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‘The Agency’ Executive Producer Pascal Breton on Creating a New Generation of Tastemakers at Federation Studios, Plans to Accelerate Growth and English-Language Output
French entrepreneur Pascal Breton celebrates Federation Studios' 10-year anniversary with the launch of "The Agency" and prepares to open the capital.
Federation Studios previously sold Eric Rochant’s smash hit spy series “Le Bureau des Legendes” widely, but retained the IP, allowing the outfit to make a lucrative deal with Paramount for the remake and remain in the picture as co-distributor and executive producer. There, he hit the ground running, delivering French scripted sensations such as the Saint Tropez-set soap “Sous le Soleil,” whose 480 episodes have traveled the world, and the limited series “Dolmen” which broke all-time ratings records on TF1. Years before streaming services moved away from aggressive rights grabs and embraced a more flexible approach to licensing, Federation was ahead of the curve because they pioneered a “hybrid” financing model on series, securing funding from both broadcasters and platforms such as Netflix.
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