South African Drama Series Legacy Scores FAST Channel

The South African drama series Legacy will have its own FAST channel courtesy of a new deal between wedotv and ZDF Studios.

ZDF Studios holds the distribution rights to the series, which boasts more than 100 episodes. The wedotv: Legacy FAST channel is created and distributed by wedotv.

“When ZDF Studios came to us with the idea of a channel dedicated to Legacy, we wanted to make sure the key elements of a successful single IP channel were in place: quality, quantity, story and proven audience ratings generator,” said Philipp Rotermund, CEO of wedotv. “Legacy has all of those key qualities in spades. It’s also incredibly compelling and binge-worthy, helping keep viewers engaged within the platform ecosystem, which is essential for advertisers.”

“There is a real upside to creating and launching a channel like wedotv: Legacy—It has a built-in fan base,” said Florian Streit, Director Drama at ZDF Studios. “Single IP channels work well because they are immediately identifiable to fans. Legacy is also a long-running series that maintains an exceptional level of quality across all episodes. ”

The series is produced in South Africa by M-Net and was created by Gwydion Beynon and Phathutshedzo Makwarela.