5 SEP 2024

Sphere Abacus secures a raft of sales throughout the CEE region

The company highlighted that Central and Eastern Europe have always offered their audiences accessible factual programming covering a multitude of diverse subjects. Some of the countries in question were Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic.

5 SEP 2024

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Sphere Abacus, formerly Abacus Media Rights confirmes  package deals across fiction and non-fiction titles throughout CEE. Next, let's review each of these deals.

Pay TV Channel Pickbox has secured a drama package for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria for the award-winning drama "Catch Me A Killer" (11 x one hour) – CMAK Films with LMP Night Train Media, "The Cuckoo" (4 x one hour) – Clapperboard Studios, and "The Boy That Never Was" (4 x one hour) – Subotica.

FTV Prima, Czech Republic’s private media group, has acquired a non-fiction package including "Top Guns: Inside the RAF S2" (6 x one hour) – True North Productions, "The First Inventors" (4 x one hour) – Ronde Media/Moogie Down, "Alan Cumming’s Most Luxurious Train Journeys: Scotland" (4 x one hour) – 14th Floor Productions/GroupM Motion Entertainment, "The Titan Disaster" (w/t) (1 x one hour, 1 x 43-minute version also available) – Renegade Stories/Galafilm, Downwind (1 x 120’) – Shapiro-Miller, and Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (3 x one hour) – Humble Bee.

Public media service HRT Croatia has picked up "Nike’s Big Bet: Alberto Salazar" and the "Fine Line of Sport" (1 x 45’) – Paul Kemp Productions/Cream Films in partnership with Globe, "The Moment: How Sports Changed the World" (1 x 58’) – Red Bull Studios, 1895 Films, "Brazil 2002: The Real Story BI" (1 x 90’) – Collective Media Group/Entourage Sports/Entertainment Trailer Films, "Boris Becker: The Rise & Fall" (2 x 45’) – Finestripe Productions, and "Colombia: Road to Glory 1994 – 2001" (1 x 85’) – Trailer Films.

Sphere Abacus’ Sales Director, Ros Ali, emphasized CEE's interest in factual content, “Broadcasters and platforms across Central and Eastern Europe have always offered their audiences accessible factual programming covering a multitude of diverse subjects. We are delighted to share SA’s expansive documentary portfolio of high-level films and series with our many clients in the region," commented.