Lebanon: Cedars Art released hit drama series internationally

Cedars Art Production, known for their successful drama series broadcast locally and regionally all across the Arabic world, have recently witnessed consistent viewership hikes on six of their drama series released earlier this month. The 30-episode titles, made for the region’s Peak TV season, boasts compelling stories from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria.

While some of the titles are already taken up exclusively by platforms such as MBC’s Shahid, four of the high-performing series have been reserved for release within international content markets. Every year more than half of Cedars Art new releases are acquired by international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Broadcast and streaming rights for the three Arabic Drama titles 2020 , Al Hayba (S4) and The Blue Eye, among other new and library titles are currently available for international licensing.

Commented Sadek Sabbah, the Group’s Chairman: ‘Our country might be very small, and despite the current severe Economic, Political and Social crisis, our projects remain really big: demand for our stories continue to grow from across the world. Our international clients were mainly from Latin America, but now we’re witnessing demand also from networks in North America , Europe, and Africa. I’m proud that our stories are relevant to a wide audience and are easily localized “ he added.