Leading independent distributor all3media international has signed a new format deal with Australian broadcaster Network 10, for the heart-warming, hound-human matchmaking show The Dog House, originally created by Five Mile Films. In addition, the company has proven its puppy love credentials as it has acquired rights to represent the canine competition series, Dog Almighty, from Great Southern Television, for both tape and format rights. The canine stars will be tested on their dexterity, … [Read more...] about all3media international licenses local ‘The Dog House’ to Australia and acquires canine superstar competition ‘Dog Almighty’
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Lucy Lawless drama, ‘My Life Is Murder’, gets new season through DCD Rights, Acorn TV, and Greenstone Partnership
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has raised significant production finance and secured distribution rights to a new season of the murder mystery drama series My Life Is Murder starring Lucy Lawless (Top of the Lake, Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess). This new season of the ratings-hit crime drama has been greenlit by a consortium consisting of AMC Networks’ streaming service Acorn TV, which will take a package of English-speaking rights (North America, the UK, and Australia premiere … [Read more...] about Lucy Lawless drama, ‘My Life Is Murder’, gets new season through DCD Rights, Acorn TV, and Greenstone Partnership
A+E Networks International pacts with TVNZ to launch the first Lifetime-branded AVOD channel in New Zealand
A+E Networks® International has signed a deal with New Zealand’s TVNZ for the launch of the first Lifetime®-branded AVOD channel in the territory, it was announced jointly by Glen Hansen, Senior Vice President of Content Sales, Asia-Pacific and Cate Slater, TVNZ Director of Content. Kicking off in August with 40 Lifetime movie titles, TVNZ will add four new titles each month from Lifetime’s extensive library of globally relevant, high-quality TV movies during the first year of the … [Read more...] about A+E Networks International pacts with TVNZ to launch the first Lifetime-branded AVOD channel in New Zealand
Kiri and Lou to air on ABC Australia
CAKE has announced a deal with ABC in Australia for 52 episodes of preschool series. Kiri and Lou will air daily on ABC Kids from 1 July at 17.50 following the series’ premiere on TVNZ in New Zealand and CBC Canada earlier this year. Kiri and Lou follows the friendship between Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur and Lou, a gentle and thoughtful creature, as they explore a ‘forest of feelings’ through laughter, song and adventure. Joined by motherly Pania, sensitive Dalvanius, who disappears … [Read more...] about Kiri and Lou to air on ABC Australia
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
Escapade sells “600 Bottles of Wine” to TVNZ
SYDNEY – Escapade Media has secured a deal with New Zealand’s TVNZ for the short form series 600 Bottles of Wine for OnDemand rights, premiering June 14. 600 Bottles of Wine is a comedy about a recently single woman who navigates new relationship territory where meaning is ambiguous and expectation is ambitious. Claire is flung back into the dating scene after breaking up with her long term boyfriend Nick. She is apprehensive about the rules, expectations and implications that she … [Read more...] about Escapade sells “600 Bottles of Wine” to TVNZ
