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  • National Geographic Channels explores Secret Nazi Science with Cineflix Rights

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    National Geographic Channels in the UK and Ireland has picked up Go Button Media-produced factual series Secret Nazi Science from London-based distributor Cineflix Rights.

    The 8×60′ show, which originally aired on Super Channel in Canada, reveals how the Nazis commandeered Germany’s top scientists to work around the clock as they attempted to win the Second World War.

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  • 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.

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  • Go Button strikes slate deal with Autentic and Super Channel for new series

    Toronto-based prodco Go Button Media has struck a new slate deal with factual distributor and producer Autentic and Super Channel, Go Button’s long-standing Canadian broadcast partner, for the delivery of six series, each six hours long, over the next three years.

    According to a release announcing the deal, the agreement is intended to encourage cost efficiencies in production and operations while ensuring that the budget stays on screen, guaranteeing an effective and creative pipeline for all three partners. The deal will leverage Go Button’s expertise in producing science, wildlife, history and engineering content while also capitalizing on Autentic’s experience in both the editorial development and international distribution of factual content. 

    The first greenlit title under the deal is Secrets of Ancient Structures (pictured, 6 x 60 min.), which examines some of the most remarkable achievements by ancient civilizations, from huge medieval fortresses to deep crypts and catacombs. The series will seek to dispel myths and unravel mysteries by piecing together clues from modern science and ancient artifacts. 

    Secrets of Ancient Structures will deliver in summer 2025, with Autentic handling international distribution outside of Canada.

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  • 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.

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  • Go Button Media strikes content deal with Off the Fence, Super Channel

    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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  • 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.

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