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Portuguese TV Fiction Moves Into Premium Scripted, Expands Co-Production Path
Portuguese TV broadcasters and indie producers are moving into premium scripted series and co-productions, garnering international visibility.
“The transposition into Portugal of the European Union’s Audiovisual and Media Services Directive created the conditions for investment in local production,” argues Pedro Lopes, content director and executive producer at powerhouse SPi. In a milestone move in recent Portuguese TV fiction, “Rabo de Peixe” (“Turn of the Tide”), a drug thriller inspired by real-life facts, produced by Ukbar Filmes, spent two weeks on Netflix’s global top 10 most watched non-English series list. “On one hand, given the small size of the Portuguese market, indie producers operate in a difficult environment in terms of financing, which requires a lot of creativity and energy to achieve objectives with smaller resources.”
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