Onza Distribution announced that the hit Czech period drama series The Golden Swan, a TV Nova production, has been sold to Global Series Network for SVOD broadcast in Canada and the United States. Onza Distribution has also finalized a deal with Novelas+ TV, a Canal+ channel in Poland. The announcement was made on the first day of NATPE Global in Miami.

As CEETV has reported on numerous occasions, the series was also adapted in neighboring Slovakia as Danube, At Your Service where it has been one of the most-watched series in the past years.

“These sales confirm the international appeal of Golden Swan. It is a spectacular period drama with a high-level production. The series delivers a powerful and impactful story set against a historically rich backdrop with exceptional visual settings of Prague during the Second World War,” said Carlos Garde, Managing Director of Onza.

This period drama premiered on the SVOD platform Voyo and TV Nova in early 2023 in the Czech Republic. The series has shown great viewership both on television and on streaming platforms. Its latest season, which premiered in 2024, reached 2.6 million viewers 4+ on Nova TV in a country with a population of 10.85 million. Golden Swan made the third most successful series of fall 2023 on Voyo.

“The Golden Swan was the first period series produced by our television. It won viewers’ hearts not only with its fantastic sets and costumes, but above all with its lifelike characters and plots. Although the story takes place on the threshold of the Second World War, the stories of our heroines and heroes spoke very intensely to the contemporary audience”, noted Klára Follová, Creative Producer of TV Nova.

The series unfolds across a total of 56 episodes divided into three seasons (S1: 21×50’, S2: 17×50’, S3: 18×50’). The central setting of the story starts when the luxury department store Golden Swan opens its doors in Prague in 1939, on the very same day Nazi troops cross the Czechoslovak border.

Amid this challenging historical backdrop, Bára, a young fugitive accused of theft, finds refuge in the department store. Her fate takes an unexpected turn when she becomes a fashion sales assistant. The romance between Bára and Petr, the owner of the Golden Swan, becomes a struggle between love and social barriers, all heightened by the challenges of a country at war.

You can read more about Golden Swan and the growing appeal of local original period drama series in CEE in the latest edition of TVBIZZ Magazine