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News round-up: Belgium’s VTM embraces ‘The Traitors’; Bomanbridge to shop decade-spanning Afghan doc; NHK producing Hideaki Anno profile

Belgium’s VTM embraces ‘The Traitors’ Belgian broadcaster VTM has ordered a local version of Idtv reality entertainment format The Traitors. The deal marks distributor All3Media International’s first format licence agreement for the show, whose original version was produced by Idtv and All3Media, and debuted under the local title De Verraders on RTL4 in the Netherlands last […]

Star China format gets new distributors after ITV deal ends

Star China format Sing My Song will now go out through Small World IFT and Bomanbridge Media, with ITV now longer shopping it. Bomanbridge will sell the show in Asia Pacific, while Content Media will shop the rights elsewhere. ITV Studios Global Entertainment had previously sold the format – highlighting it was the first Chinese […]

Bomanbridge strikes Matt Hatter deal

Bomanbridge Media has taken Asian rights to Matt Hatter Chronicles and will be looking to seal deals with buyers from the region for the kids series at MIPTV. Singapore-based Bomanbridge has taken four seasons of the show and will also have the upcoming Matt Hatter TV Movie. Platinum Films makes the series. The Pinewood-based indie, […]

Bomanbridge acquires high-end docs

Asia-based Bomanbridge has picked up regional distribution rights to a series of blue chip docs from French photographer, journalist and naturalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Singapore-based Bomanbridge will bring the six-strong selection of films to market in Asia after inking a deal with Calt, which reps Hope Productions, Arthus-Bertrand’s France-based prodco, which specialises in environmental films. The […]

Argonon art shows attract Japan, Korea

South Korean and Japanese firms have bought Argonon’s classical and contemporary ballet-themed programming via distributor Bomanbridge Media. South Korea’s LGU+ has bought VOD rights to Swan Lake (pictured), Sleeping Beauty, Imagine: A Beauty is Born – Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty and The World Of Matthew Bourne (aka Matthew Bourne’s Christmas). Japanese film production and satellite […]

Bomanbridge peddles Venezuelan clip show

Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media has acquired Asian distribution rights to Venezuelan clip show XRC. The deal with Cisneros Media means Bomanbridge will head to the AFT in December with the 78x30mins programme in its catalogue. XRC is created from a library of action-fuelled clips of high-speed pursuits, police shootouts, devastating fires and cliffhanging rescues, and has […]

Malaysian net buys Small World, Marble formats

Malaysian broadcaster Media Prima has bought family-themed series Japanizi and game show Splatalot after a pair of deals with Singaporean distributor Bomanbridge Media. The 40x30mins Japanizi is a version of the David Sidebotham-created format I Survived a Japanese Game Show in which contestants perform wacky tasks associated with Japanese studio shows over three elimination rounds. […]

News brief: Asian nets go wild for factual

Broadcasters across Asia have acquired wildlife programming from distributor Bomanbridge Media. Among the deals Radio Television Brunei has bought Turf War and Animal Atlas, EBS in South Korea has taken Shark Junction while compatriot OBS bought Year in the Wild, Cheetahs of the Deep, Venom Island and Tribes, and Thai Public Broadcasting acquired Animal Atlas. […]

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