Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, will distribute 52 x one hour non-fiction, true crime series Murder By Medic. Series producer, award-winning UK indie FirstLookTV, has appointed AMR as a distribution partner for the programme. Broadcaster A&E’s Crime and Investigation Channel, the original partner on Murder by Medic, has retained rights in UK and Ireland, Greece, CEE, Benelux and Middle East. AMR will now service the rest of world. Murder By Medic tells the … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights acquires non-fiction true crime series Murder by Medic
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FirstLookTV signs Australian distribution deal with LGI Media
UK Midlands-based Factual specialist FirstLookTV today announced an Australian hook-up with Melbourne-based Distributor LGI Media. The partnership marks the further expansion of FirstLookTV’s distribution collaborations throughout the global market. FirstLook has similar deals in place in the USA, Canada, Latin America and Europe. The Meet Marry Murder ProdCo will work with LGI in the Crime and History genres originating key titles in Australia and Asia. Alongside the deal, FirstLookTV … [Read more...] about FirstLookTV signs Australian distribution deal with LGI Media
FirstLookTV expands senior team with triple executive hire
FirstLookTV, the longest established indie production company in the Midlands, today announces a triad of senior hires in a new growth strategy aimed at capitalising on its US and UK True Crime hits, Meet Marry Murder, My Lover My Killer and #Dead2Me. FirstLookTV, which has again secured a place in Televisual’s Top 100 indies this year, has appointed Lucy Middelboe as Head of Business, Andie Clare as Director of Production, and Rachel Bowering as Creative lead on Development. The appointments … [Read more...] about FirstLookTV expands senior team with triple executive hire
FirstLookTV announce Helen Hunt as narrator for Lifetime’s new series ‘Meet Marry Murder’
Leading UK true crime production company FirstLookTV announces Academy Award and Emmy winner Helen Hunt (Mad About You) will narrate its upcoming Lifetime series Meet Marry Murder. Devised and Executive Produced by FirstLookTV’s Will Hanrahan, the series premiers on Monday, 3rd October at 9 pm ET/PT as part of Lifetime’s Life & Crime Mondays. With ten episodes ordered from FirstLookTV by Lifetime, Meet Marry Murder asks what happens when the person you have pledged to … [Read more...] about FirstLookTV announce Helen Hunt as narrator for Lifetime’s new series ‘Meet Marry Murder’
DCD Rights announces factual sales
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has pre-sold its brand new factual entertainment series Disasters Engineered, a.k.a. Deadly Engineering, to Discovery in the UK & Eire - who premiere the series this month - and to DR in Denmark and ahead of NATPE Miami. The 10 x 60’ series is produced bySWR Media, Intermission Film and DCD Rights in association with Dash Pictures for Discovery UK. Another new title from DCD Rights, 10 x 30’ Australian Outback series Aussie Bull Catchers, produced by … [Read more...] about DCD Rights announces factual sales
Swipe Right for Murder (w/t): A major new co-production
London – DCD Rights CEO Nicky Davies Williams announced that new factual crime series Swipe Right for Murder (w/t) has gone into production. The series is the first of a slate of co-production projects for DCD Rights which aims to increase its output to five a year. Produced by award-winning UK indie Popkorn, Swipe Right for Murder (w/t) is a co-production between UKTV’s Really Channel, Australia’s Seven Network, MediaWorks New Zealand and DCD Rights. Rory Wheeler, Managing Director, Popkorn … [Read more...] about Swipe Right for Murder (w/t): A major new co-production
