Discovery Canada
Discovery has acquired the broadcast rights to one-hour special Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty? The program, hosted by journalist and Dateline NBC correspondent Keith Morrison, is set to premiere Wednesday, March 9 at 8 p.m. The show is produced by NBC production unit Peacock Productions.
Quebecor Content
Quebecor Content has sold the format rights for Vol 920 to Italian production company Magnolia TV. The Italian version of the show is scheduled to air on channel Italia Uno in April. The show has also been picked up in Australia, where it will air on channel SBS2 beginning on March 21. The format for the show was developed by Jean-Martin Bisson of Montreal-based Productions J. Both deals were made by Armoza Formats on behalf of the show’s international distributor TVA Distribution.
Mongrel Media
Mongrel Media has taken the Canadian distribution rights to writer/director Allan Ungar’s action thriller Gridlocked. Read more here.
Portfolio Entertainment
Toronto-based distributor Portfolio Entertainment has secured a raft of new TV sales for its hit animated preschool series Doki. Read more here.
Boat Rocker Media
Boat Rocker Media’s distribution arm Boat Rocker Rights has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for Fox’s Xploration Station programming block from Steve Rotfeld Productions. Read more here.
eOne
Entertainment One (eOne) and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have launched a new home entertainment joint venture in Canada. Read more here.
Video Services Corp
Toronto distributor Video Services Corp has acquired the Canadian rights to Magnolia Pictures documentary Tickled. Read more here.
9 Story Media
9 Story Media has licensed Nature Cat to DHX Television, with the animated series set to air on DHX’s Family CHRGD channel in Canada this summer. Read more here.