Skywriter Acquires Summerhill Entertainment Library

TORONTO: Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group has entered a deal to acquire the worldwide distribution rights for the program catalogue of Summerhill Entertainment, home to a slate of documentaries, light entertainment, kids’ fare and movies.

Summerhill will co-distribute future content with Skywriter. The companies will team for presales for new content as well. The company’s catalogue includes Loyalties, No Surrender, Crazy Canuks, Escape Tech, Canadian Geographic, Crimes of Passion, Ink, Pretty Dangerous and Love Incorporated.

“We are very proud to be associated with Summerhill,” said Kevin Gillis, executive producer and CEO of Skywriter. “We believe this working relationship will dramatically enhance both Skywriter and Summerhill Entertainment’s global distribution profile and will enable us to more effectively market the content of both companies to the international marketplace. We both have great stories in our respective genres—now we can offer content users a one-stop shop. Skywriter is expanding its global reach and footprint. Stay tuned—whatever platform you’re on.”

Summerhill partners Ronald Lillie and William Johnston further commented, “Our personnel, production experience and skill sets are complementary and by working together we are ideally positioned to supply the global marketplace with top quality content across a full spectrum of program genres.”

“We are extremely pleased to be able to offer a wider variety of programming to our clients,” added Paula McLaren, the head of distribution and acquisitions. “We believe Summerhill’s extensive catalogue of high quality well-known product will complement Skywriter’s library of high-profile family and kids’ properties.”