Granada International Sale Deals In Europe

Granada International has made a raft of sales in Eastern Europe, one of the company’s targeted growth regions.
A substantial drama package has been closed with TVP1 in Poland. A wide range of titles included in the deal are ‘Mansfield Park’, ‘Emma’ and ‘Northanger Abbey’ from recently released ‘Jane Austen Collection’, Emmy 2007 nominee Prime ‘Suspect:The Final Act’, ‘Dracula’, ‘Ghostboat’, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and 13 Hollywood TV Movies including ‘Wildfires’, ‘The Party Never Stops’ and ‘A Valentine Carol’ and feature films such as ‘Red Shoes’, ‘Black Narcissus’, ‘On Golden Pond’ and ‘The African Queen’.
Leading commercial broadcaster, ProTV Romania, the company which recently acquired ‘Emmerdale’ and ‘Dracula’ from Granada International, has taken a further new slate of drama programming including all the Prime Suspect series, every series of ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ and ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ and three titles from ITV’s recent breakout drama series the ‘Jane Austen Collection’.
In addition, STV in Slovakia has bought brand new drama releases launched at MIP TV including ‘Instinct’ and ‘Durham County’ and the Jane Austen titles, as well as all series of ‘Inspector Morse’ and a number of Hollywood TV movies such as ‘Swarm’, ‘The Party Never Stops’ and ‘Write and Wrong’.
Dorit Schilling, Sales Executive at Granada International responsible for Eastern Europe, commented: "We had identified Eastern Europe as a region with a real appetite for UK programming and formats. I am delighted to have concluded deals totalling more than 400 hours of drama programming to broadcasters in Eastern Europe."
For further information on programming please visit the website
www.granadamedia.com/international
(DS/SP)