Calinos secured deal with TF1 Group to bring Canadian hit series to Europe

**Goryana Vasileva**, Sales Manager for Latam and Europe

Calinos Entertainment, in partnership with Canadian production company Pixcom, has announced a strategic agreement with TF1 Group. The deal marks a significant milestone in the European expansion of high-quality international content, bringing the acclaimed series Indefensible and Alert Squad to French audiences.

Distributed globally by Calinos and produced by Pixcom—the award-winning independent producer of premium fiction in Canada—both titles will soon be available on the streaming platform TF1+.

Indefensible is currently the most-watched fiction series in Francophone Canada, reaching approximately 1.5 million daily viewers. The long-running legal drama follows the criminal defense team at the Lapointe-Macdonald firm as they navigate complex cases and moral dilemmas. Pixcom is currently producing its fifth season.

Also included in the agreement is Alert Squad, which consistently ranks among Canada’s top-rated series with nearly 1 million weekly viewers. Currently in production for its sixth season, the procedural focuses on a Missing Persons Special Unit handling high-stakes investigations alongside personal and professional challenges. Both series have received critical acclaim and multiple Gémeaux Awards, including Best Annual Drama Series, Best Daily Series, and Best Lead Actor in an Annual Drama Series.

‘Both Indefensible and Alert Squad are exceptional, high-quality series, so we are particularly excited to see them find a new home at TF1 Group’, stated Goryana Vasileva, Sales Manager for Latam and Europe at Calinos Entertainment. ‘It is very rewarding to see our international content reach new audiences, and we are confident these titles will be well-received by French viewers’.

Nicola Merola and Charles Lafortune, Executive Producers at Pixcom, added that the partnership with TF1 represents an important step in the continued international growth of their studio. They expressed pride in seeing Indefensible and Alert Squad succeed beyond Canada and reach new audiences in France through a prestigious broadcaster.

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Calinos Entertainment

Founded in 1999, Calinos Entertainment is the first Turkish company to export Turkish series, movies, and TV shows to the international market. It is also the first Turkish company to collaborate with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures.

Calinos has distributed approximately 131,000 hours of TV programming to over 120 countries across 5 continents, offering more than 200 programs.

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