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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“This is a series of enormous scale and quality, based on IP with a proven track record of international success, so we are thrilled to be bringing it to viewers around the world. The amazing cast, under Matt and Claudia’s guidance, have created an incredible world where romance, fantasy and adventure combine for a thrilling ride,” says Herbert L. Kloiber, CEO of Night Train Media and Eccho Rights.
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I Am Mother picked up across LATAM, Spain and more
Eccho Rights have licensed the O3 Medya-produced, Turkish drama series 'I Am Mother' to broadcasters throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Caracol (Colombia), Canal 13 (Chile) and TVN (Panama) have all picked up the series in LATAM, while a deal has also been struck with a leading broadcaster in Spain. These add to the growing list of international broadcasters for I Am Mother, including earlier agreements with Achla TV in Israel, Kanal 5 in North Macedonia and MBC in the MENA region.
'I Am Mother' returned for its second season earlier this autumn. The renewal followed the series' success and the continued demand for high-quality Turkish dramas globally.
"We are thrilled to see 'I Am Mother' gaining ground in LATAM – we now have the series dubbed into Spanish and are seeing the interest for the title grow rapidly across the region. The powerful narrative and strong performances in 'I Am Mother' have resonated deeply with audiences in Turkey and are now taking off around the world!" says Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights.