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MHz Choice brings French limited series 'Le Code' and South African series 'Grassroots' to U.S. and Canadian audiences

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Monday, December 19, 2022

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The unique premise of French legal drama Le Code (Mediawan) is rooted in the idea of second chances, if those chances should come anew with each passing moment. Successful and perhaps cocky lawyer Idriss Tomas (Daniel Njo Lobé) narrowly escapes an attempted murder. He is left with an inoperable bullet in his head which can be fatal at any time. Idriss decides to use his indeterminate new lease on life by redirecting his talents and cobbling together a legal dream team with Nadia Ayad (Naidra Ayadi) and Jeanne Vanhoven (Christiane Millet) to help those who have been left behind by the justice system. The flaws of the French judicial system are explored alongside the ups and downs of the lead characters as they navigate their share of victories and defeats.

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  • He is left with an inoperable bullet in his head which can be fatal at any time.
  • In 'Le Code', the flaws of the French judicial system are explored as characters navigate their victories and defeats.
  • MHz Choice brings its second title from South Africa with Grassroots, a coming-of-age story about two young Xhosa men, Asanda and Monwabisi, making their way in an elite Johannesburg private school.
  • Another French series making its debut on MHz Choice is crime drama Alice Nevers (Mediawan), which has long been an audience favorite in France.

MHz Choice debuts first-ever series from South Africa

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dark family drama Waterfront (Multichoice Studios) is the first series from South Africa (in Afrikaans) to debut on MHz Choice. The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town as a gorgeous tourist mecca is the setting for the series, which also explores the darker products of decades-long gentrification. The death of shipbuilding magnate Ben Myburgh (Dawid Minnaar) leads his three daughters back to the family business to duke it out for control of the family empire, dirty secrets, and all.  

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  • More new crime drama series and retro comedy "Cheeky Business" join the growing slate of content for MHz Choice.
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dark family drama Waterfront (Multichoice Studios) is the first series from South Africa (in Afrikaans) to debut on MHz Choice.
  • More new crime drama series and retro comedy "Cheeky Business" join the growing slate of content for MHz Choice.
  • Retro comedy Cheeky Business (France, Mediawan) will also join the ranks of new series on MHz Choice.

MHz Choice debuts first-ever series from Japan

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice will debut two new series from Japan, a first for the streaming service. Pension Metsä (Videoplugger) takes place in and around a one-room guest house nestled in the Nagano larch forest. The guest house is owned by Tenko (Satomi Kobayashi), who finds herself in deep conversations with her visitors who are often lost or at a key turning point in their lives. It may seem like the guests are the ones learning new things about themselves, but in the end it's Tenko who finds a fresh direction in life. Each 30-minute episode features a single guest star, including an appearance in Episode 6 by actress Tôko Miura, who played the young chauffeur Misaki in the Oscar-winning feature Drive My Car.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice will debut two new series from Japan, a first for the streaming service.
  • Kinpika (Videoplugger), is the more action-packed of the two series from Japan and is based on the novel series by Jiro Asada.
  • On the lighter side of crime, the producers of the long running series Detective Montalbano, which had its final episode debut last year on MHz Choice, are behind a new Sicily-based series Makari: Sicilian Mysteries (Beta Films).
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus and Plex.

MHz Choice announces ambitious fall lineup led by sweeping period drama "Paris Police 1900"

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice has upped the ante this fall with a powerhouse slate of programming aimed at delighting TV connoisseurs with the best series the world has to offer. Leading the way this September is Paris Police 1900 (Studio Canal), an eight-part historical French crime drama set in Paris at the turn of the 20th century during the tumultuous time of the Dreyfus Affair. The growing antisemitism in France in this period is woven into the backdrop of a police investigation into the murder of an unknown woman found in a suitcase floating in the Seine. The young and ambitious Inspector Antoine Jouin (Jérémie Lahuerta) ends up investigating more than a murder as he uncovers state secrets and corruption. Jouin's dramatic pursuit of justice is peppered with depictions of real events and historical figures set against the opulence of La Belle Epoque.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice has upped the ante this fall with a powerhouse slate of programming aimed at delighting TV connoisseurs with the best series the world has to offer.
  • The young and ambitious Inspector Antoine Jouin (Jrmie Lahuerta) ends up investigating more than a murder as he uncovers state secrets and corruption.
  • Jouin's dramatic pursuit of justice is peppered with depictions of real events and historical figures set against the opulence of La Belle Epoque.
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus and Plex.

