Veronika Gracher
VP Sales, German Speaking Europe and Eastern Europe
Fremantle International Distribution
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What are the upcoming trends in prime time programming in Eastern Europe ?
Big entertainment and reality shows.
Event Programming - high budget movies and docs (i.e. "Prehistoric Park ").
US Series (i.e. "Lost", "Gilmore Girls", "Falcon Beach ").
Hollywood blockbuster.
Strong drama (Thriller, Comedy, Love & Romance, Drama - i.e. Magnificent 7).
What are the coming trends in distribution of TV Fiction, Documentaries, Entertainment Programming and Formats in Eastern Europe ?
TV Movies: high-budget Event-Drama.
Comedy: series, sitcoms and TV Movies (comedies "The IT Crowd", "Man Stroke Woman")
Documentaries: high-quality docs from 1st class producers (Atlantic Production, Impossible Pictures, Talkback, Nugus Martin) like "Hannibal", "Spartacus", "Battleplan" and "Naked Science".
Event-Docs with million-dollar-budget like "Prehistoric Park " for family entertainment.
Top US series as ABC Family's "Falcon Beach ".
German telenovelas like "Bianca".
Entertainment: Food & cooking shows ("Jamie Oliver at Home"), Lifestyle and Make Over ("Martha", "House Doctor", "Love on the Rocks") and Reality shows like "Project Runway", "The Apprentice" and last but not least further season "American Idol".
Formats: big entertainment shows like "Idol", "Showtime" and game shows.
Can you name your products that were aired in Eastern Europe during 2005?
"Fingersmith", "Naked Science", "Jamie Oliver", "Benny Hill", "Mr. Bean", "Neighbours", "Murder Investigation Team", "The Bill", "Bella Mafia", TV movies from the ACI catalogue, "True Gladiator", "Poisoned", "Catherine The Great", "Finding Rodrigo" and others
Do you have products in production or that are currently being aired in Eastern European countries in 2006?
"Jamie Oliver", "History of Football", "Martha", "Project Runway", "Naked Science", "Bianca", "Godiva's", "Little Oberon", "Hannibal", "Munich", "How Clean Is Your House", "Sex Inspectors", "Helen West", "Secrets of War", "Nancy Lam", "Nigel Marven's Animal Detectives"/"Venom Hunters", "Poisoned, Naked Science Bill's Food", "Hannibal", etc.
Which Eastern European countries are most important to your business?
We cover and do good business with all territories in Eastern Europe. The very strong markets are currently Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia. Markets, which are evolving quickly, are currently Ukraine, Serbia and Bulgaria. |
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