FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has hired former Hoho Rights boss Danielle Davies on an interim basis to cover Joss Duffield’s maternity leave. Davies has been named interim VP of sales at UK-based FremantleMedia’s children and family content arm. She was head of sales at Hoho Rights, the sales and L&M division of UK-based preschool […]
DCD Rights has shopped a remastered David Bowie concert film to various broadcasters, as intrigue in the late singer-songwriter mounts up. YLE in Finland, Arte in France and Germany and AXS TV in the US have bought the 1x86mins David Bowie Ziggy Stardust, which saw the legendary star performing as his androgynous alter ego at […]
American police officers are constantly in the headlines – and often for the wrong reasons. With race relations boiling over and Donald Trump going for the White House, programming that spotlights US current affairs is in-demand, as Nicky Davies Williams says about new documentary Copwatchers. “It’s spot on for the zeitgeist,” says the DCD chief. […]
BBC Four has prebought Australian crime drama Deep Water. The four-parter launches on SBS as part of the Australian pubcaster’s autumn schedule and will launch on BBC Four later in the year. The show is loosely based on a crime wave that swept Sydney in 1980s and 1990s. It is produced by Australian indie Blackfella […]
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has renewed a deal with the Open University and will continue to distribute its factual programming. The deal with the content arm of the distance-learning university gives DCD almost 250 hours of documentary content to add to its catalogue and sell internationally. Nicky Davies Williams, CEO at DCD Rights said: “The […]
DCD Rights has hired Philippa Chuter, who was working at rival UK-based distributor Passion, as part of a wider push into drama acquisitions. She is taking on a new role as senior acquisitions executive at the DCD Media sales business, having previously been acquisition executive at Tinopolis Group-owned Passion. This will free up head of […]
True crime programming is increasingly informed by the pacing, tone and production values seen in the scripted world, and DCD Rights’ big launch for MIPTV is Real Detective, a new factual series inspired by HBO’s hit cop drama True Detective. Real Detective is a factual series heavy on the drama reconstruction, with up to […]
Sony’s new UK crime net, True Crime, and Australian free-TV broadcaster Nine have both acquired Real Detective, the True Detective-inspired docudrama. The show is distributed by DCD Rights, which sealed the deals. The 8x60mins series has well known actors,including Michael Madsen (pictured), re-enacting a real-life case that defined a detective’s career. The real detective opens […]
Acorn TV has picked up Australian legal drama Janet King: The Enemy Within and UK comedy Very British Problems for its US streaming service. Acorn, which is owned by Agatha Christie company RLJ, programmes its service with drama and docs from international markets. Janet King, which is produced by Screentime and distributed by DCD Media, […]
Distribution is changing. The Frank brothers have created a digital rights trading platform, TRX, which sits alongside others from the likes of Screen Hits. With these, online screening rooms, Skype and other new ways to connect, the folk running TV markets must be concerned. Outgoing NATPE boss Rod Perth (left) offers a robust defence of […]