MHz Choice announces the debut of its first title from Malta with Merjen

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Merjen, the first Maltese series to hit MHz Choice is a dark tale where toxic relationships, addiction and grief lead to more than one tragedy. Inspired by real events, young lovers Merjen (Claire Magro) and Bertu (Fabio Mifsud) can't escape their passion for each other and the thin line between passion and dangerous jealousy becomes more and more porous over the course of the series, ultimately leading to murder. The story goes back and forth in time narrated by Merjen's adoptive grandmother. She narrates the young couple's passion through Bertu's spiral into abuse, and Merjen's bitter remorse as a young single mother. The non-linear plot is anything but predictable as plot twists are waiting for viewers towards the climax of the series.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Merjen, the first Maltese series to hit MHz Choiceis a dark tale where toxic relationships, addiction and grief lead to more than one tragedy.
  • She narrates the young couple's passion through Bertu's spiral into abuse, and Merjen's bitter remorse as a young single mother.
  • MHz Networks offers viewers access to a library of the best television mysteries, dramas, comedies and documentaries subtitled in English through its subscription streaming service, MHz Choice.
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus.

MHz Choice announces the premiere of its first title from Kazakhstan with the award-winning film "A Dark, Dark Man"

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice is set to premiere A Dark, Dark Man (Videoplugger), an official selection of the San Sebastián International Film Festival and winner of Achievement in Directing for Adilkhan Yerzhanov from the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Two of Yerzhanov's previous films (Owners, The Gentle Indifference of the World) were official selections of the Cannes Film Festival. The film will premiere as three approximately hour-long installments on July 19th.

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  • Two of Yerzhanov's previous films (Owners, The Gentle Indifference of the World) were official selections of the Cannes Film Festival.
  • The film will premiere as three approximately hour-long installments on July 19th.
  • "A Dark, Dark Man" won the Achievement in Directing for Adilkhan Yerzhanov from the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
  • The film does purposely depart from its darker noir tone with an '80s-inspired soundtrack and is genuinely funny at times.

MHz Choice announces its June lineup of new female-centric series

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice will debut Gloria (About Premium Content), a French reimagining of the hit BBC thriller Keeping Faith. In this new series, lawyer and mother of three Gloria (Cécile Bois) is home on maternity leave from the law practice she runs with her husband David (Michaël Cohen) when his sudden disappearance forces her to abruptly pick up the chaotic and dangerous pieces left behind. Distrust and shocking revelations spread through their family, neighbors and the police as Gloria forges ahead against the odds to find her husband.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice will debut Gloria (About Premium Content), a French reimagining of the hit BBC thriller Keeping Faith.
  • MHz Choice will also premiere the latest seasons of a pair of Swedish favorites: Gsmamman Season 4 and Beck Season 8, both from Banijay Rights.
  • Complementing the new series in June are four Italian documentary series from Videoplugger, highlighting a diverse array of Italian history and culture.
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus and Plex.

MHz Choice announces its May lineup of new and returning series

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice will debut Swedish series First Responders, which is set in the remote tourist village of Åre with drama spread amongst the town's emergency services: Police, Fire, Mountain Rescue and the local Doctors ward. The lives of doctors, EMTs, police officers and eccentric tour guides intersect as the town's population swells from 1,500 to 60,000 during peak ski season. The seasonal population explosion may be the source of dramatic wilderness rescues, but the small town has plenty of criminal activity and the associated communal tension that comes with it.

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  • Complementing the new series in May is a visual feast from Italy with the main dish being the return of fan-favorite Imma Tataranni (Italy).
  • Also returning to MHz Choice in May are two popular French detective duos: Cherif (Season 3) and Tandem (Season 4).
  • MHz Networks offers viewers in the U.S. and Canada access to a library of the best television mysteries, dramas, comedies and documentaries subtitled in English through its subscription streaming service, MHz Choice.
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus and Plex.

MHz Choice announces a unique February lineup with a pair of intense thrillers

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Lifelines captures these fictional characters in a moment in time when confinement was new and connecting with others was somber and raw.

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  • Lifelines captures these fictional characters in a moment in time when confinement was new and connecting with others was somber and raw.
  • MHz Networks offers viewers access to a library of the best television mysteries, dramas, comedies and documentaries subtitled in English through its subscription streaming service, MHz Choice.
  • Select MHz Networks content is also available on DVD and on its free ad-supported service MHz Now, available on Samsung TV Plus and PLEX.
  • New MHz Choice customers receive a free 7-Day Trial.

MHz Choice announces an expansive January lineup with new series bringing bestselling novels to the small screen and long-awaited returning series 'Captain Marleau'

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Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice, the premier streamer of international series for U.S. and Canadian audiences, announces an expansion of series based on popular novels.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MHz Choice, the premier streamer of international series for U.S. and Canadian audiences, announces an expansion of series based on popular novels.
  • From the Netherlands comes Amsterdam Vice, a new eight-part series featuring the well-known police detective Jurre de Cock from A.C. Baantjer's novels.
  • Set in 1980, the depiction of the era has grit and punk emanating from the screen but is not without wit or exhilarating police chases.
  • The bestselling novel Time is a Killer gets the small screen treatment in an eight-part series of the same name.