Raft of Swedish dramas sells to the Far East
Dec 09, 2021
Eccho Rights has secured deals for several top Swedish drama titles to broadcasters and platforms in Japan and South Korea. TVing in South Korea has acquired THREESOME, LOVE ME and HONOUR for its expanding line up of international content. And in Japan, WOWOW has picked up the blue-sky crime drama HAMMARVIK, joining HONOUR, which was acquired during the summer.
TVing is the latest major international platform to bet on THREESOME, after deals with Channel 4 (UK), CANAL+ (France) and RTL (Germany) were all announced last month for the Yellow Bird-produced series. The young-adult relationship drama premiered across the Nordics on NENT Group’s streamer Viaplay in August 2021.
“THREESOME has established itself as one of our most in-demand properties, since winning universal critical acclaim in Sweden after its release earlier this year,” says Nicola Söderlund, Managing partner at Eccho Rights.
HONOUR (produced by Bigster) continues its remarkable international journey, now sold into more than 60 territories worldwide. The third season of the female-led legal thriller is currently shooting in Stockholm, slated for a spring 2022 release on Viaplay. HAMMARVIK (Nordisk Film & TV), created exclusively for television by multi-million selling novelist Camilla Läckberg, is one of NENT Group’s most successful titles of all time, watched by record audiences on both TV3 and streamer Viaplay. Season three of the blue-sky crime drama premieres 12th December on Viaplay. Romantic comedy-drama LOVE ME (Warner Bros. International), as well as breaking viewing records for Viaplay, has won a number of awards, including Sweden’s most prestigious television prize Kristallen, for Best TV Drama in 2020.
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Eccho Rights licenses over 3200 hours of Turkish Drama to Mexico
Eccho Rights has closed a major content licensing agreement in Mexico, delivering more than 3200 hours of Turkish Drama for one broadcaster’s schedule.
The extensive package features leading Turkish titles including daily audience favourites Legacy, The Promise (both from Karamel Yapım) and global hit Elif from Yeşil Yapım. Completing the line-up is the emotionally charged primetime drama Cennet from Süreç Film.
The deal brings together a slate spanning sweeping romance, high-stakes family conflict and long-running daily storytelling designed to build loyal audiences. Cennet centres on a young woman abandoned at birth who later finds herself entangled with the family that once rejected her, in a story driven by love, betrayal and buried secrets. Daily favouritesLegacy, The Promise and Elif add proven high-volume dramas built around enduring love stories, family loyalty and emotional twists that keep audiences coming back night after night.
Barbora Suster, Head of Latin America and Iberia at Eccho Rights, said:“Mexico remains one of the most dynamic and competitive drama markets anywhere. This package delivers a mix to support exactly that - globally successful Turkish titles that offer both primetime impact and daily consistency. We are delighted to strengthen our presence and to bring these beloved series to audiences across Mexico.”
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New string of Behind The Veil deals in CEE
Eccho Rights has finalised deals in Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Moldova and Georgia for the smash hit daily drama series Behind the Veil.
Behind the Veil, produced by Film Yapim Merkezi for Kanal 7, is a powerful contemporary drama exposing the hidden emotional battles inside a marriage of convenience. Currently in its third season for Kanal 7, it has proved to be one of the most successful dramas in the daily segment, breaking a number of viewing records for the broadcaster and regularly scoring higher ratings than some of the biggest series on Turkiye’s major channels.
Berkin Nalbantli, Sales Executive for CEE and Africa at Eccho Rights: “Behind the Veil is a fantastic example of what makes Turkish daily drama so compelling - it combines deeply emotional storytelling with the kind of relentless narrative pace that keeps viewers coming back day after day [...]”
This latest deal highlights the continued strength of Turkish daily dramas across Central and Eastern Europe, where serialized storytelling and large episode counts provide broadcasters with dependable long term programming that keeps audiences engaged.