TCB MEDIA RIGHTS CLOSES SALES AND ACQUISITION DEALS WITH TRIO OF AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTERS
Spate of post-MIPCOM deals brings hours headed ‘down under’ to over 400 in 2019
London, November 6, 2019 – TCB Media Rights, the London-based rights-ownership and distribution company, has closed acquisition deals with three of Australia’s leading broadcasters — Foxtel, Nine Network and Seven Network — adding five premium series to its over 300 title catalogue. The representation agreements were brokered by Jimmy Humphrey, head of acquisitions and co-productions.
The titles covered by the three deals are all Australian commissions and include two hit Foxtel series: Debi Marshall Investigates: Frozen Lies (5 x 60 mins), in which the investigative crime journalist re-examine the grisly murder of a flamboyant gay barrister; and CJZ’s Ron Iddles: The Good Cop (6 x 60 mins), in which Australia’s best homicide detective revisits his most challenging murder cases. Two Seven shows — Motorbike Cops (17 x 30 mins) and Towies (20 x 30 mins) — and Nine Network’s Murder, Lies & Alibis (5 x 60 mins) are also now available from TCB.
In addition to acquiring new Australian content, TCB has also had a record year for sales ‘down under’, with over 400 hours sold to Australian and New Zealand broadcasters this year alone – all brokered by Lenneke de Jong, the TCB sales manager responsible for the territories.
Australia’s Nine Network has taken several of TCB’s most popular titles, including Flicker Productions’ Inside Phuket Airport (10 x 60 mins) and ITN Production’s Murdered by My Stalker (3 x 60 mins). SBS has picked up Phoenix TV’s Underground Worlds (10 x 60 mins) for Viceland, along with seasons two and three of Like A Shot Entertainment’s hot Abandoned Engineering, and Woodcut Media’ World’s Greatest Palaces (10 x 60 mins). The last two titles are also headed for Foxtel, as well as over 20 titles of TCB best-sellers in the last year. TCB has also closed its first deal with BBC Australia, which has taken three Arrow Media titles: season two of World’s Most Extreme (6 x 60 mins), 727: The Jumbo Revolution (1 x 60/90 mins) and Inside Jaguar (1 x 60 mins).
Among the New Zealand broadcasters to have bought TCB content this year are TVNZ, Sky and Choice TV. Deals have been closed with the three broadcasters for several of TCB’s most popular shows, including Woodcut Media’s chilling paranormal doc series World’s Scariest Hauntings (10 x 60 mins); Massive Engineering Mistakes (10 x 60 mins), produced by Argonon-owned BriteSpark Films in association with TCB Media Rights; and BriteSpark Films’ Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, which is now in its sixth season.
Lenneke de Jong said, “Australia and New Zealand are characteristically competitive TV markets, where they not only expect the best entertainment and factual programming, but also make some of the best. We are very excited and proud to be distributing programmes from
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About TCB Media Rights
TCB Media Rights was established in late 2012 by Paul Heaney. A specialist in factual and factual entertainment, the company offers a full suite of distribution services, employing its international contacts, experience and knowledge to ensure that every project fulfils its maximum potential. In October 2017, TCB Media Rights was acquired by Kew Media Group.
With more than 300 titles in its rapidly expanding portfolio, TCB Media Rights’ has more than 120 producer-partners around the world, including Like A Shot Entertainment, CJZ, Curve Media, ITN Productions, Bristow Global Media and BriteSpark Films. Its broadcaster clients span all the major factual channels and platforms, including Netflix, Science Channel, UKTV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery UK, SBS, Welt, and Viasat.
For further information, please contact: Cheryl Clarke at Mushroom Media Tel: +44 (0)7939554109 E: [email protected] www.tcbmediarights.com
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