BBC Worldwide Inks a Number of Deals in Eastern Europe

LONDON, June 29: BBC
Worldwide licensed more than 500 hours of programming to broadcasters across
Eastern Europe at this year’s DISCOP.

Several shows were
licensed to TVR in Romania, as part of a two-year output deal, including the
natural history documentary Planet Earth, the docu-drama Hannibal
and three drama series: Doctor Who,
Robin Hood and Hotel Babylon.

HRT in Croatia has
acquired a cumulative 548 episodes from BBC Worldwide, including, most
recently, series three of The Weakest Link. Studio 1+1 in Ukraine and Kanal Kaks in Estonia picked up the format
Strictly Come Dancing, which
has now been sold to 27 countries.

BBC Worldwide has also
pre-sold Jane Eyre to Bulgarian
TV. The station also acquired Planet Earth and a number of drama programs, including Spooks, Hustle, Hotel Babylon, Sharpe’s
Challenge, Under the Greenwood
Tree and Waterloo Road.

“The success of these
deals highlights the strength of our relationship with Central and Eastern
European broadcasters, and we are delighted to be bringing such a diverse
selection of BBC programming to their audiences,” said BBC Worldwide’s director
of emerging territories, Monisha Shah. “Today’s news reaffirms the quality of
the BBC’s programs and the range of viewers they are enjoyed by”.