News brief: Cineflix signs up Irish prodco for output deal

Cineflix Rights has scored a distribution and development deal with Irish producer Waddell Media.

Under terms of the pact, Cineflix and Waddell’s global arm Waddell Media International will focus on major UK and US coproduction and multimedia branded content projects. WMI is already working on a slate.

Waddell is behind programmes such as Future Weapons, How Jaws Changed The World, The Farm Fixer.

“We have projects in development with a range of US networks we haven’t worked with before and this deal with Cineflix Rights will be key to furthering our expansion plans for the future,” said Waddel’s creative director Jon-Barrie Waddell.