News brief: ProSieben cuts Timber Kings deal

German channel ProSieben has acquired Paperny Entertainment-produced unscripted series Timber Kings from Passion Distribution.

The 10x60mins series will go out on the ProSiebenMaxx channel and VOD platform Maxdome along with another new Passion show, season two of Weather Channel series Prospectors.

Passion has also made other deals in Germany. It has sold 53 hours to History Channel, a slate of shows to RTL’s pay TV channels and programmes such as Don’t Look Down and Strangest Weather on Earth to n.tv.