Norway's NRK Acquires Rights To First Season Of Nickelodeon Northern Europe's "Hotel 13"

The entertainment industry news website C21Media is reporting the Nickelodeon International news that the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK has picked up the broadcast rights to season one of Nickelodeon Northern Europe's "Hotel 13", Nick's live-action daily soap opera for Nickelodeon's European channels!

"Hotel 13", a co-production between Nickelodeon Northern Europe and the Belgium production company "Studio 100", who also make the hit mystery Nickelodeon TV series, "House of Anubis" for Nickelodeon channels and networks around the world, is about six teenagers that could not be more different than each other who meet up with each other at Hotel 13, a beautiful Art Nouveau hotel near the sea, during the holidays. Tom and Anna have applied for summer jobs at the hotel, Flo is training in the kitchen, Victoria is a pampered guest, Jack is the son of the hotel owner, and as Anna's friend Liv arrives at the hotel, the group is complete. Tom has his own reasons for a summer job at the Hotel 13: He got a cryptic message to "find the room and 13th" But that's easier said than done, as seems to be a room with the number 13 did not give it." The search begins and with it a great holiday adventure full of friendship, fun and first love. The first season of "Hotel 13 - Die Zeit Deines Lebens (the time of your life)" includes 120 12-minute long episodes. The show currently airs locally on Nickelodeon Norway (Norge).

Nickelodeon Northern Europe recently commissioned a second season (season two) and a television movie of "Hotel 13":

Nick hotel soap checks into Norway

A Norwegian public broadcaster has picked up Hotel 13, the live-action tween drama coproduced by Belgian prodco Studio 100 with Nickelodeon Northern Europe. NRK will air the 120x12' series, which follows the adventures of six teenagers who come together while working at a seaside hotel that [...]

You can read the Nick News article, titled "Nick hotel soap checks into Norway", in full here on the official C21Media website, c21media.net (paid subscription required).

It is currently unknown whether Nickelodeon will make a English language version of "Hotel 13" (although it would be great!).