Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) has completed an innovative deal with Keshet International (KI) to co-develop an original scripted format with leading global producers and distributors. Based on a concept co-developed by KI and Canada’s Facet4 Media and a production manual written and created by Ilan Ulmer and Samuel Goldberg (Silo and Mildred and The Dying Parlour), Deep Crime Unit (DCU) is a 10 x 60’ crime-based procedural that follows one unit of the elite SCUBA … [Read more...] about Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. and Keshet International enter a groundbreaking co-production deal for police procedural drama
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Woodcut Media in production with new history doc series ‘Tony Robinson’s Forgotten War Stories’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has greenlit UK indie Woodcut Media to produce a brand new 6-part history doc series Tony Robinson’s Forgotten War Stories presented by actor Sir Tony Robinson, and scheduled to TX on the UK channel later this year. Tony Robinsons’s Forgotten War Stories (6 x 1 hour) - Between WWII and the Iraq War, Britain and its allies were embroiled in a number of serious conflicts around the world, many of which are largely forgotten by the public. In this series, Tony Robinson … [Read more...] about Woodcut Media in production with new history doc series ‘Tony Robinson’s Forgotten War Stories’
Fremantle signs first look distribution deal with new production company Astronaut Films
Fremantle announced that it has signed an exclusive first-look distribution deal with Astronaut Films, producers of premium non-scripted content based in the UK. Founded by BAFTA-nominated Jon Alwen, who previously held senior roles at Pulse Films, Lion TV and Voltage TV (credits include Inside Misguided: Made in Manchester (Channel 4); Countdown to Partition (BBC) and One Deadly Weekend in America (BBC)); the deal will see Astronaut Films secure the best creative talent and IP for a mix of … [Read more...] about Fremantle signs first look distribution deal with new production company Astronaut Films
All3media International delivers over 90 hours of content to TrueVisions Thailand
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has signed its latest deal with TrueVisions, as the Thai broadcaster acquires cable and satellite TV rights to a diverse range of scripted and non-scripted content totalling more than 90 hours. The agreement features a selection of primetime dramas, including both seasons (14 x 60’) of Playground Productions’ global hit All Creatures Great and Small, based on the much-loved books by James Herriot, and two true crime dramas from New … [Read more...] about All3media International delivers over 90 hours of content to TrueVisions Thailand
DCD Rights announces international crime drama deals
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights announces a raft of drama sales to international platforms and broadcasters for the hit crime series Frankie Drake Mysteries and My Life Is Murder. Extensive new deals have been struck for the latest series of the critically-acclaimed Frankie Drake Mysteries to Ovation TV in the US, which follows a PBS Distribution streaming window, Epic Drama and VIP Serial – Central & Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS, Seven Network – Australia, YLE – Finland, Sky TV … [Read more...] about DCD Rights announces international crime drama deals
Keshet International completes raft of scripted sales in Asia and SPAC
Keshet International (KI) has completed a number of scripted deals in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, including its first sale for Prisoners of War India. Both series of Emmay Entertainment’s Bandi Yuddh Ke (Prisoners of War India) (110x30’) – which is based on Gideon Raff’s emotionally charged and powerful drama that became the multi-Emmy Award-winning series Homeland - have been picked up by Mola TV in a multi-title deal for its Indonesian OTT and pay-TV service. Other scripted shows … [Read more...] about Keshet International completes raft of scripted sales in Asia and SPAC