Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has secured sales of more than 100 hours of premium drama titles to CEE ahead of their attendance at NEM and NATPE Budapest later this month. Profour (Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) has acquired series 5 of long-running, returning series My Life is Murder, starring award-winning Lucy Lawless (Top of the Lake, Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess). My Life is Murder series 1-4 has been acquired by BBC Studios for Poland and TV3 Group for Latvia, … [Read more...] about DCD Rights secures new sales of more than 100 hours of drama to CEE
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Banijay Rights Sends Bergerac to Japan
Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has announced WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, has acquired six-part drama series Bergerac. Produced by BlackLight TV, part of Banijay UK, Jersey-based Westward Studios and supported by Visit Jersey for U and U&DRAMA in the UK, the 6 x 60’ series sees Damien Molony (The Split, Brassic, Crashing) star in the iconic role of Jim Bergerac. In a deal negotiated by Rashmi Bajpai, EVP … [Read more...] about Banijay Rights Sends Bergerac to Japan
All3Media International strikes multiple deals for New Pictures’ thriller Protection
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has signed deals in multiple territories for New Pictures’ latest thriller Protection, a new 6 x 1-hour drama set in the clandestine world of witness protection. Following its smash-hit UK debut on ITV and ITVX, the series has been widely acclaimed, with critics calling Protection ‘breathtaking’ (Radio Times) and ‘tense, twisty’ (iNews), with The Times praising Siobhan Finneran’s ‘magnificent’ lead performance which ‘fires on all cylinders’ … [Read more...] about All3Media International strikes multiple deals for New Pictures’ thriller Protection
OUTtv expands reach in New Zealand joining Prime Video as an add-on subscription and original commission
OUTtv, the world’s leading LGBTQ+ streaming service, has launched on Prime Video in New Zealand as an add-on subscription, as well as co-commissioning Winner Winner Chicken Dinner with TVNZ, produced by Warner Bros International Television Production New Zealand. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is an outrageous new game show, hosted by leading New Zealand drag queens, Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it. Each episode they invite three unsuspecting members of the general public into their living room to go … [Read more...] about OUTtv expands reach in New Zealand joining Prime Video as an add-on subscription and original commission
All3Media International seals multiple deals for two true crime docuseries from genre-leading producer RAW
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has signed multiple deals for The Body Next Door and Dead in the Water, two true crime docuseries from RAW, multi-award-winning producers of Don’t F**k with Cats, American Nightmare and The Tinder Swindler. Delving into a bizarre true story of past crimes and dark secrets, The Body Next Door explores the macabre discovery that thrust a sleepy village in the Welsh Valleys into the spotlight. Produced for Sky Documentaries, UK, in … [Read more...] about All3Media International seals multiple deals for two true crime docuseries from genre-leading producer RAW
FIFTH SEASON lands UK deal with The BBC for premium cult docuseries Escaping Utopia
Global film and TV studio FIFTH SEASON has secured a new deal with the BBC (UK) and a further range of international broadcaster partners for the premium documentary series Escaping Utopia, a 3 x 60’ investigation into Gloriavale Christian Community – New Zealand’s most extreme religious cult, and the true stories of people attempting to break free. Alongside the BBC, new sales secured by FIFTH SEASON for Escaping Utopia include: MTV OY (Finland), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark) and … [Read more...] about FIFTH SEASON lands UK deal with The BBC for premium cult docuseries Escaping Utopia
