Greece’s Mega Distributions unveils CEE sales, new thriller Collision

Collision is written by the duo behind Mega’s crime thriller Silent Road

Broadcasters in Israel, Georgia, Albania, Slovenia and North Macedonia have been shopping at Greece’s Mega Distributions, which also has a new crime thriller on its slate.

Recent deals secured by the Athens-based distributor include Achla TV in Israel picking up Shipwreck, a 116×60’ drama inspired by the most tragic maritime disaster in Greek history and based on Spyros Petroulakis’ bestselling novel of the same name.

The Island (26×60’), a sweeping and historical period epic drama based on Victoria Hislop’s eponymous international bestseller, has been sold to Ajara TV in Georgia, while romantic family comedy The In-laws From Tirana (26×50’) was acquired by broadcasters in Albania (RTSH), Slovenia (TV3) and North Macedonia (Alsat M).

Mega Distributions – the international sales arm of publicly listed media conglomerate Alter Ego Media, which acquired Greek commercial broadcaster Mega Channel in 2019 for €34m – is also closing a deal with an undisclosed Finnish broadcaster for period drama The Innocents (16×60’).

In other licensing news, the fourth and final season of Mega drama Maestro in Blue is debuting Netflix in December. The first season of the 19×60’ series was acquired by the US streamer a few years ago and marked the first original Greek TV series for Netflix.

In other news, Mega is launching new drama Collision (8×60’) to international buyers. The series is written by Melina Tsampani and Petros Kalkovalis, the duo behind Mega’s crime thriller Silent Road, which has been distributed internationally in territories including Italy, the US, Canada and Australia.

The new thriller follows the aftermath of a fatal car crash and is “a character-driven story that explores a high-stakes legal case, manipulation, lies, love and the dangerous gap between proof and belief,” according to Mega. It stars Dimitris Kapouranis, Eliza Skolidi, Maria Nafpliotou and Nikos Psarras.

“As soon as I read the script, I knew Collision was a story built to connect with audiences,” said Kostas Sousoulas, chief content and programming officer at Mega Channel. “Following the worldwide success of Silent Road, the creative team has delivered another gripping narrative that transfers universal themes to the screen through sharp storytelling and raw emotion. This is exactly the kind of story we want to invest in.”