Dutch renewal for CBS Studios

LA SCREENINGS: SBS Broadcasting in the Netherlands and CBS Studios International have renewed their multi-year programming deal.

The renewal gives SBS the free-to-air rights for TV series from the Hollywood studio, including NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0 and The Good Wife.

Under the deal, SBS networks SBS6, Net5 and Veronica also get first refusal on the studio’s titles debuting at the LA Screenings this week: CBS dramas Vegas and Elementary and mid-season sitcom Friend Me, plus The CW dramas Beauty & the Beast and Emily Owens MD.

“This enables SBS to continue a partnership that has been both successful for both parties,” said Rozan Hamaker, head of acquisitions at SBS. “It also gives SBS first choice from future supply of new TV series from CBS Studios International. The renewal of the deal is part of the aspiration of SBS to ensure and improve on quality programming for the coming years.”