DCD Media


Broadcasters take Depeche Mode on tour

A raft of broadcasters have acquired a Depeche Mode live concert film. Depeche Mode: Live in Berlin has been picked up by pay broadcasters Sky in the UK, Canal Satellite Digital in Spain, Polsat in Poland, DirecTV Latin America and Globosat in Brazil. Free-to-air broadcasters that have bought the film, which was directed by Anton […]

DCD buys Electric Sky catalogue for £325k

DCD Media has picked up a 250-hour catalogue of programming from Electric Sky Sales, the distribution arm of UK indie Electric Sky, which collapsed late last year. The library comprises 50 factual titles that will be added to London-headquartered DCD’s catalogue. Titles include the Electric Sky-produced Fat Doctor series and recent productions Sky High Scrapers […]

Liberty of London in pre-Cannes sales

DCD Rights’ doc series about a London department store has sold to broadcasters in Europe and Australasia. Liberty of London, which went out on Channel 4 in the UK, has gone to NRK in Norway, Viasat in Sweden, TV2 in Denmark, VPRO in the Netherlands, Foxtel in Australia and BBC Worldwide in New Zealand. Season […]

DCD will sell Matchlight to management

Troubled UK indie DCD Media has confirmed it has agreed to sell Glasgow-based subsidiary Matchlight to the prodco’s management team. DCD’s share price rose to £2.50 (US$4.13) after the news was revealed in a stock market statement issued this morning. “The board confirms that it has agreed terms to sell Matchlight to the existing management […]

DCD reassures investors after share price drop

UK indie DCD Media has moved to reassure shareholders that despite a big fall in its share price over recent months the group is trading in line with expectations. DCD’s share price stood at £3.70 (US$6.14) on May 30, but has today fallen to £1.60. This is slightly up from Wednesday (August 27), when it […]

Production ‘slowdown’ impacts DCD

UK indie DCD Media has said a “slowdown” in new production wil impact its full year revenues. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange, DCD reiterated that the end of money-spinning franchise Bridezillas, which WEtv cancelled last year, would impact 2014 revenues and “has required a reshaping of the cost base”. DCD expects […]

Israel’s United Studios preps UK prodco acquisition

Israel’s oldest production studio is poised to move into the UK market and buy into a British producer, TBI has learned. United Studio’s parent Taya Media Group is identifying targets for the company to acquire as it looks to the international market for the next stage of its growth. Taya, which owns a stake in […]

NBC orders The Slap and a Wizard of Oz series

NBC has ordered a US remake of Australian drama series The Slap. US network has greenlit an eight-episode series. It will be based on the 2011 Australian drama (pictured), which was in turn an adaptation of the Christos Tsiolkas novel of the same name. It tells the story of the effects a seemingly trivial domestic […]

Hendrix doc music to DCD’s ears

The distribution arm of UK-based DCD Media has acquired rights to a BBC Four and PBS documentary about guitar legend Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’ is a 1x90mins doc from Experience Hendrix that traces the rock star’s roots in Seattle through to his death at the age of 27 and his […]

Australia and NZ take a seat at the drama table

Producers in Australia and New Zealand are creating a new wave of international-friendly scripted series for their distribution partners to take to market, but the popularity and lower cost of formats and reality shows poses a threat to the sector, report Dan Barrett and Stewart Clarke. Expectation. Its shadow carries considerable weight across Australia and […]