‘Too Much Love,’ ‘Cuba Libre’ Among Raft of Central and Eastern Europe Deals From Keshet International (EXCLUSIVE)

Keshet International (KI) has racked up several deals for scripted formats and finished tape in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

KI has sold the format rights for Duo Productions 8 x 60 relationship thriller Too Much Love (Lhomme qui aimait trop) to Slovakian free-to-air broadcaster TV JOJ. Originally created by Canadian writing duo Michel dAstous and Anne Boyer (Taboo) for Bell Medias Quebecois streamer Noovo, the Slovakian adaptation will be produced by Piknik Pictures (Traffic Light). Currently in pre-production, with casting in progress, shooting will commence later this year ahead of a 2024 premiere on TV JOJ.

Kelly Wright, KIs MD of distribution, described the show as something of a conversation starter because of the anti-heros controversial lifestyle choices, with Marcel Grega, CEO of TV JOJ adding that the show is the perfect example of a modern drama that opens subjects that are considered taboo.

KIs sales manager Malgorzata Gudel has also completed a multi-territory deal with Canal+ to license dramas, including You Dont Die Among Friends (Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht), Keshet Tresor Fictions German 4 x 60 adaptation of the Israeli format Stockholm for VOX, which will stream in four key CEE territories Hungary on the Direct One platform, Romania on Focus Sat, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, both on Canal+ VOD; and Cuba Libre, Hop! Films 6 x 60 true story of a young Portuguese woman who gave everything to the Cuban revolution and Che Guevara for Rdio e Televiso de Portugal, will stream on Canal+ VOD in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

In addition, KI has licensed season one of Koda Communications 8 x 60 Israeli crime drama series Line in the Sand in Poland to Canal+ Polska for its Ale kino+ channel and Canal+ online. A further tape sale has been closed for The Brave Universal Television and Keshet Studios 13 x 60 thriller produced for NBC in Latvia to TV3 Group for their free TV channel TV3.