Beta Film Strikes Deal With Australia’s SBS For Dramas Including Big-Budget TIFF Entry ‘Estonia’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Beta Film has has sold a slew of dramas to Australia’s SBS including big-budget TIFF entry Estonia as part of the pair’s multi-year license deal.
Several of the German-headquartered major’s dramas will head to the SBS On Demand platform as the multi-year deal enters its second year.
Included in the partnership is Estonia, one of Scandinavia’s most expensive TV series of all time that launched at TIFF. Speaking to Deadline recently, the creatives behind the show opened up about the ethical issues surrounding a series spotlighting a tragedy that claimed the lives of 850 people.
SBS has also picked up the third season of RTL’s Sisi, which stars Dominique Devenport as the Bavarian tomboy turned Empress, along with crime thriller Pagan Peak.
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