Category: Press

  • C21Media: Off the Fence gets its facts right

    C21Media: Off the Fence gets its facts right

    Classic history content also remains a high priority for international broadcasters, according to Baxter. As a result, the exec has selected Go Button Media’s new series Forgotten Frontlines (6×60’), which launches at the end of the year. “It takes us through the lesser-known stories of the war with insightful tales that give us a better understanding as to how these events impacted the overall efforts of WWII as we know it,” Baxter says.

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    ABOUT FORGOTTEN FRONTLINES

    Since the Allied victory, historians have chronicled the heroism and plight of ground troops, navy, and airmen – their wins, losses, and their sacrifices for victory. These stories defined the greatest generation, but it’s not the whole story. From conspiracies to covert ops, some pieces of the narrative seem to have slipped through the cracks of our collective memory. In this series, we fill in the gaps between those well-known and well-documented events. Unearthed research, expert interviews, archive, and CGI will bring to life the war efforts you’ve never heard of to reveal the truth behind WWII’s forgotten frontlines.

  • Drag format to debut on OUTtv

    Drag format to debut on OUTtv

    “Call Me Mother” drag competition series to air on OUTtv

    Canadian LGBTQ+ network OUTtv will debut a new drag competition series beginning this fall.

    The unscripted reality series, titled Call Me Mother, is produced by Go Button Media and RedFlame TV. Dallas Dixon, from Entertainment Tonight Canada, will host the series that features drag mothers Peppermint, Crystal and Barbada as they adopt and mentor new talent into their Drag Houses. The series will last eight weeks, as contestants vie for the title of “First Child of Drag” and a grand prize package valued at CA$50,000.

    Each week, the three houses will compete in challenges against one another, with the leader of the losing house eliminating one of their contestants.

    A full list of contestants will be released later this year. The series will debut on OUTtv and OUTtvGo this fall.

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  • Extra: News from DCD Rights and ZDF Enterprises

    Extra: News from DCD Rights and ZDF Enterprises

    DCD Rights sells multiple series globally

    UK-based distributor DCD Rights has sold a slate of recent non-scripted programming to international platforms and broadcasters.

    First up is A World Without NASA, produced by Go Button Media for CuriosityStream, and which reveals how NASA has impacted our lives. It has been acquired by Prima Group – Czech Republic, Da Vinci Channel – Russia, Poland, Turkey, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, Baltic States, Emirates Cable TV E-Vision – Middle East, Virgin Media – UK, and, RAI – for Italian speaking Europe.

    The six-part series Phantom Signals, produced by Go Button Media for Science Channel, which looks at the phenomenon of mystery signals across the universe, was picked up by Discovery – Spain & Andorra and for the A+E Networks UK channel Sky History in the UK, Gibraltar and Malta.

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  • Virgin, Rai imagine World Without NASA

    Virgin, Rai imagine World Without NASA

    Virgin Media’s Ultra HD network in the UK and Italian pubcaster Rai are among the outlets to have picked up A World Without NASA, produced by Go Button Media for Curiosity Stream.

    The 2×60′ show, which explores what life would look like if the US space agency never existed, has also been acquired by Prima Group in the Czech Republic; Da Vinci Channel in Russia, Poland, Turkey, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Baltics; and Emirates Cable TV E-Vision in the Middle East.

    The deals are among a range of factual content sales secured by UK-based distributor DCD Rights. The firm has also shopped Phantom Signals (6×60’), produced by Go Button Media for Science Channel, to Discovery in Spain and Andorra and A+E Networks-owned channel Sky History in the UK, Gibraltar and Malta.

    Read more on c21media.net

  • 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.

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