News from the participant of Ukrainian Content Market: Star Media has sold TV series to Finland and Japan

Star Media group of companies has its own stand at the Ukrainian Content Market. The company has booked a suite #317 at the UCM floor in advance. Total of 46 stands have already been booked at the content market as of today. Here you can see the complete list of participants KMW 2012 Participants on the website of KYIV MEDIA WEEK.

UCM Participants are big international companies, distributors and buyers of content for all world territories. For example, here is the latest news from Star Media:  

During the NATPE TV-market in Budapest Star Media concluded several deals on the sale of rights to TV series. Thus, YLE TV-channel from Finland acquired the adventure melodrama Once Upon a Time in Odessa, which tells the life story of Mishka Yaponchik, the notorious Ukrainian king of thieves in the beginning of 20^th century. And Japanese distributor Aya Pro has acquired the broadcasting rights to the military drama Three Days in the Life of Lt. Kravtsov.

‘This is our first sale in Finland, and we are very pleased to receive positive reviews and appraisal of our product from the Finnish national TV-broadcasting company YLE’- says Vlad Ryashin, CEO of Star Media Group. He also notes that Aya Pro’s acquisition of rights to the series Three Days in the Life of Lt. Kravtsov is a proof of a growing interest in the action dramas from Star Media. Earlier Aya Pro has acquired their series Caravan Hunters and Anti-Sniper. Kravtsov is planned for release on online theaters and DVD’s dubbed in Japanese.

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