"Lion Queen"
Earth Touch has secured five significant package deals with major international broadcasters across Europe and Asia - Nat Geo WILD, ARTE (France), RTVE (Spain), KBS (Korea) and CCTV (China).
National Geographic WILD (NGW) International are taking 35 hours of premium, blue-chip wildlife programming for their international channels, slated for delivery over the next three years. The programming for the order will be a mix of Earth Touch-produced titles, and co-productions with leading indie producers. Earth Touch will have worldwide distribution rights on all 35 hours of programming following NGW’s exclusivity period. The first 6 hours of NGW 50’ specials are already in production for delivery before October 2025, including "Monkey Wars", which details the lives of gelada baboons in Ethiopia’s Simien mountains, and China’s "Killer Hornets", revealing the dangers posed by the apex predators of the insect world. A further six hours are in production and slated for later this year, including Croc Wars, Big Cat Planet and the 3 x 60’ series Strangest Nature.
In Europe, Earth Touch has inked deals with both RTVE and ARTE; ARTE has taken four hours of programming including one-off specials India’s "Lion Queen" and "Secret Ways of a Whale Shark"; RTVE in Spain have concluded a 14-hour deal including India’s "Lion Queen", "Day of the Dragon" and the 4 x 60’ series "Epic Yellowstone."
The company has also sold programming to two leading Asian national broadcasters. KBS has picked up 12 hours overall including titles such as "Legends of Venom", Australia’s "Land of the Ancients" and Africa’s "River Titans", and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will air 10 hours of Earth Touch documentaries including "Crocodiles Revealed", "Legends of Venom" and the 3 x 60’ series "Wild Belgium."
Earth Touch Director of Sales and Co-productions Chris Fletcher said: “In spite of the difficulties currently facing international factual distributors, these deals show that the appetite for premium quality blue-chip natural history programming remains as strong as ever. We are proud to have longstanding relationships with a number of key global broadcasters, and to continue being a source of curiosity sparking, engaging documentary work which audiences keep coming back for.”