‘Sambre’ Lands in the U.S. on MHz Choice via Distributor Federation Studios

Jean-Xavier De Lestrade’s French thriller limited series Sambre has found a U.S. home as MHz Choice, the streamer behind the Babylon Berlin brand, acquired the six-episode project from Federation Studios, according to a report published Wednesday. The deal marks another step in the series’ expanding international distribution after it previously sold in Europe, including to the BBC and HBO Max.

The acquisition continues a pattern of specialty streaming channels adding premium international titles to their libraries, particularly European dramas with festival and awards momentum. In this case, MHz Choice selected Sambre as a six-episode limited series created by Alice Géraud and Marc Herpoux and written and created by the team, with De Lestrade attached as the filmmaker associated with the project.

Deadline reported that the series has already sold to broadcasters in Europe. In addition to the BBC, the report said Sambre is also headed to HBO Max in the European territory covered by the earlier agreement. The newly announced U.S. arrangement gives viewers in the United States access through the MHz Choice platform, rather than through a U.S. broadcast partner.

Sambre is produced under Federation Studios, the company credited in the report as the origin point of the acquisition. The project is presented as the kind of international thriller that relies on a tightly structured episode count, which can make limited series acquisitions appealing to streamers and distributors looking to differentiate programming without committing to long-running seasons.

The deal was described as an exclusive U.S. acquisition by MHz Choice for the Federation Studios title. While the report does not provide a U.S. premiere date, it frames the MHz Choice pickup as a clear continuation of the series’ market expansion following its earlier European sales.

For Géraud and Herpoux, the project adds to a growing body of writing and producing work that has crossed borders through adaptation deals and streaming distribution. De Lestrade, who is cited in the report as an Oscar-winning filmmaker, is positioned in the coverage as the central creative figure tied to the series’ production.

The U.S. release plan will depend on MHz Choice programming schedules and marketing timelines, but the announcement establishes the distribution outlet for American audiences. It also reinforces Federation Studios’ role in packaging and selling international series across territories, with the current step placing Sambre under an American streamer rather than leaving it confined to European platforms.

If additional U.S. rollout details are released later, they would typically include the premiere window, whether the series will drop all at once or in segments, and any language and subtitle or dubbing options for the U.S. audience. For now, the reported fact is the acquisition itself and the platform that will carry it.