DPG BELGIUM TO AIR A+E NETWORKS' UNSCRIPTED REALITY SERIES AND TV MOVIES

A+E Networks International announced a deal with Belgium’s largest media company, DPG Media. DPG picked up all English-speaking seasons for “Seven Year Switch,” “Marrying Millions,” and “Bride & Prejudice” to air on its Vitaya channel, along with five TV movies including the adaptation of V.C. Andrews’ “Casteel Family” series, A+E’s largest deal with DPG thus far. “We are incredibly proud that Vitaya’s viewers have responded so positively to our TV film series as well as ‘Bride & Prejudice,’ allowing us to continue to strengthen our relationship with a world-class media giant and increase our presence in Belgium,” said Sarah Hussain, Manager of International Content Sales. “We look forward to continued success sharing internationally relevant and quality content with DPG Media and Vitaya for years to come.”

The DPG partnership initiated following the success of the first seasons of both the U.S and Australian versions of “Bride & Prejudice” with Vitaya’s viewers, as well as the success of V.C. Andrews’ four-film “Flowers in the Attic” series which was earlier acquired by the company. It speaks to the global appeal of A+E Networks’ catalog of factual and scripted relationship IP. A+E’s domestic channel Lifetime has over 650 hours of factual relationship programming available on A+E Networks International’s catalog, and an additional V.C. Andrews five-movie event, the Landry Family series, currently in production. 

In “Bride & Prejudice,” soon-to-be-married couples face staunch criticism from loved ones who refuse to set differences in race, religion, class, or sexuality. With wedding plans well in the works, couples decide whether love will be enough to outweigh the opposition or whether they’ll crack under the pressure of their family and friends. “Marrying Millions” is a relationship-docu-format that follows couples, where one partner is wealthy and the other is not. Before the couples commit to each other, they must get to know each other’s worlds. In “Seven Year Switch,” couples switch partners for two weeks to see what life is like living with a stranger who seems to have all the qualities these individuals think they are missing in their current relationships.