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Granada Australia aligns with Germany’s SevenOne

Granada Australia has forged a deal with German distribution company SevenOne International, which licensed the format rights to Beat the Star.

Granada Australia has forged a deal with German distribution company SevenOne International, which licensed the format rights to Beat the Star.

Leonie Lowe, Managing Director, Granada Australia, said, “We will be working closely with SevenOne International to co-produce shows together for the local market. A great number of their formats offer exciting line-ups that have stand-out potential. They are a dominant world-wide operation with an innovative catalogue of TV shows.”

Granada Australia has produced such shows as Dancing with the Stars, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, Australia’s Next Top Model, The Contender Australia, Come Dine with Me Australia and more.

In addition to Beat the Star, SevenOne represents a slew of formats and genres including The Successor: The Next Uri Geller, the telenovela Anna, the scriptless sitcom Schiler Street, game show Clueless Genius, dating show Love Bites, science show Gallileo, action drama Special Unit, medical drama The Clinic, teen drama 17, children’s drama All Fairies Have Tails, game show My Man Can and many more.

Jens Richter, Managing Director, SevenOne International, added, “We are delighted to be announcing this major deal with Granada and look forward to a successful partnership in these territories. Our aim to create new opportunities with a slate of programs is part of SevenOne International’s current global strategy.”

7 Responses

  1. No, it’s not all about here, but if noone in this market is familiar with any of these shows, they could have trouble getting the formats off the ground in this market.

    I think Australians are more open to outside ideas than Americans, but they will need to put a lot into promoting the shows before they broadcast them.

    btw, i didn’t make a reference to their success (i’d have no idea…), just at how ‘foreign’ they sound.

  2. Now that BBC own UKTV on Foxtel I wish Granada TV (which is shown in asia) would come to Australia. It has all of the ITV shows, which UKTV doesn’t show much of anymore.

    1. They look pretty darn successful to me. Nice to see some television ideas from somewhere other than the US. Look at all the shows that are in Asia, South America… …it’s not all about Australia, US and UK.

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