"The fact that Russian TV programs cause a growing interest and confidence among foreign buyers is perhaps a most encouraging trend..."

"The fact that Russian TV programs cause a growing interest and confidence among foreign buyers is perhaps a most encouraging trend. For example, at the MIPDOC screening which traditionally precedes the main market, one could find quite a lot of Russian documentaries presented by distinguished foreign distributors - though it is true that a prerequisite for the foreign buyers is HD quality, and our TV producers cannot yet boast of it…


This spring, Discovery Communications presented at its booth the weighty (more than 120 hours) catalog of the VGTRK documentaries. The mere fact of distribution of such an impressive Russian film catalog by one of the most powerful U.S. companies is a big step towards promoting our domestic TV product. We were especially pleased by satisfaction and enthusiasm from the side of our colleagues, who expressed their readiness to purchase another package of our films just in first two days of the work of the Market.


In addition to the documentary, these are the drama movies based on the classical Russian literature that always arouse interest. Thus, two new projects of the kind presented by TV channel "Russia", namely "Dostoyevsky" and "The White Guard", have generated enormous interest among the major television channels from France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Japan, China and Turkey. The agreements with Spain and Poland were achieved at the Market directly…"


("The Telescope» № 15, April 20, 2011.)