Monster Inks Deal for Rock Series

DUBLIN, July 17: Monster
Distributes has completed its first German sale of Planet Rock Profiles, with the Biography Channel licensing the series.

Each half-hour episode
profiles a major music artist ranging from Sheryl Crow to Linkin Park to Kid
Rock to Alicia Keys. Since premiering in 1995, 170 episodes have been produced
and the series will enter its tenth season on September 8 on ITV1.

Monster also recently
signed deals with existing clients for the series including Biography U.K.,
Biography Spain, RTE Ireland and Compass Point in the U.S.

Planet Rock is currently broadcast in 165 countries and on 62
airlines.

—By Jackie Stewart