Cineflix Rights Goes On Scripted Sales Spree
11.05.2022 - 12:45 / deadline.com
Channel 4 Puts 1,000 Hours Of Shows On YouTube: British broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of programming on the Google-owned streaming platform. The agreement expands on an existing partnership between the companies and will allow Channel 4 to sell its own advertising around the show — a first-of-its-kind deal in the UK and Europe. Shows will begin rolling out this month and include 8 Out Of 10 Cats; Location, Location, Location; Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Dog House. Selected titles will be made available 30 days after their first broadcast on Channel 4 or younger sibling network E4. Channel 4 has been following a five-year ‘Future 4’ strategy to supercharge digital revenues, and its management believes today’s deal represents a “major step” in that process.
Sky Orders Children’s Authors Series ‘Wonderland’; Abacus Media Rights To Sell: Sky Arts has ordered four-part literary documentary series Wonderland. The Odyssey Television show, directed and produced by Adrian Munsey (E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey) looks at the pain behind the personal stories acclaimed children’s authors such as Arthur Ransome, A. A. Milne, J.M. Barrie, Rudyard Kipling, Lewis Carroll and Beatrix Potter. It will combine biography, literary extracts and moments from films made from their works. UK-based distributor Abacus Media Rights has taken worldwide sales rights.
London Creative Studio Launches Scripted TV Post-Production Arm: Soho creative studio Unit has launched a scripted TV post-production arm, Unit Scripted. The operation will offer end-to-end craft-led services such as color grading, online and online VFX. Post industry veterans Louise Stevenson, Dan Coles, Sion Penny
Cineflix Rights Goes On Scripted Sales Spree
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Paramount+ Acquires Drama ‘Compulsion’ From Eccho Rights: Paramount+ has added a drama from its Paramount Global stablemate Channel 5 to its collection in several territories around the world. The streamer has tapped distributor Eccho Rights for Compulsion, which recently aired in the UK, for exclusive rights in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics. Moving On producer LA Productions made the show in association with Sweden-based Eccho. The family drama, from writer Sarah Deane, follows a woman on the edge of losing everything who meets a stranger who seems to have the answers to her problems. Leanne Best (Cold Feet) stars alongside Anna Chancellor (The Watch) and Hayley Mills (Pollyanna).
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