Blue Ant Studios’ rights business has picked up worldwide licensing rights to the two-part documentary Stormy.

The doc is produced by director Sarah Gibson, Erin Lee Carr and Emelia Brown and profiles adult film star Stormy Daniels, who went public about an affair with former U.S. president Donald Trump. Executive producers include Judd Apatow, Sara Bernstein and Meredith Kaulfers.

Stormy streams on Peacock in the U.S., with Blue Ant now overseeing global licensing. The deal was brokered by UTA on behalf of the producers.

OUTtv

Vancouver-headquartered LGBTQ+ streaming service OUTtv has signed on as coproducer of the hit U.K. makeup-artist competition format Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star, assuming exclusive global SVOD rights for the title outside the U.K.

Originally launched in 2019 as a BBC Three and Netflix coproduction, Glow Up sees a cast of aspiring makeup artists tackling high-stakes professional assignments for a judging panel of industry experts, as they look to make their name in the glamour industry. Produced by Wall to Wall Media for the BBC, the sixth season of the format will launch internationally on OUTtv’s channels and SVOD services in spring 2024.

The Glow Up deal follows a number of recent successful coproductions that OUTtv has collaborated on with leading international broadcasters, including House of Drag with TVNZ, The G-List with South Africa’s eMedia, Metro Sexual with Nine Network Australia and Shine True with Fuse Media.

GRB Media Ranch

GRB Media Ranch has sold dating format Blind Dating to Africa’s ABY Media and acquired the Emmy-winning docuseries Medical Stories.

Originally created and produced in French Canada, Blind Dating is a studio-based dating game show in which three single men and three single women must make the perfect match to win a date. ABY Media has picked up format rights to the show for a number of African territories, in a deal brokered by Liz Levenson for GRB Media Ranch and Bernard Azria for ABY.

GRB Media Ranch, meanwhile, will now handle distribution for Medical Stories (39 x 30 minute), which combines a follow-doc spotlight on emergency and medical personnel with in-depth commentary from medical experts and researchers who provide insight into baffling conditions and the cutting-edge techniques used to develop novel treatments. The series is produced by Inventi Meda Group for PBS.

With files from Realscreen