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CEE21

Inside the Central and Eastern European content business

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Trust and balance top priorities at Georgia’s GPB

Incentives to work in Serbia are stacking up

Joyrider changes course to avoid bumpy roads in CEE

Postcard from Content Warsaw

The time to wait and CEE is over

Viasat World unleashes True Crime in Poland with Canal+ Polska

Viasat World ready to take risks as it eyes more CEE expansion

CEE still playing it straight with unscripted formats

Streamers boost CEE as pan-regional production market matures

Yellow helps Ukraine find its voice in Finland

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Nataša Buljan sets out to break the mould with United Media fiction

TV Markíza's in it for the long run

Singer keeps Prima in tune with local talent

1+1 Media takes the FAST route to international success

Moving with the times at toddler channel ducktv

Industry veteran Hanka Kastelicová keeps her eye on the prize

Bulgaria’s BNT plans to steal a march with launch of OTT platform

Tivio on helping creators make their content pay

LTV marks 70 years of Latvian public broadcasting with major restructure

LRT follows its kids audience to YouTube

Trust and balance top priorities at Georgia's GPB

The producer putting Bulgaria on the international coproduction map

New head looks to balance the books at RTV Slovenija

Local content makes for a strong LNK

Montenegro’s RTCG goes OTT for its 80th anniversary

Lejla Babovic on public broadcasting in 'survival mode'

Content investment gets a rethink at Serbia’s Prva TV and b92

Tereza Polachová opens Ceská Televize's doors wide to copros

Starlight Media goes OTT to shine more brightly in Ukraine

Setting out the Jake Vision with Beerend Jan Kepinski

Cinevilla's Andrejs Ekis puts Latvia on the map

Animond eyes expansion beyond the Balkans

Dirk Gerkens cooks up ‘magic recipe’ at Bulgaria’s Nova

Taking collective ownership of a turbulent past

bTV takes the entertainment route to diversification

A1 Group's route to success with ‘super-aggregation’

