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Realscreen: Autentic deals out of MIPTV

Autentic secures raft of deals out of MIPTV

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.
Read more on Realscreen.com.

April 21, 2023
A COLD WAR OF SPIES SELECTED FOR THE MIPDOC INTERNATIONAL BUYERS SCREENINGS

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.

March 27, 2023
Go Button Media strikes content deal with Off the Fence, Super Channel

Toronto-based prodco Go Button Media is extending its partnership with international distributor Off the Fence (OTF) and Canadian pay-TV network Super Channel with a new deal that will see Go Button deliver six further factual series over a two-year period.
The deal follows on from the success that OTF and Super Channel enjoyed with Go Button’s recent factual title, the WWII docuseries Forgotten Frontlines. Under the terms of the agreement, Go Button will produce six series (totaling 36 hours of content) across the unscripted genres that it specializes in, including history, paranormal, engineering and science.
“Super Channel has long been a supporter of Go Button’s projects, and we are elated to be making new programs for its audience on our home turf, said Go Button Media co-founder and executive producer Daniel Oron (pictured). “In addition, following a previous project, we are especially thrilled to extend and deepen our relationship with Off the Fence, creating a range of new factual content for this dynamic company to take to broadcasters and platforms around the world.”
“Forgotten Frontlines worked very well for us last year, so we are now keen to replicate and scale that success across our key content pillars of ‘Yesterday, ‘Today’ and ‘Tomorrow,” added OTF head of acquisitions Loren Baxter. “This new partnership, alongside Super Channel, will not only give us six new series to sell, but, as a commissioner, we also have a fantastic opportunity to work closely with Daniel and the team to marry Go Button’s creative ideas with our own market insights and ensure each series readily meets current international demand.”
By Andrew Tracy, Realscreen
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January 23, 2023
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.

December 14, 2021
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

December 14, 2021
Extra: Hollywood Suite and CBC acquire WWII doc

Hollywood Suite acquires No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave documentary

Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite acquired the award-winning documentary No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave, production company Go Button Media announced on Monday (Aug. 23).

CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution, meanwhile, took the worldwide rights, excluding Canada, for the documentary (pictured). The CBC will soon announce the film’s launch into the global market.

The documentary tells the story of a lost World War II ship, and how a young archeologist and the last survivor of the wreck work together to recover the ship from forgotten history, more than 70 years later.

The ship, LCH185, was part of the first wave on Sword Beach on D-Day. It helped protect the landing beaches from German attack for two weeks, until it was struck by an acoustic mine. LCH185 sank, taking all but a few surviving crew members with it. Patrick Thomas, a veteran telegraphist in the British Royal Navy who was on that ship, has lived with the memory ever since then.

John Henry Phillips, a 25-year-old British archaeologist, promised Thomas that he will find the lost, wrecked ship and see that a memorial is built for its missing crew. The documentary film follows this work.

“With only a small number of World War II veterans still among us, it is critical we help tell and record these stories before they move on from living memory,” said Daniel Oron of Go Button Media, and the director and executive producer of the film, in a news release.

Sharon Stevens, vice president of programming at Hollywood Suite, added that the film mixes history and personal testimony, and that with time running out to hear WWII stories first hand, opportunities to see a film like this are becoming rarer.

No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave was an official selection at several film festivals, and won Best Feature Documentary at the Sweden Film Awards, Best Narrative at the Amsterdam World International Film Festival, Best Director: Documentary at the Berlin Indie Film Festival and Angeles Documentaries Festival, as well as Best Feature Documentary at the Rome Independent Prisma Awards and Angeles Documentaries Festival.

The feature documentary is scheduled for a worldwide TV premiere on Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. ET.

Read the full article on Realscreen.

August 23, 2021