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Show of the Week: So Long, Marianne

Romantic drama following the love story between Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer-songwriter perhaps best known for his iconic Hallelujah, and an extraordinary Norwegian woman named Marianne Ihlen. The 8 x 60-minute series is an intimate tale of two lonely people falling in love during a period of their lives when they are trying to figure […]

Deals round-up: ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’; Fremantle does ‘Battle In The Box’; Be-Entertainment to shop ‘Celebrity Farmsitters’

ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’ ITVX in the UK, Cosmote TV and Star Channel for Greece, and Movies Best HD for Cyprus have struck pre-sale deals for upcoming drama series So Long, Marianne, with distributor Cineflix Rights. ARD’s Fabfiction (NDR, SWR, WDR, Germany) has also joined as a co-producer alongside the original […]

Paramount+ expands ‘branded hub’ strategy with Streamz in Belgium

Paramount Global is expanding its Paramount+ branded third-party partnership strategy with a deal in Belgium. The pact, which follows Paramount Global’s recent deal with Cosmote TV in Greece, will see Streamz create a Paramount+ branded area on their platform as part of a multi-year licensing deal. The agreement will include scripted shows, unscripted series and […]

Paramount’s Bob Bakish on “playing through the trough” & partnership focus

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish has said the company is “playing through the trough” of a challenging market with partnerships and “new-age content licensing” at the heart of the strategy. Bakish told delegates at MIPCOM that the company is looking to work with partners in many countries rather than going DTC with streamer Paramount+, adding that […]

Apple TV joins as copro partner on Cineflix’s Israeli drama ‘Tehran’

Apple TV has struck a co-production deal with Cineflix Rights and Israeli network Kan 11 that will see it take scripted thriller Tehran worldwide via its recently launched streaming service. Tehran (8 x 60 minutes) is set in Iran and is produced by Donna Productions and Shula Spiegel Productions, in association with Alon Aranya’s Paper […]

BBC Studios, Cosmote SVOD deal signals post-Discovery licensing plans

BBC Studios has struck a premium factual SVOD deal with Greek telco OTE’s pay-TV service Cosmote TV, lifting the lid on how such deals will play out alongside its international SVOD pact with Discovery.  BBC Studios has licensed more than 250 hours of factual programmes for Cosmote TV’s on-demand service, Cosmote TV Go, launched last […]