Beyond Makes Deals in CEE

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SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has sold more than 140 hours of programming in Central and Eastern Europe.

In Poland, TVN picked up Science Impossible and World’s Weirdest Restaurants. Planete+ ordered Programmed to be Fat and Charlotte: A Life Without Limbs. The network also renewed Sperm Wars and Jetstream.

For the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, Paprika signed up for Chuck Hughes’ Chuckmas, Chuck’s Week Off: Mexico and the third season of Chuck’s Day Off.

Spektrum Home ordered season three of Love It or List It for Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and Spektrum took on two seasons of ObsessionsCrash Investigation Unit and Damage Control.

The seventh season of MythBusters was licensed to Baltijos TV (BTV) in Lithuania.

For Hungary, Megamax picked up the kids’ series Amazing Extraordinary Friends. My Parent’s House was ordered by TV JOJ for Slovakia.

Karen Connell, the VP of sales for CEE at Beyond Distribution, said: "Beyond has benefited from the diverse needs of clients in CEE, like Chello Central Europe. We are delighted to see MythBusters continue in Lithuania and pleased to close our first deals with TV JOJ and TVN’s Diginet TTV. We anticipate growth across the region and feel confident that the assortment of content in our catalogue will appeal to buyers and enable us to build, and maintain, strong relationships with clients throughout Eastern Europe."