BET+ in the US and Prime Video Africa have both acquired upcoming UK relationship reality series In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy. Produced by Luti Media and Trend Centrl for Channel 4’s FTA chanel E4, where it will launch on 5 October, the series is based on the Blue Therapy YouTube series which launched in […]
US streamer Hulu and Britbox have picked up rights to BBC drama Better, produced by UK-based Sister. The five-parter, which debuted on BBC One in the UK earlier this year, will become available on BritBox in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden, while NPO in the Netherlands and VRT in Belgium also have rights. America Video […]
London-based distributor All3Media International has appointed BBC Studios’ Tony Ziran Tang as VP of sales for Asia Pacific. Reporting to Sabrina Duguet, EVP of Asia Pacific, Tang will be responsible for co-productions and finished programme and format sales in China, Korea, Japan, across TV, local digital platforms and home entertainment. Tang arrives at All3media International […]
UK cabler Virgin Media O2 has partnered with A+E Networks EMEA, All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Blue Ant Media, Extreme International, Fremantle, Little Dot Studios and Tastemade to launch a suite of FAST channels. The channels will be available to all Virgin TV customers at no extra cost from next month. The dedicated channels will appear […]
BBC Studios is to adapt and produce local versions of two All3Media International scripted titles, Shameless and Strangers, for Indian audiences. Comedy-drama Shameless was originally created by Paul Abbot and Company Pictures for Channel 4 in the UK, and revolved around an unemployed and perpetually drunken father who is consistently expanding his lineage amidst the […]
Sony LIV in India has debuted a local remake of Dark Money, the BBC One drama that aired in 2019 and explores how the family of a young boy takes a pay-off after it emerges he has suffered abuse on set by a renowned producer. The six-part Indian show, known as Kafas, is being produced […]
Canada’s Bell Media has commissioned two separate versions of All3Media reality format The Traitors – one English and the other French-language. The English-language version had been ordered by Bell-owned broadcaster CTV, with the French version going to its Noovo network. Both versions of the show will be produced by Quebec-based production firm Entourage and hosted […]
Production and distribution giant Fremantle has appointed All3Media International’s Kit Yow as VP of sales for Asia. Based in Singapore, Yow will report to Haryaty Rahman, who was promoted to EVP of sales of Asia at the end of last year. She will be responsible for driving sales of formats and finished tape with local broadcasters […]
PBS Distribution has picked up UK drama Marriage to stream in North America on PBS Passport and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video channel. Distributor All3Media International has also struck deals for the show in Europe, with Telekom-owned streaming platform Magenta TV securing SVOD rights in Germany, YLE in Finland, Canal+ in Austria, DR in Denmark, SVT […]
FAST execs including Vice Media’s Bea Hegedus and Samsung’s Richard Jakeman have said curation of channels and appealing to those with niche interests are key factors to ensure the market flourishes. Hegedus, who was speaking at the DTG Summit in London, said that clear brand identity and curation were vital factors to driving growth in […]
