Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has sold 300 hours of premium programming across both scripted and unscripted genres to Australia and New Zealand broadcasters and streamers. Australian broadcaster Nine Network has picked up the second series of The Travelling Auctioneers. While the Australian Foxtel Group has acquired more than 160 hours of programming including, among others, James Martin’s Spanish Adventure, Emergency: First Time Medics, Penn & Teller: Fool Us Series … [Read more...] about DCD Rights sells 300 hours of premium programming to Australia and New Zealand
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Channel 5 and Acorn TV commission detective drama Ellis from Company Pictures starring Sharon D. Clarke
Channel 5 and Acorn TV have announced the commission of new feature length detective series Ellis (3 x 120’) from Company Pictures, in association with All3Media International – which will also represent the show outside of the UK – and Northern Ireland Screen. The three-part series will follow DCI Ellis, played by three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke (Showtrial, Lost Boys & Fairies, Rocketman), a tenacious cop who is parachuted into failing investigations. Each two-hour episode … [Read more...] about Channel 5 and Acorn TV commission detective drama Ellis from Company Pictures starring Sharon D. Clarke
Japan’s NHK ENTERPRISES Inc. acquires Recipes for Love and Murder for Japanese Pay TV Channel, Mystery Channel
Leading global content group Global Screen has secured a second season of Acorn TV, Multichoice and Both Worlds Pictures’ popular South African mystery drama Recipes for Love and Murder, starring Maria Doyle Kennedy (Outlander, The Tudors). Season 2 (8 x 45’), which begins filming in South Africa in April 2024, will bring the total number of episodes to 18. The culinary murder mystery series centers on Maria Purvis (Doyle Kennedy), an empathetic, accomplished recipe advice columnist for a … [Read more...] about Japan’s NHK ENTERPRISES Inc. acquires Recipes for Love and Murder for Japanese Pay TV Channel, Mystery Channel
Granite Harbour licensed to BritBox and Acorn TV
Eccho Rights have concluded deals with BRITBOX International and ACORN TV, for the British crime drama GRANITE HARBOUR. BRITBOX have confirmed that GRANITE HARBOUR is set to premier on August 1st and will be available for audiences in the US and Canada. ACORN TV will be airing the drama in Australia and New Zealand, later this autumn. GRANITE HARBOUR, produced by LA PRODUCTIONS in … [Read more...] about Granite Harbour licensed to BritBox and Acorn TV
Abacus Media Rights secures sales of almost 400 hours of programming to Australia and New Zealand
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment Company, has confirmed the UK-based distributor has sold almost 400 hours of content to leading broadcasters and platforms throughout Australia and New Zealand. SBS Australia has secured the brand-new documentary series The Rise and Fall of Boris Becker (w/t), This Is Joan Collins; Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunters S1, Philip: Prince, Husband, Father; Could Hitler Have Been Stopped? The Politics of Appeasement, Vikings: The … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights secures sales of almost 400 hours of programming to Australia and New Zealand
DCD Rights announces a second season of hit series Love Me with a raft of pre-sales
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has today announced a strong line-up of pre-sales for the hotly anticipated second series of high-end drama Love Me which is currently in production, along with additional sales of series one of the Melbourne set drama. Pre-sales for season two of Love Me include Hulu (US), Acorn TV (UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, India), Viaplay (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland … [Read more...] about DCD Rights announces a second season of hit series Love Me with a raft of pre-sales
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