Sydney 1st July, 2004 – Beyond continues its success with Stingers, announcing they have just sold Series 1 and 2 to Granada Sky Broadcasting’s (GSB) flagship channel PLUS for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Coming off the back of recent sales to Spain, Hungary and Romania, the sale to GSB further emphasises the international success of the series.
STINGERS (192 x 60’), Beyond’s longest running drama series, continues to achieve enormous ratings success in Australia and has an eighth series currently in production. Consistently achieving a 27% share of the market in its prime-time slot, STINGERS delves into the secretive lives and loves of undercover police.
Marzenna Czubowicz, VP Sales Western Europe says “I am delighted to be working with Granada Sky Broadcasting on STINGERS. The show captures audience worldwide with its drama and intrigue and buyers can look forward to more series to come.”
Katie Denton, PLUS Channel Manager, added; “I am always interested in acquiring quality crime programming for our Crime PLUS strand. STINGERS fits all of the channel’s criteria: great crime story lines, high production values and engaging characters. In addition the programme is new to British television and with its long and continuing run on Australian TV I’m sure this will be a ratings winner in the UK.’
Celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2004/5, Beyond is a leading independent distributor of world-class television programs, with offices in Sydney, London and New York. Beyond Distribution's name is synonymous with programmes of mass appeal to television audiences worldwide. A subsidiary of Beyond International Limited, its current international sales catalogue comprises over 5,000 hours of top quality and multi-award winning programming, produced both by Beyond Productions, its production joint ventures and independent producers.
Beyond Distribution distributes programming from a growing roster of high-profile producers and broadcasters including Pax TV, BBC, ABC Australia, Pilot Film & Television Productions, Beyond Productions, Greenstone Productions and Chapman Pictures, Network Ten and the Seven Network. The Beyond catalogue covers a broad spectrum of genres including documentary, natural history, science, drama, children's entertainment, adventure, information and magazine programming.
For further information please contact:
Katie Johnson
T: +61 2 9437 2097
katie_johnson@beyond.com.au
or
Rhiannon Haughee
T: + 61 2 9437 2098
rhiannon_haughee@beyond.com.au
published: Thursday, July 01, 2004 
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