Korean Buyers take to Granada International

As digital television rolls out across South Korea, increasing the channel choice and bringing video-on-demand to viewers, Granada International has concluded a large number of deals with broadcasters in Korea.
On Media, one of the leading cable operators in Korea, has acquired factual entertainment programming including Granada America’s Nanny 911, Marriage 911, Hell’s Kitchen and Celebrity Fit Club, as well as the mini series Dr Zhivago and Granada America’s Hollywood TV Movie Brave New Girl; Joongang Cable, another of Korea’s foremost cable networks, has picked up a package of detective programming to include Inspector Morse, Cadfael starring Sir Derek Jacobi and Agatha Christie’s Poirot; Korean state broadcaster KBS has acquired the science documentary Owning the Weather; leading local producer and distributor, A9 Media has acquired three Deeble & Stone wildlife documentaries and classic thriller Night Of The Fox; Miracle Entertainment, a leading local producer and TV/DVD distributor has bought the hit pre-school animation series Pocoyo and will exploit the property across TV, DVD and VOD; Lastly EBS, the national Educational Broadcasting System, has acquired a raft of the acclaimed Powell and Pressburger feature films and the brand new Deeble & Stone HD wildlife title The Queen of Trees.
George Sakkalli, VP Sales Asia at Granada International, said: “Granada International’s depth of programming in each genre has enabled us to offer first class shows of all kinds to buyers in Korea. Our ability to devise flexible deals also helps us to work with media acquisitions executives across established and new media platforms."
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