Stan has announced 25 Stan Originals across television, film and documentaries to air in 2024.
Fresh commissions include Critical Incident, Watching You, Sunny Nights and Good Cop/Bad Cop.
Black Snow, Bump, Poker Face, Ten Pound Poms and Scrublands are all returning this year, according to the Stan Originals Showcase held at the Sydney Opera House today.
Four new original documentaries, were announced, including Trailblazers, the journey of Australian women’s football and three documentaries from Stan’s investigatory Revealed slate: Revealed: Bribe, Inc., uncovering global corruption in the oil industry, Revealed: KillJoy, the story of a family homicide and Revealed: Malka Leifer, an abuse scandal in Melbourne.
Stan original series Exposure will join Invisible Boys as one of over 90 Originals commission since Stan's launch across drama, reality, comedy, features and documentary. Stan has tripled its Australian content over the past three years and commissioned more Australian scripted content than any other streamer or commercial broadcaster in FY23.
These new productions join an existing suite of Stan Originals still to premiere, including comedy crime thriller Population 11, Stan Original Series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, family feature Windcatcher, psychological thriller The Surfer and road trip series Thou Shalt Not Steal.
Alongside the existing slate of global drama, Stan announced it has also become the exclusive home of a slate of new acquisitions, including Nightsleeper, Joan, Spartacus: House of Ashur, Red Eye and Hunting Wives.
Stan is also the home of three brand new series in the Walking Dead Universe - Dead City, Daryl Dixon and The Ones Who Live, with Dead City and Daryl Dixon already confirmed for a second season. \
Stan’s exclusive slate will also include A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, as well as returning shows such as Hacks, All American, Sullivan's Crossing, Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars, Bel Air, From, Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book IV: Force andTwisted Metal.
And this November, the final season of Yellowstone will premiere exclusively on Stan.
CEO Martin Kugeler said Stan is exceptionally well positioned in an evolving SVOD landscape, with a clearly differentiated strategy focusing on profitable growth.
"Our significant investment in Australian premium Stan Originals is a key part of our success and we continue to acquire global hits like Yellowstone and The Walking Dead for Australian audiences," he said.
"This year, for the first time, we will also stream the Olympic and Paralympic Games live and on-demand on Stan.
“The breadth and depth of our premium exclusive content, and the way in which we market them, supported by the reach of the Nine Group, allows us to compete with international streamers and solidifies our position as one of the most successful single territory SVOD streamers in the world.”
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