BuzzTaxi Strikes International Deals

TORONTO: A number of sales have been secured by BuzzTaxi Communications across the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe for titles from its documentary and factual-entertainment catalogues.

A pan-Asian deal with AETN includes the one-off documentaries Beasts of the Bible, from Associated Producers; Science of the Soul, also from AP; and Shanghai Bride, from Scopofile Productions. In Latin America, MGM Networks went for The Role That Changed My Life, from Pyramid Productions.

Deals have also been firmed up in Europe, where Tele Maison in France licensed HGTV’s Top Ten, from Firvalley Productions. Also from Firvalley Productions, Women on Top was snapped up by the Halogen Network to air in the U.S., along with Pyramid Productions’ Film Festival Project. Nonstop in Scandinavia also took on The Role That Changed My Life and Film Festival Project, along with Inside Hollywood and Whatever Happened To? The shows will air on a pan-Scandinavian feed, in addition to Nonstop’s new service in Africa.

Natalie Vinet, co-president of BuzzTaxi, said: “We are delighted to have secured these key deals which demonstrate the continued demand in the market for quality factual and lifestyle programming, both in Europe and internationally. We have a diverse slate of shows from a wide range of independent producers and we’re all working harder than ever to deliver outstanding value and results.”