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News round-up: BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’; France TV, RAI & RTBF enter ‘The Age Of Anger’; ‘Baltic Crimes’ sells into 95 countries

BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’ BritBox International in the US and Canada and Acorn TV in Australia and New Zealand have picked up British crime drama Granite Harbour, following deals with Eccho Rights. Produced by LA Productions, in association with Dopamine, the series launched on BBC1 and BBC Scotland in December […]

Kids round-up: RTBF acquires ‘Runes’; Panda Kids picks up ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens’

RTBF acquires ‘Runes’ RTBF, the French-speaking Belgian pubcaster, has acquired kids’ series Runes, following a deal with French production and distribution company Prime Entertainment Group. Produced by Les Armateurs’, the 26 x 22-minute animated series is headed to RTBF’s children’s platform AUVIO kids, following the story of 12-year-old William, heir to the throne of Normandy. […]

News round-up: MBC & TV2 among royal doc deals; Netflix India renews ‘Rana Naidu’; Fuse Media expands Freevee FAST deal

MBC & TV2 among royal doc deals RTS (Switzerland), TV2 (Hungary), TV2 (Slovenia), RTBF (Belgium), TVP (Poland), MBC (MENA region) and Nelonen (Finland) have all inked pre-sale deals for Blink Films’ upcoming documentary My King Charles, with distributor Silverlining Rights. Produced in both 1 x 60-minute and 1 x 120-minute formats, the film provides an […]

MHZ in US & UK’s Walter Presents among new deals for Belgian drama ‘Pandore’

SBS in Australia, Walter Presents in the UK & Ireland, MHZ in the US and Canada and Telus Presents in Canada have all acquired season one of Belgian political drama Pandore. Originally produced by Artemis Productions for RTBF, and co-directed and co-written by Savina Dellicour, Anne Coesens and Vania Leturcq, the 10 x 52-minute French-language […]

France’s TF1 & Belgium’s RTBF link for ‘Les Disparus De La Forêt Noire’

France’s TF1 has partnered with Belgium’s RTBF and Banijay on a Black Forest-set crime drama set over three decades. Les Disparus De La Forêt Noire is being produced by Banijay Studios France, Fiction’Air and Belga Productions, with sales overseen by Banijay Rights. The story is set in the heart of the Black Forest, at a […]

Sales round-up: China goes Beyond for kids & factual; BBC takes ABC’s ‘Born To Spy’; ‘The Water Guardians’ land in Canada & Europe

China goes Beyond for kids & factual Chinese broadcasters and platforms have acquired a range of children’s and factual titles, following deals with distributor Beyond Rights. Youku, the streaming platform of Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group, has now picked up both series of pre-school animation title Hushabye Lullabye (30 x 3-minutes), a MaraKids production […]

France’s M6 & Belgium’s RTBF among buyers of Red Arrow scripted formats

Red Arrow Studios International has secured a slew of European remake deals for four of its scripted formats – Lice Mother, Danni Lowinski, Match and Einstein. France’s M6 has ordered a short-form local version of Lice Mother, with the 200 x 3.5-minute series produced by indie Calt Story. Originally produced by Bing Film & TV […]

ZDFE secures ‘Voltaire In Love’ distribution rights

Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has snagged sales rights to France Télévisions’ new historical drama Voltaire In Love, which is set to become available on new French streaming platform Salto. The 4 x 50-minute show is in post-production and explores the early life and evolution of one of the world’s greatest philosophers. It is being produced […]

Belgium’s RTBF seeks ‘The Way Out’

Belgian pubcaster RTBF has commissioned a French-speaking version of escape room format The Way Out, following the success of the country’s Dutch-speaking edition that aired on VTM. This new adaptation is to be produced by local prodco Roses Are Blue, the original creators of the format, who are also producing a second season for VTM, […]

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