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  • UKTV to uncover more Secret Nazi Bases

    UKTV to uncover more Secret Nazi Bases

    UKTV has committed to a fifth season of Canadian prodco Go Button Media’s Second World War series Secret Nazi Bases, which explores the hidden infrastructure and dark ambitions of the Nazi regime.

    The new six-part season will begin production this summer, with delivery slated for spring 2027. International distribution, excluding the UK and Canada, remains with DCD Rights, which has already secured pre-sales with as-yet-unannounced broadcasters in New Zealand, Germany, Spain, the Nordics and Central and Eastern Europe. The first four seasons have been licensed in more than 120 territories.

    Read more on C21 Media

  • 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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  • 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.

  • DCD Rights secures sales around Europe

    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 S1 and World’s Greatest Ships S1&2 (Windfall Films).

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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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  • Canada’s Super Channel pushes Go Button for factual originals

    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.