Skywriter to co-distribute Summerhill catalogue

Kevin Gillis’s upstart prodco Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group is about to get bigger, as it gets set to acquire Summerhill Entertainment’s program library.

The two partners have entered into a letter of intent under which Skywriter will take on the worldwide distribution rights for Summerhilll’s catalogue, along with a co-distribution agreement on Summerhill’s future content. They will also team up to facilitate pre-sales for new content to help bolster its global profile.

Summerhill’s varied catalogue ranges from factual and lifestyle genres, feature films, comedy series, and sports programming for world markets, including Loyalties, No Surrender, Crazy Canucks and Canadian Geographic.

Gillis, a former exec at Breakthrough Films & Television, said in a statement that the association with Summerhill will position themselves as a one-stop shop, as its varied programming will complement Skywriter’s library of family and kids properties.