UK-based Passion Distribution has acquired international distribution rights to the BritBox Original documentary The Wedding Of The Century. Produced by Touchdown Films, the feature-length documentary marks the 40th anniversary of the wedding of British royals Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and features restored footage from the day and exclusive interviews with those who worked behind […]
Passion sends history worldwide Broadcasters and platforms around the world have picked up a slew of history and documentary titles, following deals with the Passion Distribution. Nuremburg: The Nazis On Trial, the 1 x 90-minute doc, originally made by Middlechild Productions for the UK’s Channel 5 is headed to SBS in Australia, Histoire in France, […]
As Drag Race prepares to sashay on to Spanish screens, World of Wonder founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato tell TBI deputy editor Mark Layton what makes the format strike such a global chord and why they’re exploring expanding into scripted. Drag Race España lands on Spanish SVOD Atresplayer Premium and global DTC platform WOWPresent Plus tomorrow, with […]
Facebook Watch, the global social network’s VOD service, has shared details of its unscripted originals strategy, including “competitive” budgets and creative co-productions with lower investment. Since launching in 2017, the service has gone on to offer both short and long-form content, with unscripted titles including talk show Red Table Talk and reality series The Real […]
Join TBI Talks: The London Screenings later today as we dive into Facebook’s originals strategy with Head of Unscripted Toby Faulkner and explore the potential of factual programming with Passion Distribution COO Nick Rees. Unscripted & factual programming has surged in popularity over recent years and in this session we are joined by renowned execs […]
UK sales firm Passion Distribution has launched a new initiative to support producers and set out an unscripted programming “wish list” for IP owners. The ‘Producers Programming’ brief will see Passion share its latest market intelligence with prodcos, focused on the current needs of the international market. Passion said it wanted to expand opportunities for […]
TVN takes Fremantle’s Great Giveback Poland’s TVN has ordered a local version of a reality format originally created by Motive Television in Ireland, with Fremantle selling globally. The Great Giveback, which launched on Virgin Media One in Ireland earlier this year, sees successful and well-off families connecting with those less fortunate in their community. They […]
UK-based Passion Distribution has acquired the format and series rights to factual entertainment show Surviving The Stone Age: Adventure To The Wild. The 3 x 60-minute series, which is produced by Renegade Pictures and Motion Content Group for UK broadcaster Channel 4, is set to premiere on 7 November. It follows a group of leading […]
No other sector has had to adapt as quickly to the rapidly changing content market as distributors, but select boutique and mid-sized players have been among those to have retooled themselves fastest. TBI’s latest roundtable gathers some of the brightest UK-based distribution minds together to discuss the financing, commissioning, selling and marketing of content – […]
Passion Distribution has snapped up UK broadcaster ITV’s documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey. Produced by ITN Productions and ITV News, a clip from the film went viral last week after showing Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle discussing the stress of new motherhood while being a tabloid target with journalist Tom Bradby. The full […]
