The TV series Hvaler (Maria in English), produced by Rubicon TV for TV2 Norway, was awarded NOK 3.3m (€365,000) in distribution support from the MEDIA Programme.
TV2's biggest primetime drama series in 12 years, was aired last autumn on the Norwegian commercial channel and average viewing per episode was 513,000. The 12x45' series directed by Margret Bergheim, Cathrine Irgens Nilsen and Audny Chris Holsen, will soon be broadcast on Swedish, Finnish and Iceland TV. World distribution is handled by NordicWorld AS.