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The Dutch TV series about the life of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands is sold to Spain s Atresmedia TV. The six-part show has clinched another major territory sale in Spain, according to Variety

THE HAGUE, April 22 — Move over The Crown, here comes Maxima, the Dutch answer to the popular series charting the British Royal Family which will recount the love story between...

World premiering at Canneseries, real-life royal family drama ‘Maxima’ looks like one of MipTV’s sales hits. 

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A Beta Film banner title at the London TV Screenings, ‘Maxima’ is ‘the second TV series made about a living royal.’

The fictional series ‘Máxima’ will focus on the Argentine economist who became a princess after she married Prince Willem of Orange. The show’s creators avoid comparisons with ‘The Crown’ and say that they are telling a true story, even if it looks like a fairytale

The 2023 MIPCOM global television market opens amid a global downturn, after years of unprecedented growth.

Channel 4 Takes Another JFK Doc The UK’s Channel 4 has acquired a doc on the late U.S. President John F Kennedy. The network has struck a deal with Espresso Media International for the hour-long doc on the first day of Mipcom. JFK: 24 Hours That Changed The World comes from Coleman Television and follows …

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Sebastian Koch, Elsie de Brauw and Germany's Beta have joined Maxima, RTL's upcoming drama about the Argentine-born Queen of the Netherlands.