Six New International Deals for Broadchurch
12th Aug 2013
Shine International today announced six major new international broadcast deals for the UK’s most-watched new drama in 2013, Broadchurch.
The series has to date been acquired by leading broadcasters Channel One (Russia), France 2, NRK (Norway), OnDIRECTV (DIRECTV Latin America), ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG (Germany) and TV4 (Sweden). The new acquisitions bring Broadchurch into 32 territories worldwide, including ABC Australia and BBC America – where the series premieres tonight, August 7 at 10pm.
Nadine Nohr, CEO of Shine International announced the deals, “Broadchurch is a remarkable series, beautifully crafted and universally resonant and the degree of interest it has generated globally is testament to that. We are delighted to have concluded these deals and to be in further discussion with broadcasters around the world who want to bring it to their audiences.”
The international sales for the Kudos and Imaginary Friends production were brokered by a combination of Lisa Higginson (Senior Sales Manager), Priscilla Siney (Head of Sales), Lisette Schlippe (Sales Director), Matt Vassallo (Senior VP), Matthew Ashcroft (Senior VP) and Katrina Neylon (Senior VP) at Shine International.
Today’s news follows the series order by Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) for an American remake of Broadchurch (w/t) for broadcast 2014-2015. The FOX series was announced August 1 and will be produced by Shine America, executive-produced by the original series’ creator Chris Chibnall and Kudos Chief Executive Jane Featherstone and distributed by Shine International.
Broadchurch stars David Tennant and Olivia Coleman as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller. When the body of a teenage boy is discovered on its beach, the close knit community of Broadchurch implodes. A town wrapped in secrets, the ensuing police investigation reveals a darkness at its heart which has devastating and far reaching consequences
The show debuted on ITV in March 2013, is the UK’s most-watched new drama of 2013 and the highest-rated new primetime weekday drama on ITV since 2004. The season finale won ITV an audience in excess of 10 million viewers, exceeded the networks market share across all demographics (Inc. adding +60% share amongst 16-34 year olds) and was the UK’s most tweeted drama episode ever.
