Broadcasters across central and eastern Europe have acquired World War I documentary The Road to War from Austria’s ORF Enterprises. Russia’s Channel One, Slovakia’s STV, CYBC and LTV in Cyprus, MTVA in Hungary, Poland’s TVP and Estonia’s ERR have all bought the 1x50mins doc following NATPE Europe in Prague this week. The doc (pictured) is […]
Austrian public broadcaster ORF is reportedly in talks to buy domestic video-on-demand portal Filmmit, ahead of Netflix’s planned launch in the country later this year. According to Austrian newspaper Kurier, negotiations have already taken place, with ORF’s board now due to discuss the matter. Neither ORF nor Filmmit have commented on the speculation. Filmmit offers […]
Five European broadcasters have acquired Show Me Rio, a Portuguese-produced documentary about the Brazilian city and its people. Portugal’s TVI, TV3 in Catalonian Spain, French-speaking Belgium pubcaster RTBF, France Ô and Austria’s ORF have all bought the 1x41mins doc, which comes from producer Café Pessoa. The film – which France’s Java Films sells in English, […]
The doc arm of ORF Enterprises, ORF Universum, is launching an industry-focused information website for buyers, sellers and producers. Universum is billing the site as a “fully-featured” tool that will assist channels coproducing content with ORF, commissioners, financiers and sponsors. It will also feature upcoming Universum projects, market trends and camera techniques. ORF Enterprises is […]
Pubcasters in Italy and Austria have acquired Gestapo’s Most Wanted, a docu-drama biopic of the woman who inspired Sebastian Faulkes’ spy novel Charlotte Gray. RAI has bought the 1x52mins/70mins doc for its RAI 3, Rai Storia and Cubovision platforms, while Austria’s ORF has also taken it from UK-based distributor TVF International. The doc comes from […]
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014, Jesse Whittock identifies the projects and producers that will shape World War I in the minds of a new generation of TV viewers. War programming has the unique power to shock, appall and intrigue in equal measures, hence its enduring […]
BBC Two has acquired the 3x90mins German miniseries Generation War, marking the first foreign language drama on the UK broadcaster in 12 years. Generation War depicts the lives of five young German friends during World War II, whose lives veer in wildly different directions as the horror of the period plays out between 1941 and […]
US VOD service Hulu is among the latest buyers of Spanish period drama Grand Hotel, TBI can reveal. Austria’s ORF and Sony’s new German pay TV channel Sony Entertainment Television have also acquired the show, which has been described by sources here in Cannes as a cross between ITV’s Downtown Abbey and Danish mystery drama The Killing. Furthermore, Italian prodco […]
Swiss-based documentary sales house First Hand Films has closed deals for its documentaries in the US and with pubcasters across Europe. Non-commercial cable channel Link TV in the US has bought Shadows of Liberty: The Media Monopoly in American Journalism (pictured), which takes a hard-hitting look at the impact of corporate control over media outlets. […]
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has acquired the remake of classic kids series Heidi after striking a deal with Studio 100. The remastered 3D, CGI animation series is produced by Studio 100 Animation and Flying Bark Productions and it is set to be delivered in 2014. The property is based on the books written by Swiss […]
