Imagina Sells Globomedia Format into Russia

MADRID: Imagina International Sales has signed a deal for Globomedia’s El internado (The Boarding School) to be localized in Russia by A MEDIA. 

A MEDIA will be responsible for adapting the series’ first season for Russian channel CTC, to air in 2010. A MEDIA was also responsible for adapting another Globomedia TV series for the Russian market, Los hombres de Paco (Paco’s Men), which made its debut in March. 

In addition, Dexin Films has acquired the right to air the series on channels in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo. It is expected to make its debut at the beginning of 2010.

This week, Imagina organized a promotional event for the series in Tokyo, to present The Boarding School to the Japanese market, with two of the show’s main stars on hand. In Asia, Vietnamese TV channel VTC9 has already aired the show’s first three seasons successfully and is getting ready to air the fourth.