Beta
Group and
Australian public broadcaster SBS have extended their ongoing
partnership and have agreed on a multi-year license deal. SBS gains access to
multiple series and films of Beta’s extensive catalogue on an annual basis.
Event series Sisi (12x1h, STORY HOUSE Pictures/RTL/Beta Film)
headlines SBS’ first selection, alongside 2022’s Canneseries entry El
Inmortal – Gangs of Madrid (8x1h, Movistar Plus+/Telemundo Int.
Studios/ DLO Producciones), MIPDrama 2022 winner House of Promises
(12x1h, X-Filme Creative Pool/RTL+) and more series and feature films.
Peter
Andrews, Head of
Network Programming at SBS, said: “We’re thrilled to continue to grow our
partnership with Beta, which will deliver an exciting line-up of
internationally acclaimed series and films showcasing some of the best content
from around the world. Our audiences love to dive into drama that explores
cultures, languages, and compelling stories, and our partnership with Beta
continues to deliver all that and more for Australians.”
Nikolaus
Sivaloganathan, VP
International Sales & Acquisitions Asia, Australia and New Zealand, added:
“This multi-year licensing deal has firmly cemented our relationship with SBS,
our longstanding partner in Australia. We are excited to bring even more
high-end content to an audience that truly appreciates unique European stories
made for the global market.”
Also
included in the first slate of series titles are the crime drama Divided
We Stand (6x1h, Gabriela Sperl Produktion/W&B/Wilma
Film/ARD/MDR/ARD Degeto), set in newly united Germany, and Silent Road
(13x1h, Mega TV/Filmiki productions), a suspenseful crime drama from Greece
that Zappit called “the best Greek series”. Further, the German series Breaking
Point (6x1h, Tivoli Film Produktion/Mona Film Produktion/ZDFneo/ORF) is
part of the deal, a show where each episode follows the individual fates of
five characters and asks the question: Who went on a killing spree in a
shopping mall?
In addition
to this already diverse catalogue there is the coming-of-age story of a young
football player, Golden Boy (5x1h, Fantastika Film Studio/Telekom
Serbia), as well as the biographical limited series De Gaulle
(6x1h, EFFERVESCENCE FICTION/FRANCE TELEVISION) and the third installment of The
Wall (8x1h, Pixcom).
SBS also
brings the critically acclaimed feature film My Little Sister
(2h, Vega Film AG/RTS Radio Télévision Suisse/SRG SSR/ARTE G.E.I.E.), starring
award-winning actress Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger, the Romy Schneider biopic 3 Days in
Quiberon (2h, Rohfilm/Dor Film/Sophie Dulac Productions/Tita B.
Productions/Departures Film/NDR/Arte/ORF), as well as “impressive” (Variety)
World War I thriller Hinterland (2h, FreibeuterFilm/Amour
Fou/Scope Pictures/Lieblingsfilm), by Oscar-winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky
to Australia, amongst others.
