Galician thriller Hierro was named best project at the Berlinale’s first CoPro Series pitching competition in February. TBI reports on what the award means for its international prospects. Galician-created drama Hierro competed at Berlinale’s CoPro Series 2015 and beat four other finalists, in the process winning an invitation to participate this month at Series Mania, […]
Spanish broadcaster laSexta will broadcast Italian mafia drama Gomorrah. LaSexta’s parent Atresmedia struck a deal with distributor Beta Film to take local rights to the programme, which is based on Italian journalist Roberto Saviano’s book Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia. It has already sold to Sky Atlantic in the UK, Sky Deutschland in Germany and HBO […]
BBC Worldwide is working on an English-language science fiction drama with Atresmedia, marking the first time the UK pubcaster’s commercial arm has coproduced with a European partner. The series, The Refugees (Refugiados), will broadcast on Atresmedia’s commercial channel laSexta in the autumn. BBCWW is a coproducer, commissioner for international channels and global distributor. Grand Hotel […]
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 Group has rebranded as Atresmedia, as part of a strategy to pool its assets under one banner. The news comes after Antena 3 completed its takeover of smaller rival La Sexta in October last year in order to better compete with the Mediaset and Prisa’s merged Telecinco-Cuatro group that leads the […]
