New York – A+E Networks’ new action drama SIX has claimed new international territories as the company heads to MIPTV, it was announced by Patrick Vien, Executive, Managing Director, International.
Following sales of the eight-episode series to HBO Europe (Central and Eastern Europe), HBO Nordics, HBO Spain, iFlix (Southeast Asia), History Southeast Asia, History Latin America, and History Canada, which were announced in October, SIX has been sold to iQiyi and BesTV (China), Tele 5/Tele Munchen (Germany), OTE Cinema 1 (Greece), Skirus/365 Media (Iceland), YES/DBS Satellite Services (Israel), Lightbox (New Zealand) Kavosh Television and Manoto TV/Marjan TV (Persia), HBO Poland, Nitro and Neox (Spain) and AFRTS/Entertainment Associates (U.S.).
The recent premiere of SIX on HISTORY in the U.S. garnered strong numbers. Reaching 39 million Total Viewers across all A+E Networks in the U.S., SIX is currently the #1 new cable series of the year in Total Viewers. SIX and has already been renewed for a ten-episode second season. SIX joins a bold new slate of history-based, premium dramas created by A+E Studios, developed by HISTORY U.S. and viewed all over the world, including epic series, Roots and upcoming series’ Knightfall.
SIX was created and written by Academy Award Nominee William Broyles and David Broyles, a military special operations veteran. SIX stars Walton Goggins , Barry Sloane , Kyle Schmid ,Juan Pablo Raba ,Edwin Hodge, Brianne Davis, Nadine Velazquez and Dominic Adams . The series follows a brotherhood of modern American warriors, SEAL Team Six, the best of the best, whose 2014 mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working with the terrorists.
The series is inspired by the real missions of Navy SEAL Team Six, the unit best known for killing Osama Bin Laden. With a former Special Operations team member ensuring authenticity while preserving the secrecy of classified missions, SIX depicts the emotional truths of what it means to be in SEAL Team Six, their complex personal lives and the life and death decisions that protect the world. The key members of the team are the cynical ladies’ man Caulder, the deeply religious Graves, family man Ortiz, and Taggart, the veteran leader of SEAL Team Six.
