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indiantelevision.com Team
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has licensed a raft of dramas to broadcasters in Central & Eastern Europe.
In total, over 530 hours have been licensed in deals to ETV, LTV, RTV, STV and TV Barrandov.
BBC Worldwide Sales and Distribution territory manager, Eastern and Central Europe and CIS Heike Renner commented, ?We?re continuing to build strong relationships with our clients in Central and Eastern Europe, and we?re very pleased to work with them to bring so many high-end programmes to viewers across the region.?
‘Parade?s End‘ has been licensed to 17 territories in the region, with HBO, a co-producer on the series, set to give the drama its territory premiere on its pan-regional feed.
The epic drama has also been licensed as part of package deals to RTV in Slovenia, LTV in Latvia, ETV in Estonia and STV in Slovakia, as have Sinbad to TV Barrandov in the Czech Republic, STV, and Call the Midwife to LTV, STV.
Other dramas picked up range from ‘Scott And Bailey; series one and two to RTV, ‘Inside Men‘ to STV and TV Barrandov, and the second season of ‘Upstairs Downstairs‘ to LTV and ETV.
The deals also take in factual titles such as Earthflight (ETV), natural history show ‘Deadly 60‘ (series 1 to STV) and entertainment programmes including ‘Beyonc?: Live at Roseland‘ (ETV).
Renner said, ?The programmes licensed in these deals reflect the breadth of our catalogue, from top quality dramas to some exciting new female-skewing lifestyle and music titles.?
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