Eccho Rights have concluded deals with Sweden’s TV4 and Finland's MTV3 for a package of premium Korean Drama series. Both platforms have picked up three action-packed thrillers from Eccho Rights, TRAP and STRANGERS FROM HELL produced by CJ ENM, and TAXI DRIVER from SBS. TV4 and MTV3 become the first local broadcasters in their respective countries to acquire South Korean content. “Eccho Rights has long been championing the extraordinary creativity and quality in the Korean drama industry, so … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights brings K-drama package to Nordic broadcasters
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Keshet International acquires ‘Storm Lara’
Keshet International (KI) has picked up A Private View’s Flemish drama Storm Lara for its growing catalogue of foreign-language content with international appeal. The global content producer and distributor will officially launch the 4x30’ thriller at this February’s Berlin Series Market 2022, where Storm Lara will screen as part of their Series Market Selects: the European Film Market’s selection of outstanding content with strong market potential. KI’s False Flag (Kfulim) Season … [Read more...] about Keshet International acquires ‘Storm Lara’
Fremantle announces ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ acquired by HBO Max and Bell Media’s Crave
Fremantle announced that the 4 x 60’ high-end fashion series Kingdom of Dreams has been acquired by HBO Max in Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as Crave in Canada. Employing a bold cinematic approach to non-fiction storytelling, Kingdom of Dreams will be a visually dazzling chronicle of the fashion world spanning three decades - from the early-1990s to the 2010s. It is a Golden Age, a time when the forces of ground-breaking creativity and disruptive business converge and … [Read more...] about Fremantle announces ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ acquired by HBO Max and Bell Media’s Crave
Banijay Rights announces first sales for new prison drama ‘Screw’
Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay, today announces the first sales of gripping new prison drama Screw. Following the six-part drama’s premiere on Channel 4 in the UK on 6th January, Screw has been acquired by SVOD service BritBox in Australia and public broadcaster TVNZ in New Zealand. Both BritBox and TNVZ will launch the series later this year. Produced by STV Studios for Channel 4 and from BAFTA-nominated writer Rob Williams (The Victim, Killing Eve), Screw (6 x … [Read more...] about Banijay Rights announces first sales for new prison drama ‘Screw’
‘Fresh Meat’ celebrates its 10th anniversary, a cast reunion, and new deals by All3Media International
Leading independent distributor All3Media International’s Fresh Meat, the iconic student life comedy-drama created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain for Channel 4 from Objective Media Group, UK, is celebrating an anniversary as well as recent deals in the USA. The show will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a live retrospective event at London’s BFI this month, with all six cast alumni – Jack Whitehall, Charlotte Ritchie, Zawe Ashton, Joe Thomas, Kimberly Nixon and Greg McHugh – and the show’s … [Read more...] about ‘Fresh Meat’ celebrates its 10th anniversary, a cast reunion, and new deals by All3Media International
Nelvana and TIME Studios to develop new original animated preschool series ‘Leela’s Island’
Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor, and licensor of children’s animated and live-action content, and TIME Studios Kids and Family, the recently announced kids and family programming division of the Emmy Award®-winning TIME Studios, have teamed up to develop the new original preschool series Leela’s Island. Marking the first development partnership between the two internationally renowned companies, and the first preschool content deal for TIME … [Read more...] about Nelvana and TIME Studios to develop new original animated preschool series ‘Leela’s Island’