News
Fremantle:
Multiple
content deals
F
remantle has completed eight new deals
in Latin America for over 100 hours of
content across drama, entertainment,
factual, and lifestyle programming with pan-
regional broadcasters National Geographic,
AMC, DirecTV, Multivision, A+E Networks, Sony
and Brazil’s Globosat. The global distributor has
also sold the successful Got Talent format for
the first time in the Dominican Republic to East
Coast, who will produce the entertainment series
for Telesistema.
National Geographic has taken the chilling
new documentary series Manson: The Lost
Tapes about the infamous family cult, and In
Search Of, a reboot of the iconic 1970s’ franchise
presented by Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto, which
examines unexplained phenomena from all over
the world.
AMC’s drama package for Europa includes
Man in an Orange Shirt from best-selling British
novelist Patrick Gale, powerful factual drama
Against the Law with Daniel Mays (Line of Duty,
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and A Family
Tale, a drama series from the producers of The
Young Pope which explores the challenges of
modern family life.
Critically-acclaimed drama Picnic at
Hanging Rock, the trailblazing reimagining of
Joan Lindsay’s timeless novel and Butterfly,
a heartfelt story about a gender variant child
starring Emmy Award-winning Anna Friel, go to
DIRECTV, along with CNN factual series Pope:
The Most Powerful Man in History about the
world’s most revered and honoured figureheads.
Hit dramas Hard Sun, the pre-apocalyptic
crime drama written by Luther creator Neil
Cross and produced by Fremantle’s Euston
Films, Wildside and RAI Fiction’s funny and
tragic Mafia Only Kills in Summer, which tells
the story of an Italian family caught up in an
SmartVOD expands in
LatAm with LG
Streaming specialist
Vonetize has agreed a
deal with LG Electronics
to expand distribution
of Vonetize’s SmartVOD
Premium movie service to
seven key countries in Latin
America: Brazil, Mexico,
Colombia, Argentina, Chile,
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“Fremantle has
an amazing
range of quality
programming,
from drama and
documentaries
to lifestyle
brands.”
ongoing mafia
war and Kudos
produced
Capital,
adapted by
BAFTA-winner
Peter Bowker
from the
bestselling
novel by
John Lanchester, all head to SVOD platform
Multivision.
Premiering on A+E Networks’ Lifetime will
be Oliva Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted
to You, the story of her remarkable personal
and professional journey across more than
five decades in one of the world’s toughest
industries.
Sony have renewed their deal for the
upcoming series of American Idol which will
launch in 2019, following the triumphant
return of the iconic and ground- breaking
series to ABC in the US earlier this year.
Brazil’s Globosat will screen a collection of
Fremantle’s premium lifestyle programming,
which includes brand new Jamie Oliver
Peru and Panama.
SmartVOD is a rental
and digital purchase service
for streaming Hollywood’s
newest releases in up to
4K-HDR quality and is
available throughout the
series Jamie Cooks Italy and Jamie’s Italian
Christmas, as well as two series of Jimmy &
Jamie’s Food Fight Club, the second series of
audience favorite Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food
and Nigella Lawson’s festive treat, Nigella at
My Table: Christmas Special.
Finally, a local Dominican Republic version
of the hugely successful Syco Entertainment
and Fremantle format, Got Talent, will make
its debut on Telesistema, following a deal with
production company East Coast. Created by
Simon Cowell, this will be the 71st version of
the format globally, continuing its reign as the
world’s best-selling reality format.
Sheila Aguirre, EVP, distribution for Latin
America, International, Fremantle said:
“Fremantle has an amazing range of quality
programming, from drama and documentaries
to lifestyle brands with globally famous talent
and a collection of proven successful formats.
Our expertise lies in being able to find the right
destination for our content, helping to drive
ratings and bringing in audiences with our
channel-defining shows. We’re looking forward
to working with our partners in Latin America
to launch our programmes across the region.”
region on Web browsers,
mobile apps and Smart TVs
from Samsung and Android
TV platforms.
The service will be
distributed by
means of a
pre-installed
SmartVOD service
on LG’s smart
TV’s sold in these countries
as well as via online push of
software updates to existing
TV models. LG will also
promote the SmartVOD app
through premium placement
on its main content screen.
Vonetize currently has
over 3.5m active users of
SmartVOD in Brazil alone,
with the distribution deal
with LG set to unlock further
potential reach for new
customers in the region.