DCD RIGHTS STRIKES DEALS FOR MORE THAN 120 HOURS OF FACTUAL CONTENT

UK-based distributor DCD Rights has sold more than 120 hours of factual and factual entertainment series. The deals include brand new series “The Bone Detectives” from Tern TV, part of Zinc Media, and a number of other titles from leading production companies.

“The Bone Detectives” has been sold to UR: Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company, Foxtel for Australia and New Zealand, and TVO and Knowledge Network in Canada. From tales of battles, of misdemeanours, of disease or tragic accident, experts attempt to piece together the lives behind these bones, what happened to these people and how they came to be where they were found.

A second series from Tern TV, “Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered,” makes its way to Histoire TV for France and French speaking Europe and Africa; Viasat History for Central & Eastern Europe, Russia & CIS, and Scandinavia; Foxtel for Australia and New Zealand; and Prima Group in the Czech Republic.

Other sales include: “Wildest Places” to Spacewow in Italy, BBC Worldwide Australasia, RTL GEO Germany and Discovery Asia Pacific; “The Black Files Declassified” to ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany, Prima Group in the Czech Republic and Foxtel for Australia and New Zealand; “The Blitz: Britain On Fire” to Histoire TV for France and French speaking Europe and Africa, SBS Australia, Foxtel for Australia and New Zealand, TVO in Canada and Prima Group in the Czech Republic; and one hour special “Saving the Dinosaur Fish” to Axess TV Sweden, YLE Finland, and Prima Group in the Czech Republic.

“Factual series with high production and entertainment values are very much in demand right now. We’re delighted that these extremely strong examples of the factual genre have been acquired for global audiences,”  said Nicky Davies Williams, CEO at DCD Rights.