Abacus Media Rights (AMR), the new distribution company headed by Jonathan Ford, has sold the shocking Australian true crime story The Night Caller, a STAN Original Production, to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the US and Canada, Sky’s home of true crime documentaries – Sky Crime – in the UK, and DR in Denmark ahead of its official launch at MIPCOM. The Night Caller (4 x 1 hour) depicts and explores a killer’s harrowing legacy – of tragedy, grief, responsibility, and … [Read more...] about True crime documentary series ‘The Night Caller’ pre-sales from Abacus Media Rights
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Abacus Media Rights secures global sales for hard-hitting documentary feature ‘People You May Know’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), the new distribution company headed by Jonathan Ford, has secured a slew of pre-sales for the documentary feature People You May Know. People You May Know which unravels the workings behind a powerful organisation with ties to the heart of the White House has been acquired ahead of its MIPCOM launch by AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now US, UK & Canada, Fusion US, ZDF Germany, HistoireTV France, DR Denmark, NRK Norway, Channel 8 Israel, DIRECTV Latin … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights secures global sales for hard-hitting documentary feature ‘People You May Know’
ZED strengthens position in the Asia-Pacific market
Kalahari, Land Of Secret Alliances Directed by Pierre Stine, produced by ZED in collaboration with award-winning Patrick Morris (former BBC) this film reveals that in the animal kingdom, collaboration and generosity often offer more benefits than confiscation and domination. Faced with more and more harsh conditions, cooperation seems to be a more winning strategy than the law of the strongest. A fact that has awaken scientists’ interest, who see in this discovery a new fundamental … [Read more...] about ZED strengthens position in the Asia-Pacific market
MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
PARIS – Reed MIDEM has announced the conference theme for MIPCOM 2018, “The Big Shift”, to be explored by the first two confirmed keynote speakers, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, and Josh Sapan, President and CEO of AMC Networks. The world’s entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France, from 15-18 October. This year, MIPCOM takes as its overarching conference theme “The Big Shift” which sets out to examine the paradigm shifts affecting the content creation, … [Read more...] about MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
TNT Germany takes The Valley to US
The mystery-thriller series The Valley arrives in the US and other markets. Beta Film has sold the show in the US, Canada and UK & Ireland to Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium thriller, suspense and horror streaming service. The series is now available on Shudder in all three territories. The Valley was the first one-hour original production for the German pay TV channel TNT Serie. The high-quality thriller series is the latest example of non-English European shows to garner great success … [Read more...] about TNT Germany takes The Valley to US
C-MORE renews deal
The Scandinavian group C MORE ENTERTAINMENT AB just renewed a significant package deal with Prime Entertainment Group for the entire series of celebrity portraits, CLOSE UP 91x26’. The show will be aired in the Nordic territories including Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway this summer. C MORE ENTERTAINMENT is the leading premium provider of movies, series and sports in Scandinavia under the brand C More. C More Entertainment AB is part of Bonnier Broadcasting, along with TV4 Group, Company … [Read more...] about C-MORE renews deal
