NENT Studios UK (fka DRG) has acquired New Zealand drama The Dead Lands after its producers re-acquired the show from the now-defunct Kew Media Distribution (KMD). The eight-part fantasy-adventure series was produced by New Zealand’s GFC Films for AMC’s SVOD service Shudder and TVNZ, premiering on the latter earlier this year. It had previously been […]
It has been a tumultuous few months for ex-Kew Media Distribution chief Jonathan Ford, but that is not stopping him from looking to make “big commitments” in programming via his newly minted sales and financing firm Abacus Media Rights (AMR). Ford launched AMR last week with backing from Amcomri Media Group and he tells TBI […]
Jonathan Ford, former EVP of sales at Kew Media Distribution, has launched Abacus Media Rights (AMR) in partnership with Amcomri Media Group. Ford will act as MD for the new distribution company and will be joined on the AMR board by Amcomri’s chairman Paul McGowan, its director Larry Howard and 101 Films MD Andy Lyon. […]
Kew Media Group’s (KMG) move into administration last week prompted searching questions from all those connected with the once fast-growing production and distribution outfit. TBI has spoken to a variety of execs involved and is today running the first of two articles that delve into not just what happened at the international production and distribution […]
Canadian producer Frantic Films has become the latest company to buy itself out of the stricken Kew Media Group (KMG). Frantic’s CEO Jamie Brown has personally financed a deal to repurchase a 100% stake in the TV and film production company from Kew, which had acquired the prodco in March 2017. Terms of the agreement […]
ITV Studios (ITVS) is set to pick up distribution rights to Line Of Duty, the hit drama that is currently sold by the sales arm of ailing Canada-based outfit Kew Media Group, TBI understands. Kew Media Distribution (KMD) has shopped the crime drama worldwide since acquiring rights from Content Media Corp, which was among the […]
ITVS pounces on Plimsoll’s natural history series ITV Studios has picked up international distribution rights to Plimsoll Productions’ new natural history series, A Year On Planet Earth. The 6 x 60-minute show is being produced for ITV and is from natural history team Tom Hugh-Jones (Planet Earth II), Andrew Jackson (Frozen Planet) and Martha Holmes […]
Kew Media Distribution (KMD) has appointed Graham Begg to the newly created position of SVP acquisitions and business development. Begg will oversee acquisition opportunities across scripted, non-scripted, documentary and factual entertainment properties, as well as advising on corporate activities and business development initiatives. He will continue to work closely with Kew Media Group’s 13 production […]
Kew claims Dan Reed’s Superbug Kew Media Distribution has secured international rights to forthcoming documentary Superbug, the latest project from the producer and director of Leaving Neverland, Dan Reed. The 1 x 110-120 minute show, from AMOS Pictures, will air on HBO and BBC Two in 2021. It tells the story of antibiotics and explores […]
Sky Arts in the UK, US streamer Hulu and SBS in Australia are among buyers of a documentary about Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale and its sequel The Testaments. Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word is Power (1 x 92 minutes and 1 x 78 minutes) follows the famous […]
