(from rapidtvnews.com, 19/05/2020) – Aiming to meet what it calls ‘surging’ demand London-based independent content distributor Scorpion TV has added a slate of what it calls landmark documentaries to its catalogue following representation deals with four producers of premium factual content in the US and the UK. At the head of […]
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Azoomee explores wildlife with Scorpion
(from c21media.net, 12/12/2019) – VoD platform Azoomee has acquired two children’s wildlife series from distributor Scorpion TV for its subscribers in the UK and the US. Siyaya: Come Wild With Us (26×30′) and Siyaya: Wildest Cape (13×30′), produced by Francois Odendaal Productions in South Africa, will be available on Azoomee. […]
Scorpion TV spears current affairs docs
(from c21media.net, 22/03/2019) – UK-based distributor Scorpion TV has added current affairs documentaries tackling hate crime, the UK’s black market and the removal of Confederate monuments to its library. Scorpion has picked up Britain: A Year of Hate Crime (1×45′), produced by Century Films for Channel 4, which charts the […]
Dead Man’s Line is TBI’s Show of the Week
(from tbivision.com, 18/02/2019) – Dead Man’s Line looks well placed to help meet high broadcaster and streamer demand for feature length, true crime documentaries. It’s the story of a shocking kidnapping that gripped the US in 1977, when Tony Kiritsis, who had fallen behind on mortgage payments, took Indianapolis mortgage broker […]
Scorpion sells music docu-travel series to Globo TV, Spafax
(from rapidtvnews.com, 17/02/2019) – Escalated demand for travel content has seen London-based independent content distributor Scorpion TV announce its first deals for Landmarks Live in Concert featuring world-famous bands performing in iconic venues. The first season of the 7 x 60’ live-music docu-travel series has been sold to Brazil’s TV Globo, as well […]
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AMC Networks and Scorpion TV Close Package Deal for Spain
(from todotvnews.com, 17/07/2018) – The UK-based independent content distributor has announced multiple sales for southern Europe thanks to a package deal with AMC Networks in Spain and sales to TF1 in France, among other. A raft of blue-chip documentaries from Scorpion TV is reaching southern Europe. The UK-based independent content […]
Scorpion Lines Up Sales Across Central & Eastern Europe
(from tvwise.co.uk, 22/06/2018) – UK based international distributor Scorpion TV has lined up sales for more than 100 hours of content with multiple international broadcasters across Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). The deals were brokered by Scorpion TV’s Sales Executive for CEE Ben Haines. Read more
SBS invited to Scorpion’s Last Supper doc
(from c21media.net, 08/02/2018) – Pubcaster SBS in Australia has picked up arts documentary The Search for The Last Supper, one of a number of global deals for UK producer and distributor Scorpion TV. The 1×56’ programme focuses on the quest for a second version of Leonardo da Vinci’s seminal fresco […]
Kaboom’s Diana tapes doc sells
(from c21media.net, 22/08/2017) – Network Seven in Australia, NHK in Japan and Germany’s RTL are amongst broadcasters to have picked up a controversial documentary about Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana: In Her Own Words was produced by UK prodco Kaboom Film & TV for Channel 4 and is distributed by […]