Autentic Distribution heads to MIPCOM 2025 with a brand-new slate of documentaries. With over 80 hours of brand-new content, the line-up spans urgent current affairs, fresh historical perspectives, blue-chip wildlife, journeys across cultures, and cutting-edge science, bringing together standout productions from Autentic Studios and leading international partners. Current Affairs: Power, Crisis, and Human Resilience Autentic Distribution’s current affairs slate reflects some of the most … [Read more...] about Autentic Distribution Presents Wide-Ranging Factual Line-Up for MIPCOM 2025
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NHK’s Coelacanth Program Wins IBC Innovation Award 2025
NHK is happy to announce that NHK’s “Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth” was selected as the winner of the Content Creation category at the IBC Innovation Awards 2025. The program was filmed using 8K HDR and 22.2 multichannel surround sound. It is a co-production between NHK, ZDF/ARTE, OceanX and also technically supported by GOTO Aquatics, SGO, Restar. The IBC Innovation Awards recognizes the best in collaborative efforts to develop new solutions to real-world technical challenges and to … [Read more...] about NHK’s Coelacanth Program Wins IBC Innovation Award 2025
NHK’s KAMIKAZE: An Untold History goes to BBC and Asharq
NHK and NHK Enterprises have announced that the BBC and Asharq Documentary, the Arabic language free-to-air factual channel, has acquired NHK’s doc “KAMIKAZE: An Untold History.” Every summer, NHK creates and airs a strand of special programs featuring Japan’s postwar history. This program was newly distributed by NHK Enterprises earlier this year commemorating 80 years after WWII. The doc has already been aired by the BBC at the end of last month while the air date of Asharq is still to be … [Read more...] about NHK’s KAMIKAZE: An Untold History goes to BBC and Asharq
NHK/BBS/GEDEON co-pro goes to France’s Ushuaïa TV
It was revealed at Sunny Side of the Doc that the freshly produced co-production between Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Bhutanese public broadcaster BBS, and French Production Company Gedeon Programmes, “Run Against Time: The Snowman Race in Bhutan” has been sold to French broadcaster Ushuaïa TV. The Snowman Race is known as the world's toughest trail race, covering 186km of mountainous terrain in the Bhutanese Himalayas over four nights and five days, and this is the first time for an … [Read more...] about NHK/BBS/GEDEON co-pro goes to France’s Ushuaïa TV
NHK’s Coelacanth Doc Goes to the BBC and Taiwan PTS
NHK and NHK Enterprises have announced that the BBC and PTS, the Taiwanese public broadcaster, have acquired NHK’s doc “Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth,” co-produced with ZDF/ARTE and OceanX in collaboration with CMMAI. The doc is known for its success in conducting a 72-hour consecutive observation filming expedition, and for succeeding in capturing, in 8K, the world’s first-ever video images of a group of coelacanths and their behavior indicative of reproduction. Deep Ocean: Kingdom … [Read more...] about NHK’s Coelacanth Doc Goes to the BBC and Taiwan PTS
Bomanbridge Media & Sinking Ship Entertainment announce major deals in Asia for Dino Dex & Odd Squad UK
Leading international distributor Bomanbridge Media and global kids’ media powerhouse, Sinking Ship Entertainment, have announced key broadcast sales in major Asian territories for the brand-new children’s series of Dino Dex and Odd Squad UK. An adventure-packed series, Dino Dex (13 x 22’), has been acquired by leading broadcasters Youku in China and Japan’s NHK, which has licensed the series for both its 4K and E-Tele channels. Dino Dex has also been picked up by Thai PBS and Hong Kong’s … [Read more...] about Bomanbridge Media & Sinking Ship Entertainment announce major deals in Asia for Dino Dex & Odd Squad UK