Bahama Films' Piatkowski on pushing past Polish borders

Architect of Deutsche Telekom's unorthodox alliance with Netflix

ZDF Studios finds drama copro comrades

There's life in the old linear dog yet says BBCS's Witak

Gozdowski makes Max effort in Poland

WBD's Cooke stirs more unscripted and docs into the mix

Beta days ahead for high-end coproduction

Duo Media streams ahead in the Baltics

SPT's Mark Young looks to assemble new copro models

Rakuten TV closes in FAST on CEE

Putting on a United front with Balkan talent

Magdalena Szwedkowicz on going global with CEE content

Mediawan crosses the continent to CEE

Endemol Shine Poland on providing a CEE hub

UPC Broadband Slovakia’s Martin Miller on the diminishing role of TV

BBC Studios takes flexible approach to growing on-demand in CEE

Starlight's Olena Martynova on learning the lessons of war

May One makes hay in Romania

How Michael Iskas became Better Known

CME’s Neustadt on the challenges of local production

SkyShowtime's Kai Finke calls out for local partners

Local challenges force global outlook for Slovakia’s Nutprodukcia

Czech Republic's TV Nova heralds digital transformation

Voyo helps RTL Croatia mark a 'pivotal' anniversary

Firefly shines brightly in Serbian production ecosystem

CME’s Pro TV sets the pace in Romania

CEE success turbo-charges Ay Yapim's global ambitions

TV3’s streaming balancing act in the Baltics

Linear and streaming working in partnership at AMCNI CNE

A bridge from the US to CEE

Turning a downturn into an opportunity

Sweet.TV spices up the OTT market in CEE

Putting on a United front in search for young audiences

WBD’s Kenechi Belusevic on staying relevant in CEE

Lithuania's LRT keeps on the level in linear

Poland's ATM banks on Muszyński's ambitious plans

Paprika's Ákos Erdős in bullish mood post-MBO

Greek pay TV heavyweight Cosmote TV battles piracy

Dramedy’s Bobiňski looks back to look forward

1+1 Media's Pakholchuk on running a media company in the shadow of war

AMC’s Radóczy sets out to overtake The Walking Dead

How Canal+ Polska joined the streaming party

Hungary's TV2 keeps leading with linear

TV3 eyes new ad models and backs local content

Free TV helps Atmedia keep the wind in its sales

How Troll Farm helped Dansu cultivate Lithuanian drama

Sporty Network4 gets match-fit for entertainment push

ERR’s Luhats on FVoD and upping its drama output

Centaur Films' remake maestro takes on TV

Film.UA's Yarmoshchuk describes the fortunes of war

Jan Wykrytowicz on building the three pillars of Go3

Firat Gulgen on withstanding soaring costs

Nebojša Taraba details his Drugi Plan

Telekom Srbija carves out new era

A+E's Izabella Wiley prospects for CEE nuggets

Jan Maxa on keeping costs in Czech

Putting heart and sole into Turkish drama

CME's vision for Voyo

NEWS

Australian, European broadcasters acquire Channel 5 docuseries WWII: The End

GRB Media Ranch titles picked up in CEE

TV JOJ in Slovakia, Israel’s Keshet 12 order local versions of chat format The A Talks

Tributes paid after ex-Endemol Shine Poland MD and TVN founder Ryszard Sibilski dies aged 69

Ukrainian execs Kateryna Udut, Vira Kostenko-Kuznyetsova set up Between Media Agency

Czech Audiovisual Fund expands remit beyond film to support series, animation

Juan Solera, Jota Salinas set up Barcelona-based factual and documentary sales agency Jambika Docs

Turkish broadcaster Kanal D International hires Sangerim Zhakhina as Russia, CIS sales manager

Agnese Štrause-Kubliņa becomes head of entertainment and documentary content at Latvia’s LTV

Former RTL exec Henning Tewes named CEO of Antenna Group as Linda Jensen exits

WBD Spain, Radio-Canada among buyers of Ramses the Great: King of Ancient Egypt

C21 confirms CEE Screenings at the heart of Content Warsaw 2025 and opens earlybird registration

ZDF Studios to shop Estonian murder mystery drama Von Fock to global buyers

Bell Media brings Hungarian Traitors to Canada

Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania take entertainment quiz format City vs Country

Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz to lead WBD’s streaming and linear business in Turkey

1+1 Media rolls out ‘world first’ Ukrainian app offering FAST channels to global viewers

Fremantle’s UFA rebrands, appoints new management team in Hungary

Turkish romance Winds of Love woos CEE buyers

Walter Presents, HBO, Arte, Filmin among buyers for Beta Film’s CEE drama series

CEE dramas top GoQuest Media’s distribution catalogue for Mipcom

Česká Televize seeks coproducers for animated doc about inspiring kids

Indies to benefit from AI more than big studios, delegates hear at Young Horizons

Spain’s TVG to air local remake of Romanian gameshow Win Your Country

Gijsbertse sets up European collective to help indies bolster international reach

Walter Presents brings Crusade to UK and Ireland

Borderforce USA producer Stampede’s latest heads to Europe, Middle East and Africa

United Media brings The Fabulous Piglini to the Balkans with Serbia’s Metaxilasis

TVP brings Banijay’s Penoza back after eight years

TVN in Poland to make Home Made Home following Be Entertainment deal

Chudor House picks up Croatian scripted format for Africa, North America

CEE’s Pickbox snaps up SA drama Catch Me a Killer as part of package from Sphere Abacus

Viasat World’s crime spree spreads to Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia

Romania’s Pro TV becomes latest broadcaster to take on The Traitors

BBCS partners in Poland to launch BBC Player VoD service on CDA Premium

Concerns grow over independence of new Slovakian national broadcaster STVR

Moldovan prodco Studio Metrafilms turns Occupation: Witch into YA series

TV5 Monde boards animated doc spotlighting impact of ecological disasters

Amazon’s Prime Video orders Polish version of Good Luck Guys format

Animated climate drama to be adapted in Danish-Croatian-Slovenian copro

Canal+ political drama begins filming in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine

Polsat commissions Banijay format SAS: Who Dares Wins for Poland

Poland’s TVP picks up Banijay Italia entertainment format Boomerissima

Brazil’s Record TV acquires Turkish drama Woman

Česká Televize veteran Jan Maxa brought in to develop Czechia’s Serial Killer Festival

