28th Aug, 2020

LOVE ME WINS TOP PRIZE AT SWEDISH TELEVISION AWARDS

LOVE ME has been crowned the year's best drama series at Sweden's most prestigious television awards ceremony, Kristallen. The prize, for which SWIPING and EAGLES were also both nominated, was presented at a gala event in Stockholm.

LOVE ME broke Viaplay's viewership record when it launched in late 2019, going on to win massive audiences for SVT upon its linear broadcast. The hotly anticipated second season of the romantic drama comedy, produced by Warner Bros. International Sverige, is scheduled for launch in September.

14th Aug, 2020

Eccho Rights series nominated for top Swedish TV awards

Love Me, Swiping and Eagles are all among the nominees for this year’s Kristallen, Sweden’s most prestigious television awards. All three series are up for 2020’s Best TV Drama, with individual acting nominations also coming for Love Me’s Josephine Bornebusch and Johan Ulveson. Love Me has also been nominated for Kristallen’s most illustrious prize, 2020’s Best Program.

Love Me, produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production for Viaplay was an enormous success both with critics and fans, and following its record-breaking streaming debut in late 2019 was also a massive hit on linear TV when broadcast on SVT in 2020. Eagles, produced by New Stories, and Swiping, produced by B Reel Films have both enjoyed huge successes of their own on SVT, with a fourth season of Eagles currently in development.

7th Apr, 2020

FIRST DEAL FOR RECORD-BREAKING SWEDISH SERIES LOVE ME

Eccho Rights announces first sale for Love Me, a Swedish series which is part of the company’s MIPTV line up this year. Presenting their line up to all clients virtually, a first deal for the series was closed with Dutch broadcaster NPO. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season that is already in post-production and will premiere on Viaplay this fall. Season 1 will premiere on Swedish broadcaster SVT this spring.

“Scandinavian television is very well established in crime series. We are happy to see that a lot of other genres are developing in the territory as well. We have received a lot of interest in dramas and are proud to present LOVE ME as part of a growing slate of Nordic Romance.”, says Nicola Söderlund, Managing Partner at Eccho Rights.

13th Dec, 2019

ECCHO RIGHTS TO REPRESENT LOVE ME WORLDWIDE

Eccho Rights have agreed a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Sweden to represent Swedish comedy drama LOVE ME worldwide, one of the most successful titles coming out of Scandinavia this year.

Premiering on NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay on Oct 11th, the series has received not only critical acclaim but rapidly rose to become the best performing drama to have ever been launched on the platform. It is written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch, one of the most prolific Swedish actresses famous for her performances in “Solsidan” and “Welcome to Sweden”. In addition to having created the show, she also stars in the main role. Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs McEnroe) and Gustav Lindh (Queen of Hearts) form part of the cast as well.

Ahead of its premiere, the series was already renewed for a second season with filming currently underway. LOVE ME furthermore forms part of the lineup for the C21 International Drama Summit this week in London with a screening set for Thursday, Dec 5th, at 13.30, Kings Place.

“I am very happy to partner with Eccho Rights on the distribution of LOVE ME and look forward to the show reaching audiences across the globe. This warm and humorous series offers true-to-life characters that lend themselves to a feeling that this story is taking place here and now. We see a great potential for it to travel very well,” says Johan Hedman, Head of Drama at WBITVP Sweden.