Passion Finds Success with First DISCOP Outing

LONDON: Passion Distribution, which last week attended DISCOP East for the first time, has signed a number of deals in Eastern Europe, with further agreements in negotiation.

More than 60 hours of programming was licensed into Russia. Red Media took on 5 Ingredient Fix for Kuhnya TV and Super Secret Celebrity Weddings, My Daughter Amy and I Married a Princess for Bulvar TV. Tonus TV picked up Diet Tribe and Women HD went for Petal Pushers. Fox Russia took on Killer Couples and Killer in the Family.

In Poland, TV4 acquired both seasons of Dining with Death and Canal Plus took on Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and 5 Ingredient Fix for Kuchnia TV. In Hungary, Fem 3 scooped up Baby Beauty Queens and the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, while Origo went for Dad Camp and Head 2 Toe. Ukraine’s Menu TV licensed Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and 5 Ingredient Fix.

Passion Distribution’s sales manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Iberia and Latin America, Beatrice Rossmanith, commented: “DISCOP was a great opportunity to assert our presence in the Eastern European market by consolidating existing relationships as well as introducing our content to new territories. We’re excited to see many opportunities opening up for us in the region.”