Compelling crime drama, Scrublands (4 x one hour), an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, has been acquired by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, Proximus Media House – Belgium and RUV – Iceland for Season 1. Scrublands: Silver (4 x one hour) has been picked up by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, and RUV – Iceland.
Proximus Media House – Belgium has acquired The Cuckoo (4 x one hour) Clapperboard Studios, Safehaven (10 x one hour) Ravenwood Productions, and Summertide Series 1 (Eps 14-46) Red Letter Day Pictures.
The Game (4 x one hour), produced by Clapperboard Studios, has been acquired by RUV – Iceland.
The Boy That Never Was (4 x one hour), produced by Subotica and based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry, has been sold to Super Channel - Canada.
SBS – Australia has bought Late Bloomer Season 1 (8 x half hour), a Pier 21 Films production, and both seasons of Rough Cut (12 x one hour), produced by Vox Pictures.
Hope Street Seasons 1 and 2 (20 x one hour), produced by Long Story TV, have been secured by TVO – Canada, Seasons 1 and 4 (18 x one hour), by BritBox in the Nordics for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden while BBC Studios – CEE and Poland, BBC NL in the Netherlands, and BBC First in Belgium have acquired Season 5 (8 x one hour).
As recently announced, Heated Rivalry (6 x one hour), produced by Bell Media Inc., has been sold to HBO Max - U.S. and Australia, Movistar Plus+ in Spain, and Neon - New Zealand.
Sphere Abacus’ Head of Sales Hana Palmer comments, “We are delighted that these premium dramas, created with high-end production values, continue to be popular around the world. We look forward to securing more sales during Content London this week.”