UK VOD website Wuaki.tv has closed a deal for hundreds of hours of programming from broadcaster ITV. The catalogue TV and movie deal hands the Rakuten-owned site shows such as The Royle Family, Cold Feet, Lewis, Law and Order (pictured), Prime Suspect, Endeavour, Lemon La Vida Loca and Titanic, which ITV’s sales arm ITV Studios […]
Broadcasters in Russia and Lithuania have secured major package deals totaling 164 hours of detective dramas with distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment. Russia’s TV Centre has bought a 48-hour package comprising the thirteenth and final series of Agatha Christie’s Poirot; season six of Agatha Christie’s Marple; and the three most recent seasons of Lewis, all […]
New subscription video-on-demand Cirkus has scored a major multi-year distribution deal with Swedish cable operator Com Hem, TBI has learned. From autumn this year, Cirkus will be made available to Com Hem customers as a standalone service or bundled with other TV products, as the cableco makes a concerted push into on-demand content. The deal […]
Clubcard TV has picked up a raft of classic ITV drama series and cooking shows. Clubcard TV is the free OTT service for UK retailer Tesco’s 16 million loyalty card holders and is run by the people behind Blinkbox, the electronic sell-through service that Tesco bought in 2011. It has inked a deal with ITV […]
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured multiple sales of its crime dramas Agatha Christie’s Marple, Vera and Lewis at MIPTV this week. Among the deals, The 3x120mins sixth season of Marple has been pre-sold to France 2 and TMC in France, ABC (Australia), Prime (New Zealand), Pramer (Latin America), Latvian Television, RTV (Slovenia), HRT (Croatia), […]
