NATPE Budapest Spotlight: Beyond Distribution

June 19, 2012 World Screen
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BUDAPEST: Karen Connell, who handles sales for Central and Eastern Europe, among other territories, at Beyond Distribution, has noticed that buyers across CEE have been doing fewer deals, but picking up larger programming packages.

 

“The needs of channels across CEE are fluid,” says Connell, the VP of sales for Scandinavia, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and South Africa at Beyond. “At the moment, children’s programming and male-skewed factual are most popular, but demand could easily lean toward female-skewed lifestyle and science documentary programming next year, in which case we will see a different set of clients acquiring.”
 
Beyond’s Chuck Hughes titles, including Chuck’s Day Off and Chuck’s Week Off: Mexico, have sold well in the region, and This vs That was recently included in a pan-Europe pay-TV deal. “Our children’s titles have enjoyed success in CIS, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary, but we have sold more live-action titles targeting older children than preschool,” Connell notes.
 
Allowing viewers to experience the world from its obsessive side, Obsessions is a travel documentary series that looks at certain behaviors of Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Koreans and Filipinos. Part travel show, part food series, World’s Weirdest Restaurants showcases some of the most unusual, high-concept eating establishments from around the globe. These titles top the list of highlights from Beyond Distribution, alongside Dark Minds, which brings fresh eyes to unsolved serial-killer investigations. 

 

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