France’s TV sales market hit record levels thanks to deals such as ABC’s remake of crime drama High Intellectual Potential, as the U.S.
became the biggest buyer of content from the European country. Annual stats from the CNC (National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image) and Unifrance released this afternoon show sales of French TV programs reached a record €214.8M ($232M) in 2022, an increase of 15.4% year-on-year and 4.7% higher than in 2017, the previous record year.
U.S. sales made up nearly €20M of the total. However, drops in pre-sales and co-production business led to an overall 15% fall in French TV exports.
Pre-sales were down 50.3% fall in pre-sales and co-productions dipped 38.4% dip against a record 2021. This means the overall figure was €319.6M, down from €375.9M last year.
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