Sphere Abacus sells 200 hours of factual to CEE buyers Dox TV, Czech TV and Viasat World

CONTENT WARSAW: UK-based distributor Sphere Abacus has made a raft of content sales to platforms and broadcasters across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Ros Ali

Croatia-based streamer Dox TV has picked up a package of content for subscribers in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo.

The deal includes Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson, One Day in October, The Man Who Stole the Scream, Breaking Dad: Britain’s Unlikeliest Drug Dealer, Vanished: The Lucie Blackman Mystery, Millionaire Murders, Murder: Fight for the Truth, and Bloodline Detectives.

Also included in the Dox TV package are Kingdom Uncovered: Inside Saudi Arabi, Israel-Gaza: Into the Abyss, Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness and the Hare Krishnas, feature doc Dogs of War and factual series Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines.

Public broadcaster Czech TV, meanwhile, has acquired docuseries Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet, Ben Fogle’s Race for the Nile, Secret Worlds of Sound with David Attenborough, Blenheim: Britain’s Greatest Palace and Twitter: Breaking the Bird.

Meanwhile, pay TV broadcaster Viasat World has picked up true crime drama Maxine for Viasat True Crime in the Baltics, CEE and CIS (excluding Belarus); Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck for the Baltics, CEE (except Poland), CIS (except Belarus) and Scandinavia; and Killer Kings and Aussie Road Train Truckers for the Baltics, CEE, CIS (excluding Belarus) and Scandinavia.

Ros Ali, sales director at Bell Media-backed Sphere Abacus, said: “Sphere Abacus continues to grow with both scripted and factual content. We’re very pleased to have secured multiple deals across CEE for our highly produced unscripted programming featuring universal themes and internationally recognised talent.”