Homicide Hunter


Sky buys US prodco Jupiter

UK satellite broadcaster Sky has acquired a majority stake in US-based producer Jupiter Entertainment. The 21st Century Fox-backed broadcaster has taken 60% of Jupiter for an undisclosed amount. Nineteen-year-old Jupiter is best known for TLC’s Myrtle Manor, Animal Planet’s Wild West Alaska, Oxygen’s Snapped and ID’s Homicide Hunter. It becomes the third prodco Sky has […]

News brief: Discovery picks up Strange Addiction, Illegal Eater

Discovery Networks in Latin America has acquired several series from LA-based distributor Rive Gauche Television. The package includes The Illegal Eater, another season of My Strange Addiction and a renewal of The Dog Whisperer. Other deals see MVS Multivision in Mexico pick up Homicide Hunter and Race to the Scene, while Brazil’s Globosat has licensed […]

Rive Gauche secures crime sales

Broadcasters in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific have acquired more than 300 hours of crime series from US distributor Rive Gauche. AETN channels in the UK, Africa and Poland have acquired Ice Cold Killers, along with RTL (Netherlands), Canal D (Canada), TV4 (Sweden and Finland) and Foxtel (Australia). AETN (UK and Africa), TV4, RTL and Foxtel […]