Cannes, France - Screen Australia congratulates the creators of ABC ME’s children’s television programme Doodles for being awarded the International Emmy for Best Kids Digital overnight at MIPTV, in Cannes. Doodles utilises the drawings of Australian children submitted online, which are then animated into a story. “Congratulations to Queensland production house Ludo on this well-deserved win, which is incredibly their second International Emmy,” said Screen Australia’s Head of … [Read more...] about Screen Australia awarded the International Emmy for Best Kids Digital
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ABC signs for factual line up
Paris - Boutique financier and distributor About Premium Content (APC) has signed a string of key international broadcast deals for its major new factual programmes Dream the Future and Freightened. Commissioned by Planete+, part of the Canal+ Group, APC’s cutting-edge Dream the Future sold to First HD in Russia, Tiberius Germany, United Media Korea, Italy’s Mediaset, German-language channel SRF in Switzerland, Studio Hamburg Enterprises Germany and Prima in the Czech … [Read more...] about ABC signs for factual line up
Young and promising global sales
Paris - Boutique financier and distributor About Premium Content (APC), a Nevision company, has secured deals in three major territories for its drama series Young and Promising. ARD/ZDF’s new on-demand youth service FUNK – which has launched this month – has picked up the rights to the 12 x 30’ series through a deal secured with APC’s German buyer Studio Hamburg Distribution and Marketing GMBH (SHDM). This key acquisition will be a flagship title for the launch this autumn of the new … [Read more...] about Young and promising global sales
The Long Story Short initiative
Screen Australia and ABC announced five successful projects for the Long Story Short initiative. Each project will receive funding to create and produce a short-form, digital-first scripted series for audiences aged 18-35 to screen on ABC iview. The five successful creative teams were chosen from more than 250 applications. With a mix of comedy and drama series, and the diverse backgrounds of the creative teams, Long Story Short promises to deliver five exciting and unique shows. From a … [Read more...] about The Long Story Short initiative
ABC and Hopster partner
Sydney, Australia- ABC Commercial has announced it has reached a new SVOD content agreement with children’s TV and learning app Hopster that will see a number of iconic ABC KIDS programmes made available to stream through the app. The multi-year deal will see 50 episodes from recognisable series like the Octonauts, Thomas & Friends and Guess How Much I Love You made available to Australian and New Zealand users, in addition to episodes from The Wiggles successful first season of their Ready, … [Read more...] about ABC and Hopster partner
BBC Worldwide announces sales
Sydney- BBC Worldwide ANZ announced program sales to Nine Network and Network Ten for a range of Natural History titles, as well as to ABC for two new science series. The package deal for Nine Network includes a pre-sale for landmark wildlife series The Hunt, a stunning new programme from Alistair Fothergill, the executive producer of Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, that explores the dramatic world of predation like never before. Alongside The Hunt, Nine Network has also snapped up a number of … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide announces sales
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