Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nSky Deutschland, a German pay-TV company owned by Comcast, recently shut down its local originals department, citing a number of factors for the decision. The reasons for this decision included the rising cost of producing original content, increased competition from streaming services, and a decline in viewership for traditional pay-TV. Babylon Berlin<\/em> was Sky Deutschland’s first high-end original series, but the network was always a minority partner. The main anchor network was public broadcaster ARD, and the two networks split broadcasting rights in Germany. Sky got the first pay-TV window, but it is not clear if Sky will carry the fifth season of the show when it airs. The Hollywood Reporter called this show a “hotbed of crime, sexual experimentation and extremist politics” and mentioned that it can be viewed via Netflix in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Babylon Berlin is a critically acclaimed series that has been praised numerous times for its historical accuracy. stylish visuals and its complex characters, winning a place in the hearts of viewers along with numerous awards. Recently, news broke that Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland, one of the show’s backers, is shutting down its local originals department which […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,13,11],"tags":[2642,2638,2643,774,2644,2641,2639,2645,2637,1294,1607,1519,91,86,2640,2636,1608,1161,2646],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16760,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716\/revisions\/16760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}