Mandela: The Struggle is My Life (1 x 60’ HD) was co-produced by Sky News and Sky Vision and distributed exclusively by Sky Vision. At MIPCOM, Sky Vision pre-sold the documentary to 19 territories: Network 10 in Australia, CCTV in China, TVB in Hong Kong, Brazil’s GloboSat, Singapore’s MediaCorp, TVI Portugal, TV2 Norway, TV4 Sweden/Finland, TV2 Denmark, RTL Netherlands, Spektrum Television Hungary/ Czech Republic, Solar News Channel in the Philippines, VRT Belgium, Channel 8 Israel, Mongolia’s Mongol TV, ViaSat Tanzania and South African broadcaster, SABC.

Also at MIPCOM, Sky Vision secured sales of Royalty Close Up (4 x 30’/ 1 x 90’ HD), produced by Brassneck Productions, exploring the work of royal photojournalist Kent Gavin, to Foxtel and SBS in Australia, Sky TV New Zealand, Globosat and Spektrum TV Hungary/ Czech Republic.

365 Media Iceland and MTV3 Finland acquired The Capones, (10 x 30’), produced by Asylum Entertainment. This is an observational documentary series which follows the exploits of a family who are the direct descendants of notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone.

Jane Millichip, Director of Global Sales at Sky Vision, comments: “MIPCOM was a great success for us, and we are very proud of ourMandela documentary, produced in conjunction with Sky News, which has achieved phenomenal pre-sales. Factual programming, ranging from high-end specialist factual to light-hearted U.S. reality, remains a cornerstone of our programme strategy, alongside our rapidly growing drama, comedy and entertainment slates.”