Sphere Abacus (SA) has secured worldwide distribution rights to award-winning Australian producer Easy Tiger’s thriller series Treasure & Dirt, produced for the ABC in association with the BBC and the South Australian Film Corporation. Based on the novel by Chris Hammer, bestselling author of Scrublands, Treasure & Dirt stars Michael Dorman (Territory), Liv Hewson (Yellowjackets), Sarah Peirse […]
Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) Australia and ABC have today announced Urzila, a new comedy series fronted by one of Australia and New Zealand’s most celebrated comedic voices, Urzila Carlson. Urzila invites audiences into the sharp, unpredictable world of a comedy powerhouse. The series fuses bespoke stand-up with finely honed sketches, delivering a format that’s […]
Audible, a specialist in spoken-word entertainment, has released the next Audible Original multi-cast adaptation of Agatha Christie’s acclaimed classic, The ABC Murders, following the release of The Mysterious Affair at Styles last year as part of a production deal with Agatha Christie Limited. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) returns as Agatha Christie’s famous detective in his most […]
Northern Ireland kids’ independent production studio, Sixteen South, has secured the third-party distribution rights for the hugely popular preschool animated series Mixmups (52×10’). It is Sixteen South’s first third party series for distribution deal. Commissioned by 5’s Milkshake, where it is a consistently high performer, the award winning, Mixmups is produced by Mackinnon & Saunders […]
Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a multi-season distribution deal with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), to bring the acclaimed animated series Iyanu to Australian audiences. The ABC has acquired exclusive free-to-air television rights, free streaming rights, and premiere rights for the territory. Season one will debut on ABC iview on September 26th and broadcast on […]
ABC Commercial has announced a deal with China’s UYoung, securing the sale of Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Seasons 4–7, Wiggle & Learn and Big Words, Small Stories to UYoung’s UKIDS app, one of China’s most popular streaming platforms for children’s enlightenment education. UKIDS, will localise the titles to be made available across China. The deal strengthens […]
Netflix is on the rise, as the streamer’s share of television viewing in June ranked in the top three among media companies for the first time in Nielsen’s Media Distributor Gauge report. Netflix posted the largest monthly share-increase across all media companies this month, adding 0.8 points from May to represent 8.3 per cent of […]
Banijay Kids & Family, a specialist in children’s entertainment behind hit shows such as Totally Spies! and Mr Bean: The Animated Series, has announced that its distribution arm has secured a raft of multi-package sales for its portfolio of shows. ABC (Australia) has picked up the rights to Moominvalley season 4 and Piripenguins season 1, […]
Ricochet, part of Warner Bros International TV Production, has acquired the rights from ABC Commercial to make a UK version of the popular Australian series Muster Dogs. Based on an original concept by producer Michael Boughen for Ambience Entertainment, the format was developed in partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ‘ABC’) – and has […]
The Disney Company is to let go of around six per cent of staff at its ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks units. The layoffs will effect some 200 employees and is being made to save costs on divisions that now aren’t seen as important in the ongoing shift to streaming. As part of […]