ITV Studios’ dating format My Mum, Your Dad heads for Poland, French Canada

Turkish drama My Home My Destiny finds global buyers

Bulgaria’s bTV latest to play Guess My Age

Duo Media Networks to launch Baltic streamer Duo One in September

SPI International adds 13 channels to Croatia’s MAXtv

Canal+ in Poland picks up preschool series Mia & Codie, Nina & Olga and Milo S2

Romania’s ProTV orders spin-off from drama The Clan

CEE buyers join The Chase and spin-off Beat the Chasers for autumn launch

StudioCanal expands reach of Spanish daily drama The Vow across CEE

CEE channels AMC, RiK and Nova pick up animated kids’ shows from WildBrain

GoQuest touts AI tools in helping to create local versions of scripted formats

Turkish drama My Wonderful Life to air in Spain following Mediaset deal

Max expands into France and Poland, enhances offering in Netherlands, Belgium

CEE broadcasters including AMCNI, Viasat World bag 250 hours from Cineflix

United Media backs script competition to develop south-east Europe creatives

The Traitors to be uncovered in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia

James Martin cooking travel shows picked up in Central and Eastern Europe

C21’s complete round-up from Content Warsaw

Warner Bros Discovery details Max originals plan ahead of Polish launch, talks piracy

LRT develops survival reality show as fears grow over Russian threat to Baltic states

ChatGPT has potential to create great TV series concepts, industry execs agree

ATM Grupa’s Andrzej Muszyński talks Polish market dynamics, rights retention

United Media hires former 1+1 Media exec Olga Slisarenko for formats push

Lithuanian scripted project wins inaugural Content Warsaw CoPro Pitch

BBC Studios music competition format lined up as first Baltics copro alliance project

Hungary’s Paprika Studios looks to Serbia for next stage of its expansion after MBO

Firefly seeks to avoid Baby Reindeer controversy with latest true crime drama

SkyShowtime expands Polish originals line-up with Remigiusz Mróz drama adaptation

Firefly Productions’ Ivana Miković talks Content Warsaw copro partnerships

History seeks entertainment and podcasts to attract CEE’s young audiences

YouTuber participation could hold key to streamer Go3’s Baltic drama ambitions

Governments, advertisers urged to act over ‘huge problem’ of rising piracy in CEE

Netflix ‘here to stay’ in Poland as execs detail hyper-local CEE strategy

Content Warsaw delegates told death of peak TV is ‘severely overstated’

C21Media launches CEE21.com, a new channel covering the Central and Eastern European content business

BBC Studios launches BBC First as linear channel in Czech Republic, Slovakia

Eastern European buyers pick up Autentic docs ahead of Content Warsaw

Embattled kids producers relicensing to Russia, presenting LGBTQ+ content issues

Chilevisión acquires Turkish drama

Portugal’s SIC to adapt Kanal D International’s Turkish drama Ruthless City

Disney’s Now in Turkey to receive more Red Roses

Telemundo picks Blooming Lady as it joins Mediaset in Madd dash for Turkish drama

Disney+ preps Polish crime drama Breslau as its first CEE original production

SkyShowtime gets underway on first CEE original with Polish novel adaptation

Warner Bros Discovery confirms June launch date for Max in France, Poland

Geophil acquires several Turkish dramas for distribution in India

WBD commissions original espionage thriller The Easterngate for Max in Poland

GoQuest Media, MadLab Films open Lithuanian Troll Farm in India

Netflix reunites with local talent for more Polish scripted originals

Caracol Televisión picks up Turkish drama series Hicran

Hungary’s TV2 and 1+1 in Ukraine take Magnum Media’s The 1% Club

Canal+, Netflix back preschool toon Cloudy & Stormy from Polish prodco Laniakea

Greece’s Open TV launches remake of Turkish romantic drama My Sweet Lie

Hungary’s TV2 Media Group acquires two titles from TelevisaUnivision

Disney+ drops Turkish drama El Turco with rights reverting to Ay Yapim