DMR Inks Deals with Arrow Films & DRG

Digital Media Rights (DMR) has signed deals with U.K.-based distributors Arrow Films and DRG to license their respective catalogs of feature films, British TV shows and documentaries.

Through the agreement with Arrow Films, DMR will gain access to the company’s AVOD/SVOD library of roughly 150 feature film titles, including Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes and Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive. Among the new acquisitions from DRG are seasons of Queer as Folk, Peep Show starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman and Getting the Builders In.

Titles included in the deals will start streaming across DMR OTT channels Midnight Pulp, Yuyu TV and AsianCrush; via Amazon, Hulu and The Roku Channel; and on other leading digital platforms later this month.

Selin Kilic, business development and acquisitions manager for DMR, said: “We have a passion and commitment to presenting curated programming that is unique to each of our OTT channels. Expanding our digital catalog to include fan-favorite offerings from important distributors such as Arrow and DRG continues DMR’s mission to provide content that appeals to our current audience and contributes to growing subscribers.”

DRG’s Scott Kirkpatrick said: “DMR is an innovative business and is proving a perfect partner for DRG and its rich catalog of content. Clever curation is allowing both our new and established programming to find homes on DMR’s channels, ensuring that great programs like Peep Show are accessible to new audiences as well as existing fans.”

Daniel Perry of Arrow Films added: “We at Arrow Films are excited to be working with DMR in having our incredible Arrow Video branded films on their curated services. As we continue our expansion in the North American market in bringing the best in classic and new cult films with our award-winning and high-quality restorations, it aligns perfectly with the thinking the entire DMR team have to their great curated services.”