Canal+ has acquired the rock doc Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live in Maui (1 x 91 min.) for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, while A+E Networks EMEA has licensed Secret Societies: In the Shadows (6 x 60 min.) for Poland, Hungary and Romania.
Finally, Poland’s TV Spektrum has sprung for a package that includes series three of Secret Nazi Bases (6 x 60 min.), series seven and eight of Aussie Gold Hunters (40 x 60 min.) and the Gold Hunters spin-off Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS (6 x 60 min.).
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EXCLUSIVE: Seventy years after she was sunk off the French coast in the wake of D-Day, a chance encounter launched an extraordinary project to locate the wreck of a British ship… and commemorate those who went down with her.
The 158-foot-long headquarters ship, one of thousands that set forth across the Channel, was part of the first wave heading for Sword Beach in Normandy.
“I had certain qualms in my stomach, but you very quickly dismissed that because you’re busy,” Patrick Thomas, now 98, recalls.
“When we arrived there initially, we didn’t get a very friendly welcome.
“The Germans were rattling machine gun bullets on the hull. I saw the infantry running up the beach and sometimes they’d get shot and go down.”
For the next two weeks, in the heat of battle, LCH185 played a key role in defending the landing beaches and saving survivors from other Allied vessels, which were taking a fearful pounding from relentless German attacks.
Discovery Spain has taken Secret Nazi Bases S3 (Go Button Media, DCD Rights) and Gibraltar TV has acquired a 26-hour package including such titles as Secrets of the London Underground…
Munich-based distributor Autentic Distribution has locked in a number of deals for new MIPTV titles coming out of the event.
Australia’s SBS has picked up 14 hours of factual programming, pre-buying the upcoming history series A Cold War of Spies (4 × 50 min.), which was also presented at the MIPDOC international buyers screenings in Cannes.
Asharq News acquired Go Button Media’s Colossal Machines II (6 × 45 min.).
The science series’ second season, which explores even more spectacular machines and their inner workings, has also been picked up by Korean broadcaster EBS.
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The jury picks for the inaugural MIPDoc International Buyer Screenings have been revealed, with 11 productions to be showcased on April 16 as part of the pre-MIPTV “Super Sunday” program.
Held during the Pre-MIPTV Super Sunday on 16th April, the MIPDOC International Buyers Screenings will offer international buyers an exclusive first-look at a curated selection of upcoming documentary and factual programmes to be launched at the market. 10 highly anticipated productions will be presented in front of over 500 doc & factual content buyers.
We are very excited to announce that our newest History series A COLD WAR OF SPIES has been selected and we can’t wait to present an exclusive preview in Cannes next month!
A COLD WAR OF SPIES 4 x 52′ (ENG) is an Autentic and Go Button Media production for Superchannel and SPIEGEL Geschichte.
Finally, Asharq News acquired the second season of Colossal Machines (6×45’, Go Button Media), which was also licensed by Korean broadcaster EBS.
Read more on Worldscreen.com and C21Media.net.