Costume drama Love in Chains became the first Ukrainian drama series to be acquired by a Spanish TV channel. A while ago Ukrainian detective series The Sniffer was featured on the Spanish channel E-Energy, Film.UA announced yesterday.

CEETV reported first last week that Divinity, one of the channels owned by Mediaset Spain, will be airing the series this summer.

“We are very happy that Ukrainian costume drama series Love in Chains captivates the viewers all across the world, as it is not the simplest of genres. It is a pleasure to prove once again that Ukrainian projects of any format can be popular worldwide. We hope that Spanish audience would regard Love in Chains just as highly and would follow the complex plotline of the heroine just as ardently, as the Polish and Ukrainian audience did,” commented Evgeniy Drachov, international sales manager at FILM.UA Distribution.

The first season of the series premiered in summer 2019 in Ukraine on STB. It enjoyed a great reception by the audience, breaking a number of records in ratings by share and became the best performing series broadcasted on Ukrainian TV in March for the past 6 years.

Next in line was Poland, where due to its unprecedented popularity, both seasons of the series were broadcasted back to back on the TVP1 channel. Love in Chains became the best series of the month in Poland, and propelled TVP1 to the top position in the channel rankings.

Subsequently, the series aired in Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus. The broadcasting rights to Love in Chains have been sold in Japan (A.K Company), the Czech Republic (Prima), Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria (BNT), Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, and in two territories: Latin America and Ex-Yugoslavian countries. Besides, it’s available on the most popular VOD service Amazon Prime, where it’s accessible to the North American viewers.