Telefonica has acquired a package of drama series from StudioCanal for its Spanish pay TV and SVOD services. The titles included are predominantly originally English-language, with Section Zéro (pictured), the new series from Braquo creator Olivier Marchal, the exception. Other titles include novelist Harlan Coben’s mystery drama The Five, which debuted on Sky in the […]
DirecTV has bought one-hour drama Spotless for Latin American pay TV. The series will air on DirecTV’s OnDirecTV channel. “OnDirecTV, our exclusive entertainment channel, has become a top performing channel among our subscribers by showcasing the very best in international premium series,” said Willard Tressel, OnDirecTV’s general manager. “Spotless nicely fits our channel vision with a winning combination of […]
StudioCanal has shopped edgy drama series Spotless to South Africa-based pay TV platform M-Net. Spotless follows a troubled man whose life is turned upside down when his outlaw brother crashes into his life. It was produced by StudioCanal’s Tandem for Canal+ and picked up by NBCU-owned cable net Esquire in the US. M-Net has picked up […]
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired another drama from French distributor Studiocanal. The deal comes after the network bought The Last Panthers, which Studiocanal jointly distributes with Sky Vision. Spotless, a ten-part crime drama about a man that becomes embroiled with the mob, will air on SBS2 next year. “Edgy, funny and filled with danger, Spotless […]
NBCUniversal’s cable channel Esquire Network has acquired Canal+ Originale drama Spotless. The dark 10-part drama comes from Germany-based Tandem Productions, whose parent Studiocanal, is part of the Canal+ Group. Studiocanal is also the show’s distributor. Though the series, shot in English and set in London, has finished its first run on French pay TV, Esquire […]
