Fiction & Doc Programming Prove Popular for Global Screen

October 10, 2013 World Screen Top Stories
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CANNES: Global Screen racked up a number of sales during MIPCOM from its fiction and documentary catalogues, inking deals with, among others, TV4 in Poland and Hollywood Films in Taiwan.

The event movie Heroes was picked up in Poland and Taiwan, as well as in Croatia (HRT). Before the market, Heroes sold into Spain, Japan and the Czech Republic.

Hungary (MTV) and Croatia (HRT) went for the partly animated mini-series Pinocchio; Global Screen has nearly sold out the Eastern European territories for the title. Negotiations have started with buyers from the U.S., Italy, France, Spain, Sweden, Benelux, Japan, China and India.

The family saga Weissensee found a great deal of interest in France and Mexico. It was picked up by channels in Finland (YLE), Sweden (SVT), Croatia (HRT) and Slovenia (RTV).

The drama Donna Leon went to SRC for French-speaking Canada.

The long-running action series Alarm for Cobra 11 has sold to all major territories, and Mongolia TV channel SBN (Supervision Broadcasting Network) can now be added to that list.

The romantic novela Storm of Love has been renewed in Italy (RTI/Mediaset), Finland (MTV Oy), Estonia and Lithuania (Viasat TV 3) and the Czech Republic (TV Barrandov), among others.

From its doc catalogue, Global Screen wrapped up deals for the docudrama Charlemagne in France (RMC Decouverte), Spain (TVE), China (Pan Universe Int), Russia (TV Kultura), Slovakia (Slovenska Televizia) and Slovenia (RTV Slovenija). The Medici Files was taken on in Spain (TVE) and Slovenia (RTV Slovenija). Viasat picked up the pay-TV rights for Scandinavia and Eastern Europe for both titles.

In the way of format deals, a U.S. production outfit picked up the remake rights for The Door.

Marlene Fritz, the head of TV sales with Global Screen, said, “Once again we see that event movies and high-quality family entertainment and documentaries sell well on the international market. The demand is high and we are particularly pleased to learn that it is also sustainable.”