Bennett Media Worldwide Inks New International Broadcast Deals

LOS ANGELES, October 11:
Bennett Media Worldwide has finalized a raft of global broadcast deals for its
catalogue of high-definition programming.

HDNet in the U.S. acquired
HDTV and HD DVD rights for Taylor Hicks: Whomp at the Warfield and six new episodes of Bikini Destinations.

In Latin America, VTR in
Chile has secured the pay-TV rights for Bikini Destinations, Snowology, The Extremists, Destination
X, Boost Mobile Snowboarding and Billabong’s J-Bay. Imagen Satelital (pan-Latin America) has acquired
the basic cable TV and direct-to-home rights for Mysteries.

Meanwhile, in the
Philippines, ABS-CBN has acquired pay-TV rights for Flow, Bikini Life Adventures, Stag,
Destination X, Bikini
Destinations and The Wild Side.

Tanweer Enlightenment
Corporation in the Middle East has secured first negotiation TV and VOD rights
for Bennett Media’s entire library of programming.

“We are extremely proud to
announce our progress with a broad range of markets and are thrilled that our
programs have been so well-received by such a prestigious group of
broadcasters,” said Paul Rich, the president of Bennett Media Worldwide. “We
look forward to further strengthening our foothold in these territories by
continuing to offer a wide variety of high quality programs from big budget
series to specials and one-offs.”