Cineflix Rights Closes Factual Deals in CEE

Cineflix Rights has secured a raft of international deals for factual content with Central and Eastern European broadcasters.

Canal+ picked up the BBC Two documentary The Mysterious Mr. Lagerfeld for its streaming platform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as the Channel 5 docuseries Holiday Homes in the Sun for its NC+ (Domo+) channel in Poland.

LNK Lithuania signed deals for a number of blue-chip history documentaries and series, including Battle of Alcatraz, The Far Traveller, Secrets of the Nazi U-Boat Bases, WWII by Drone, The Day Hitler Died, The Day Kennedy Died and The Day We Walked on the Moon.

In the Czech Republic, FTV Prima acquired a range of series and documentaries such as Close Encounters Down Under, Hitler’s American Battleground, Impossible Builds, Hitler’s Engineers: Building the Third Reich and Designing Dreams.

AMC Networks International Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE) licensed Beyond the Farm: Men at Work, Holiday Homes in the Sun, Hitler’s Engineers: Building the Third Reich and Coast Guard: Mission Critical for its Spektrum Home and Spektrum Channels across Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

“Sales to Central and Eastern European platforms and broadcasters are thriving at the moment,” said Lucy Rawson, VP of sales for Africa, CEE, the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean at Cineflix Rights. “I’m delighted to be returning this month to Budapest to launch a slate of new content alongside further seasons of our hit programs to buyers at NATPE.”