Category: The Animal Within

  • Go Button Media’s The Animal Within greenlit for second season

    Toronto-based Go Button Media has received the greenlight for a second season of The Animal Within.

    The approval comes from its Munich-based distributor Autentic – which holds global rights to the series excluding Canada – and the series’ Canadian broadcast partner Super Channel.

    The 6 x 60-minute series enters production in March and is set for release later this year, according to a Friday (Feb. 21) release. The series combines science and natural history to explore the inner workings of some of Earth’s most fascinating creatures.

    The Animal Within was first commissioned by Autentic in October 2020. In December 2021, Edmonton-headquartered Super Channel extended its partnership with Go Button in the form of four more factual series, including the acquisition of The Animal Within.

    In September 2024, Go Button Media announced that it will deliver six series through a partnership with Autentic and Super Channel. The second season of The Animal Within represents one of those commissions, with Secrets of Ancient Structures (6 x 60 minutes) named the first to come out of the agreement and which is set to air this summer. In total, Go Button will deliver a 36-hour factual slate through six series, each six hours in length, over the next three years.

    Both series are part of Autentic Distributions’ London TV Screenings slate, which runs from Feb. 24 to 28.

    The first 6 x 60-minute season of The Animal Within was licensed by Autentic to more than 20 territories, with broadcasters such as National Geographic and Japan’s NHK.

    Read more at Playback Online

  • Canada’s Super Channel pushes Go Button for factual originals

    Canada’s Super Channel pushes Go Button for factual originals

    Canadian pay-tv channel Super Channel Fuse has ordered two new factual docuseries and acquired two others, all from local producer Go Button Media.

    The two new commissions, Mysteries Of The Ancient Dead and Secret Societies: In The Shadows, are set to debut next year, while acquisitions The Animal Within and Colossal Machines will receive their premieres in December and January, respectively.

    Super Channel Original Mysteries of the Ancient Dead (6 x 60-minutes) will investigate the secrets of ancient civilisations, exploring complex religious beliefs, strange ceremonies and bizarre rituals around death and the afterlife. It will be distributed internationally by Bossa Nova.

    Secret Societies: In the Shadows (6 x 60-minutes), meanwhile, will look at the mysterious purposes of secret societies, revealing everything from dark ceremonies and hidden rituals to fraternal orders and blood oaths. The series will be distributed by DCD Rights.

    Read more on Television Business International.

  • Super Channel adding four new factual series from Go Button Media

    Super Channel adding four new factual series from Go Button Media

    EDMONTON — Super Channel announced today it is extending its partnership with Go Button Media to bring four new factual series from the Toronto-based production company to Super Channel Fuse.

    “The deal includes two new acquisitions, The Animal Within (6×44) premiering this month and Colossal Machines (6×44, above) premiering in January, as well as two new Super Channel Originals, Mysteries of the Ancient Dead and Secret Societies: In the Shadows, coming later in 2022,” reads a press release.

    In total, seven factual series from Go Button Media have been acquired or commissioned by Super Channel to date. These include Phantom Signals, which premiered in 2020, and Secret Nazi Expeditions and Forgotten Frontlines, both Super Channel original productions announced by Go Button Media earlier this year and slated to premiere in 2022.

    Read more on cartt.ca

  • Autentic on Delivering Factual Content with Depth

    Autentic on Delivering Factual Content with Depth

    Among the genres that are performing particularly well at present for Autentic is people and places, which tackles topics from travel, escapism and adventure to foreign cultures, people and their passions, crime and culinary programming. “Especially escapism and adventure factual content is still high in demand,” says Strasser. “Another well-performing genre is science—be it human, technology or natural science. One of our best-selling titles last year was The Animal Within, an archive-based six-part series combining elements of nature programming with scientific aspects.”

    Read More on World Screen.

  • Mipcom Online: Autentic got pre-sales for science and adventure series

    Mipcom Online: Autentic got pre-sales for science and adventure series

    The international distributor has sold “The Animal Within” and “The Huntsman” to German Free TV channel NTV.

    Autentic Distribution has inked a pre-sales deal with German Free TV channel NTV for the upcoming Science series “The Animal Within” (6×45’), produced by Canadian production company Go Button Media.

    NTV, owned by Bertelsmann Media’s RTL Group, has acquired Free TV rights for German-speaking territories and will premiere them on German Free TV in 2021. The production of both series will be completed this year.

    “Our brand-new series ‘The Animal Within’ is a hidden gem in our new slate. It is a COVID-19 proof show, which looks under the hood of incredible creatures that have been perfected by nature over the time and shows what we can learn from them to make humankind better”, says Mirjam Strasser, Head of Sales & Acquisitions. 

    Read more at Senal News.

  • Autentic, Go Button team for “Animal Within”

    Autentic, Go Button team for “Animal Within”

    Go Button Media secures Autentic commission 

    Germany’s Autentic has commissioned Toronto-headquartered indie Go Button Media to produce The Animal Within for its Spiegel TV Wissen channel.

    The 6 x 60-minute natural history series (pictured) investigates how animals can outperform “our wildest engineering dreams,” featuring CGI and interviews with experts such as engineers and biologists.

    Slated to premiere in December, The Animal Within is executive produced by Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan for Go Button Media and Alexandra Böhm, head of international co-production at Autentic. It will premiere later this fall and will be distributed internationally (excluding in Canada) by Autentic Distribution.

    Read more on Realscreen.com