EspañolDori Media Group (“DMG”, “the Company”) announces that it has sold an additional 60 episodes of its romantic comedy “Esperanza Mia (My Lovely Hope)” to Spain’s Planeta Junior, following their previous deal to buy the first 120 episodes of the show at Mipcom in October 2015.
“Esperanza Mia” is a co-production of Dori Media International and Pol-Ka Producciones, and has recently been sold to a range of countries, including Hungary, Poland, Indonesia, Bolivia, Israel and the format to TV Azteca Mexico. Planet TV Slovenia that acquired half of the series acquired the second half this month.
“Esperanza Mia” has achieved excellent ratings in Spain, where it is aired on Atresmedia’s channel Nova. The series secured a 50% greater audience share than the channel’s average since first being broadcast in December 2015.
Nadav Palti, CEO & President of Dori Media Group commented: “Esperanza Mia is a terrific show and its ratings success comes as no surprise. It is one of our most flexible and entertaining formats and we are delighted to extend our cooperation with Planeta Junior. This is already our fourth international sale in 2016 of Esperanza Mia, as one of our most popular formats starts to build sales momentum.”
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“Esperanza Mia” is a romantic comedy about the forbidden love between Julia (Hope) and Tomas. Julia’s mother dies from a fatal illness contracted due to pollution in the factory where she worked. On her deathbed, she asks Julia to hunt down the owner of the factory, but Julia is persecuted while trying to do just that. She escapes to Buenos Aires and takes shelter in a convent, pretending to be a nun named Hope. There she meets a priest named Tomas and love between them grows. Unfortunately, Julia does not know that Tomas is none other than the brother of the man responsible for her mother’s death, the man she swore to bring to justice.
A trailer of “Esperanza Mia” with English language subtitles can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2RZayEBNEQ