ABC Commercial announced Series 1 & 2 of its warm and playful fact-finding series for preschoolers The Wonder Gang (60 x 15’) has been acquired by CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. The series premiered in September 2021 on CBC TV and is now available on the CBC Gem streaming service which offers more than 400 hours of advertising-free content for kids. The Wonder Gang is an exciting new series from the ABC commissioning team behind the global success Bluey. Willow, Whyla and Wes … [Read more...] about ABC partners with CBC to bring ‘The Wonder Gang’ to young audiences in Canada
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Abacus Media Rights secures international distribution rights to CBC original comedy series ‘Sort Of’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has acquired the international distribution rights for the brand-new CBC original comedy series Sort Of (8 x 30’), produced by Sienna Films which began production in Toronto in October. This coming-of-age story, created by Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo, follows the journey of Sabi Mehboob (Baig), a gender-fluid millennial who straddles various identities from a sexy bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar to the youngest child in a … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights secures international distribution rights to CBC original comedy series ‘Sort Of’
Abacus Media Rights announces further sales of the CBC original supernatural drama ‘Trickster’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, announced North American deals for the Canadian supernatural coming-of-age drama Trickster, from Cardinal producers Sienna Films. The CBC series has been sold to The CW Network and AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and Shudder. Trickster (6 x 60’), based on the best-selling trilogy “Son of a Trickster” written by Eden Robinson, had its world premiere at TIFF in September. The US premiere of Trickster is planned for 12 January … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights announces further sales of the CBC original supernatural drama ‘Trickster’
Abacus Media Rights sells CBC original series ‘Trickster’ to NITV & SBS On Demand Australia and more
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has secured sales of CBC original series Trickster to Sky in the UK (SyFy); NITV and SBS On Demand in Australia, Globoplay in Brazil, and KinoPoisk (Yandex) in Russia ahead of its launch on CBC in October and on the day following its world premiere at TIFF. From Canadian producers Sienna Films, and already greenlit for a second season by CBC, Trickster (6 x 60’) is based on the best-selling trilogy by Eden Robinson, Son of a … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights sells CBC original series ‘Trickster’ to NITV & SBS On Demand Australia and more
Passion Distribution lands sales for new documentary
Passion Distribution has closed a raft of international sales for documentary One Hour That Changed The World: The Moon Landing (1 X 60’). The documentary has been acquired by UKTV in the UK for its Eden channel, TEN in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand, CBC in Canada, Phoenix TV in China, Hong Kong and South East Asia and Channel 8 in Israel. Produced by Pioneer Productions, One Hour That Changed The World: The Moon Landing was commissioned and funded by Passion Distribution, … [Read more...] about Passion Distribution lands sales for new documentary
Fremantle partners with CBC for mini-series
The emotional family drama series, Butterfly, has been acquired by Canada's national public broadcaster, CBC. The deal with Fremantle, will see the Red Productions 3 x 60’ mini-series launch on CBC in late winter 2019. The drama follows the story of an 11-year old boy who makes the life-changing decision of wanting to live life as a girl. Created and penned by BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Tony Marchant and starring International Emmy award-winning actress Anna Friel (Marcella, … [Read more...] about Fremantle partners with CBC for mini-series