Outright Completes Polish Deals

LONDON, September 30:
Outright Distribution has
secured a raft of deals with TVN, Polsat, Canal Plus and BBC Worldwide in
Poland for more than a dozen properties.

TVN has landed seasons one through four of It’s Me
or the Dog, which follows dog
training expert Victoria Stilwell as she restores order to families where pets
are running wild, and seasons one and two of Open House, which focuses on how the “open day followed by
bids” way of selling homes works in Britain.

Polsat picked up four finished programs, including Dangerous
Jobs for Girls, which follows three high-flying British women who
travel to extreme places that have so far remained the preserve of men. Your
Money or Your Wife, 5 Things I
Hate About You and Things I Hate About You were also part of the deal with Polsat.

Canal Plus secured Kitchen Millionaire, which sees 20 of Britain’s home cooks compete for
a chance to get their recipe produced, packaged and sold at the country’s
largest supermarket chain. Reclaimers, Luke’s Workshop, 20
Worst Interior Design Crimes in Your Home, 20 Things We Love
to Hate About Builders, No
Going Back: Chaos at the Chalet, My
Child Won’t Eat and Uncorked were also picked up by Canal Plus.

BBC Worldwide in Poland bought the complete U.K. and U.S. series
of Supernanny, which includes
111 episodes in total.

Jess Khanom, the VP of
sales for Outright Distribution in Central and Eastern Europe, said: “Poland is
a very important market for us with its thriving format business and now with
its need for larger volumes of finished product it is the ideal territory for
Outright distribution. We have a wide range of strong products in our portfolio
that ensures we can offer everything the broadcasters are looking for which is
reflected in the programming we currently have under license in the territory
which includes everything from formats, factual entertainment, documentaries
and lifestyle.”

—By Jackie Stewart