Lionsgate Inks Viasat Volume Deal

SANTA MONICA, January 29:
Lionsgate has entered into a three-year programming deal with Viasat
Broadcasting covering series, mini-series and TV movies for broadcast in
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Slovenia, including the Golden Globe-winning Mad
Men.

The deal covers at least
two one-hour series, one half-hour show, one mini-series and two TV movies
annually. In addition to the AMC series Mad Men, the deal also includes Showtime’s Weeds, Kevin Williamson’s 8-episode drama Hidden
Palms; the 8-hour The Kill
Point, produced for Spike TV; the
science fiction mini-series The Lost Room; the improv comedy Lovespring International; and the reality offering I Pity The Fool, starring Mr. T.

—By Mansha Daswani