on Spain’s booming drama series production scene as well as what looks like another significant commitment by a Spanish telecom to premium content in an ever more competitive market, where Telefonica’s Movistar Plus began to produce around 11 original series a year from September 2017.
Directed by “Money Heist’s” Koldo Serra, and produced by The Mediapro’s Studio’s 100 Balas, “Caminantes” comes hot on the heels of the exclusive release by Orange of two other Tms series: Antarctic survival thriller “The Head,” whose cast includes “Money Heist’s” Alvaro Morte,...
- 7/13/2020
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood super-indie banner Anonymous Content is partnering with Païva Studio, a production label owned by French media group Mediawan, on “Civilizations,” an ambitious series based on Laurent Binet’s (“HHhH”) bestselling novel.
The epic series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to Europe.
Paiva Studio and Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the group, have acquired the adaptation rights to “Civilizations” which was published in August 2019 in French and was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Roman” 2019 by the Académie Française. The translation rights for “Civilizations” have already been acquired for 16 languages. Binet’s (pictured) most famous novel is “HHhH” which was translated into 34 languages and adapted for the big screen in 2017 by Cédric Jimenez, with a cast headlined by Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike.
Juggling...
The epic series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to Europe.
Paiva Studio and Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the group, have acquired the adaptation rights to “Civilizations” which was published in August 2019 in French and was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Roman” 2019 by the Académie Française. The translation rights for “Civilizations” have already been acquired for 16 languages. Binet’s (pictured) most famous novel is “HHhH” which was translated into 34 languages and adapted for the big screen in 2017 by Cédric Jimenez, with a cast headlined by Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike.
Juggling...
- 7/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
UK drama series covered by the deal include The Bay, Murdoch Mysteries and Aber Bergen.
Indian blockchain-powered VOD platform myNK has signed a content deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that will bring drama series including The Bay, written by Daragh Carville, to Indian audiences.
Launched earlier this year by MinersINC, the curated platform offers global arthouse and specialty content on a transactional video-on-demand (Tvod) and pay-per-view (PPV) basis. It utilises blockchain technology to improve transparency in reporting and prevent both piracy and revenue leakage.
The deal with ITV also includes Canadian mystery drama Murdoch Mysteries - Season 9, based on...
Indian blockchain-powered VOD platform myNK has signed a content deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that will bring drama series including The Bay, written by Daragh Carville, to Indian audiences.
Launched earlier this year by MinersINC, the curated platform offers global arthouse and specialty content on a transactional video-on-demand (Tvod) and pay-per-view (PPV) basis. It utilises blockchain technology to improve transparency in reporting and prevent both piracy and revenue leakage.
The deal with ITV also includes Canadian mystery drama Murdoch Mysteries - Season 9, based on...
- 8/20/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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- 4/10/2019
- MUBI
Brian de Palma is developing an English-language remake of the long-running French period drama hit “Un Village Francais.”
The “Scarface” director is currently collaborating with Frédéric Krivine, the co-creator of “Un Village Francais,” on the U.S. remake which will unfold during the Civil War, according to the French magazine Telerama which broke the news.
The producer of the French series, Tetra Media Fiction, is also involved in the development of the U.S. remake whose working title is “Newton 1861.”
Set during the Second World War, “Un Village Français,” which was created by Kirvine, Philippe Triboit and Emmanuel Daucé, follows the lives of ordinary people in a small French village under German occupation.
Commissioned by French public broadcaster France Televisions, the series ran for seven seasons and has highly successful in terms of ratings and reviews.
Dealing with slavery, the U.S. adaptation will shed light on the ethical and...
The “Scarface” director is currently collaborating with Frédéric Krivine, the co-creator of “Un Village Francais,” on the U.S. remake which will unfold during the Civil War, according to the French magazine Telerama which broke the news.
The producer of the French series, Tetra Media Fiction, is also involved in the development of the U.S. remake whose working title is “Newton 1861.”
Set during the Second World War, “Un Village Français,” which was created by Kirvine, Philippe Triboit and Emmanuel Daucé, follows the lives of ordinary people in a small French village under German occupation.
Commissioned by French public broadcaster France Televisions, the series ran for seven seasons and has highly successful in terms of ratings and reviews.
Dealing with slavery, the U.S. adaptation will shed light on the ethical and...
- 4/9/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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