Granada International Secures Sales in Korea

HONG KONG/LONDON, March 1: Granada
International’s regional office in Hong Kong has secured sales of its
programming to a number of broadcasters in Korea, including a substantial
package of dramas and feature films for the free-TV broadcaster EBS.

EBS has acquired a package of
drama programming that includes British dramas such as Cracker and Dracula, the
Hollywood TV movies Life Is Not A Fairytale and Wildfires, and
titles from Granada International’s extensive feature film library including Sophie’s
Choice and Bugsy Malone. The children’s wildlife show Get Bushwise is also included in the EBS deal.

In its first deal with Granada International, CJ Media has
acquired the reality series Poor Little Rich Girls and the lifestyle shows Trinny and
Susannah Undress… and Dinner
Takes All.

The science show Brainiac has been acquired by the cable network e-channel and two seasons of
the award-winning Megastructures
have been scooped up by the MBC Local Network.

Joongang Broadcasting has bought eight feature films from
the Granada International library including the Academy Award-winner My Left
Foot and the drama Jesus of
Nazareth.

Cable broadcaster On Media has
acquired the second season of Hell’s Kitchen USA starring Gordon Ramsay and seasons two and three of Nanny
911.

James Ross, the regional director
for Asia at Granada International, commented, “I am delighted to be working so
closely with many of Korea’s top channels. The demand for our programming in
Asia continues to grow and we are very fortunate to have a constant supply of
dramas, documentaries and entertainment shows with high production values and
great storylines that travel well to the region.”