FremantleMedia Preps Croatian Daily Drama

CANNES: FremantleMedia is developing a daily drama for launch on RTL Croatia this fall, tentatively titled The Clan.

Created and produced by FremantleMedia Croatia, the show will also be offered to the worldwide market as a scripted format. It tells the story of two families, united against their will by a relationship ignited between young lovers.

“FremantleMedia has a strong history of developing some of the world’s leading serial and daily dramas and we are very excited to see The Clan (wt) coming to air this autumn on RTL Croatia," said Daniela Matei, the CEO for Nordics, Central Eastern Europe & Balkans at FremantleMedia. "This drama is the perfect example of original content that has been developed by our team in Croatia to suit the local market, and we see enormous potential for it to travel internationally as a scripted format.”

Johannes Züll, the CEO and president of management board of RTL Croatia, said: “Daily drama lies at the heart of any market leading broadcaster. Following two successful adaptations, this is RTL Televizija’s first entirely locally developed daily drama series. A gripping story, in an authentic Croatian setting—and a hugely ambitious project. We have extremely high expectations of this exciting project and are looking forward to launching it together with FremantleMedia.”