Tag: non-fiction

  • BossaNova Media Orders More Mysteries Of The Ancient Dead

    BossaNova Media Orders More Mysteries Of The Ancient Dead

    BossaNova Media has greenlit a second six-hour season of Go Button Media’s Mysteries of the Ancient Dead.

    The new season will feature three stories in each episode that reveal ancient civilizations’ attitudes toward death. It will cover the Nubian mini pyramids in Sudan, which allowed common people to be buried like pharaohs; the hanging burials of the Igorot tribe in Sagada in the Philippines, where coffins have been mounted in vertical graveyards for thousands of years; and more.

    It will also explore the ancient Kurgan burial mounds for the rider-nomads of the Russian steppe and the cave child burials in Makpan, Indonesia, which involve strange post-mortem rituals.

    The second season sees Canadian partner Super Channel return as commissioning broadcaster. BossaNova Media handles international distribution outside of Canada. The new season is set for delivery later in 2024.

    “BossaNova’s first commission was Mysteries of the Ancient Dead back in 2022, as we could see that Go Button understood how to make it look top class, execute on time and on budget,” said Paul Heaney, CEO of BossaNova. “Second time around, we’re looking forward to more of the same! The team at Go Button is a polished operation that we trust.”

    Daniel Oron, co-founder and executive producer at Go Button Media, commented,

    “With its compelling combination of science, mystery and ancient history, Mysteries of the Ancient Dead proved an extremely popular series and sold to many broadcasters, including ZDF in Germany and A+E Networks in the U.K. We thoroughly enjoy collaborating with Paul and the BossaNova team, and with science and history such established sweet spots for Go Button, we are thrilled to get this green light for a second season. BossaNova has fast gained a reputation for creating premium originals with wide-ranging appeal, so we are excited to produce additional content for its growing slate and proud to call them a partner.”

    “Mysteries of the Ancient Dead has been a strong addition to our factual slate, and we had no hesitation in bringing another season of this compelling series to our viewers as part of our ongoing partnership with Go Button Media,” added Kim Ball, chief content officer at Super Channel. “Go Button consistently delivers high-quality, intriguing content, and this new season is sure to be no exception.”

    Read more on Worldscreen.com.

  • Off the Fence Closes History Slate Sales

    Off the Fence Closes History Slate Sales

    The international distribution arm of the factual content specialist Off the Fence (OTF) has closed a string of sales with broadcasters and platforms around the world for its history-based catalog.

    ZDFinfo and Sky Germany have acquired Cursed Histories, which is the second project to be launched internationally from OTF’s six-series factual partnership with Canada’s Super Channel and Go Button Media. The series explores puzzling and unnerving locations, icons and events that are seemingly cursed.

    Read more at Worldscreen.com.

  • TBI: Sky, C4, A+E, CBS & UKTV close BossaNova UK factual deals

    TBI: Sky, C4, A+E, CBS & UKTV close BossaNova UK factual deals

    UK broadcasters Sky, Channel 4, A+E, CBS and UKTV have picked up a range of factual content following deals with distributor BossaNova Media.

    Channel 4 has picked up two titles from BossaNova’s history slate including Go Button Media’s Castle Secrets.

    A+E Networks’ UK service has picked up Mysteries of the Ancient Dead from Go Button Media.

    Read more at TBIVision.com.

  • Videoage: BossaNova Inks German Sales

    Videoage: BossaNova Inks German Sales

    London-based BossaNova Media has closed deals for more than 80 hours of its factual titles with three of Germany’s broadcasters.

    ZDF has acquired BossaNova original series Mysteries of the Ancient Dead, produced for Super Channel Canada by Go Button Media. The six-part series considers a question that has intrigued humanity since the dawn of time: what happens to us when we die?

    Read More on Videoageinternational.net.

  • Super Channel pushes Go Button docuseries about engineering, history and revolutions

    Super Channel pushes Go Button docuseries about engineering, history and revolutions

    Canadian pay TV network Super Channel has greenlit three factual series under its partnership with prodco Go Button Media and distributor Off The Fence.

    The three series are part of the 36-hour, six-series deal the trio made earlier this year and are now in production.

    Engineering Evolved (6×60′) focuses on the transportation technology that moves ships, cars, trains and submarines around the world and Cursed History (6×60′) explores the strange histories and legends of those who lived or died by a curse.

    Finally, Revolutions that Changed the World (6×60′) examines the rise and fall of selected empires, monarchs and military leaders, many of whom learned the hard way that power is far from absolute and that allegiance is always conditional. Leaders examined include Spartacus, Queen Boudicca and Louis XVI.

    Read more on c21media.net.

  • WWII veteran’s quest to find D-Day shipwreck and build a memorial to lost shipmates

    WWII veteran’s quest to find D-Day shipwreck and build a memorial to lost shipmates

    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.

    Then, on June 25, Patrick’s world changed forever when LCH185 was hit by an acoustic mine. The veteran recollects that cataclysmic moment.

    “I didn’t hear the explosion, but it must have lifted the stern up and driven the bow under. The next thing I knew, we were underwater.”

    Read the full article on Express.co.uk.