ZDFE Scores New Sales for Bron/Broen, Blue Eyes

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has sold the Swedish political drama Blue Eyes to the Israeli platform yes, in addition to landing a slot on DIRECTV Latin America for the third season of the Scandi thriller Bron/Broen.

ZDFE licensed the TV and VOD rights for Blue Eyes into Israel for broadcast on yesOh and the yesVOD service. The drama series is a portrait of Sweden’s political and social development. In ten one-hour episodes, the series tells of the manipulative power of politics.

“We are very pleased that we are now able to expand our relations with yes in Israel,” said Alexander Coridass, the president and CEO at ZDFE. “Yes is the perfect channel for this brilliant series that is thus able to continue its international success.”

Meanwhile, for Bron/Broen, the first two seasons of the suspense series have already been successfully broadcast on DIRECTV. The third season of Bron/Broen has already been sold to more than 140 countries.

“OnDIRECTV has a history of curating top international scripted content,” commented Willard Tressel, the general manager of OnDIRECTV. “Bron is rightly considered one of very best, groundbreaking series and we’re very pleased to bring our subscribers another, much anticipated, season!”

Fred Burcksen, the executive VP and COO of ZDFE, added: “We are glad to see the global success of Bron/Broen continue with a brilliant third season. DIRECTV is the appropriate home for the series in Latin America and we are pleased that Bron/Broen works so well for them.”