Zodiak Rights, the distribution wing of Zodiak Media, has secured a package deal with pan-Asian broadcaster CinemaWorld, covering a raft of fictions produced by Zodiak production companies Yellow Bird, GTV and Touchpaper Television.
The deal includes CinemaWorld’s pan-Asian pay TV channel and VOD platforms available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Macau, Papua New Guinea and Cambodia.
CinemaWorld has acquired the broadcasting rights of Echoes from the Dead, the gripping 90’ thriller produced by Yellow Bird and directed by Daniel Alfredson. The mystery drama shot in Cuba and starring Lena Endre is based on the best-selling book by Swedish author Johan Theorin.
Echoes from the Dead
The deal also includes a selection of French prime-time high-end drama produced by Zodiak’s GTV including Jury Duty, a 90’ drama telling the story of a murderer called up for jury duty for a trial for which he is the real criminal; Agatha’s Double, a thrilling mini-series (2 x 90’) following Agatha’s turmoil when she is suspected to have murdered her doppelganger; Deadly Hitch, a 90’ drama about a journalist covering the tragic death of a child in a car accident, in which he is himself involved; Who Killed Little Red Riding Hood, a tense and intriguing (4 x 60’) murder mystery named best prime time mini-series at the 2009 Fiction Festival of La Rochelle; and Troubled Waters, a (2 x 90’) thriller offering a compelling blend of fact and fiction, suspense end romance, where seaweed is a lethal weapon.
Jury Duty
As part of the agreement, CinemaWorld also acquired Murderland, a (3 x 60’) crime series produced by Zodiak’s Touchpaper Television. Murderland tells a traumatic murder story through the eyes of three central characters: Carrie, the daughter of the murdered woman, Hain, the detective in charge of the investigation and Sally, the murder victim.
Murderland
In a second deal, Zodiak Rights sold The Blue Bicycle, a classic romance produced by GTV set in the background of the Second World War, to China’s pay-TV CCTV6. The deal was brokered by Beijing Hua Yun Starlight C&T Culture Medias Center.
Zodiak Rights is the worldwide distributor of all of the above drama titles.
