Banijay Rights announced on Tuesday, January 24 new sales of the historical series Marie-Antoinette (8 x 52') , an original Canal+ creation produced by CAPA Drama (Newen), Banijay Studios France and Les Gens. The fiction starring German-Swiss actress Emilia Schüle (Berlin 56 and Berlin 63) was acquired by Antenna Plus (Ant1+) in Greece, Ceská televize in the Czech Republic, DirecTV in Latin America and the public group CBC/Radio-Canada for CBC Gem (in English) as well as ICI Télé and ICI Tou.tv (in French), specified the distributor.
In addition, Irish public group RTÉ, Sky Italia, Radio & Television Slovakia (RTVS) and Viaplay in the Nordics, Baltics and the Netherlands have also purchased this eight-episode series.
The series had been pre-purchased by broadcasters BBC First in Australia, PBS Distribution in the United States as well as BBC Two and the iPlayer service in the United Kingdom (over 2.1 million viewers for its launch last month).