A+E Networks® announced that Deborah K. Bradley has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Global Content Sales. The announcement was made by Mark Garner, EVP of Content Sales and Business Development, to whom she will report. In this newly formed role, Bradley will oversee the team responsible for licensing original and existing content to A+E Networks’ global streaming partners and all U.S. linear and non-linear platforms. While leveraging the entirety of A+E’s … [Read more...] about A+E Networks® Appoints Deborah K. Bradley Executive Vice President of Global Content Sales
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Abacus Media Rights sells true crime documentary mini-series ‘Butchers of the Bayou’ to Prime Video, A+E
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, announces sales of Butchers of the Bayou, a 4 x 60’ uncompromising documentary mini-series set in America’s Deep South, to Prime Video for UK and Ireland. In addition, A&E has licensed the series for the rest of the world. Produced by Peninsula Television for A&E Network and Prime Video and directed by David Harvey (Bloodline Detectives, Green Eyed Killers), Butchers of the Bayou is executive produced by Elaine Frontain … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights sells true crime documentary mini-series ‘Butchers of the Bayou’ to Prime Video, A+E
Beyond Rights announces new deals for Spring/Summer slate titles
Beyond Rights is pleased to confirm a series of deals for titles from its Spring/Summer programming slate, launched just ahead of MIPTV earlier this year. End of the Rope (6 x 60), an obs-doc/reality series from Big Coat Media about the high-octane world of rope access technicians, was pre-sold to UKTV and has subsequently been sold to RTI Mediaset in Italy and Bell Media‘s Canal D for French Canada. Re-titled as Extreme Heights Repair Team in the UK, the series has just had its premiere on … [Read more...] about Beyond Rights announces new deals for Spring/Summer slate titles
A+E Networks tentpole drama ‘If You Wish Upon Me’ gears up for worldwide premiere
A+E Networks®’ drama series If You Wish Upon Me, an A+E Studios production starring Ji Chang-wook, Sung Dong-il, and Choi Soo-young, is set to have its worldwide premiere release on August 10th. If You Wish Upon Me is a transformational story of an impoverished man with a troubled past and a twisted attitude accidentally joining Team Genie, which carries out the last wishes of patients in hospice care. As a member of the team, he starts caring for people other than himself for the … [Read more...] about A+E Networks tentpole drama ‘If You Wish Upon Me’ gears up for worldwide premiere
Banijay Rights announces partnership with Amagi to drive its FAST strategy worldwide
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, announced its partnership with Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of world-leading independent TV producer Banijay, to drive its Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) strategy worldwide. Amagi has facilitated channel creation, distribution and monetization for Banijay Rights on key FAST platforms such as Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Freevee, LG Channels and more. Banijay is one of the largest … [Read more...] about Banijay Rights announces partnership with Amagi to drive its FAST strategy worldwide
A+E Networks Global Content Sales welcomes Carlos Sanchez as SVP Digital Distribution
A+E Networks® Global Content Sales announced that Carlos Sanchez has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution for Global Content Sales. The news was announced by Mark Garner, EVP of Content Sales and Business Development, to whom Sanchez will be reporting. In his new role, Sanchez will drive the growth of the company’s rapidly evolving, forward-moving digital content business, securing licensing agreements for A+E Networks’ vast library of scripted and non-scripted … [Read more...] about A+E Networks Global Content Sales welcomes Carlos Sanchez as SVP Digital Distribution