CABLEready Takes on Lionsgate Reality, Lifestyle Titles

NORWALK, September 11: CABLEready has acquired the
distribution rights to more than 100 hours of programming from Lionsgate,
including the reality travel and adventure series No Boundaries, the candid-camera style travel series Tourist
Traps, and the 14×1-hour More
Than Human, which tests the physical limits
of the human body.

CABLEready also picked up international distribution rights
to several Lionsgate investigative specials, such as Casino, Inside the
Black Box, Beach Crazy and High Wire. All of these titles will be available from CABLEready at MIPCOM.

“Lionsgate’s reputation for outstanding and innovative
filmmaking is known the world over, and its programs examine both fun and
serious aspects of our world in new and captivating ways,” said Gary Lico, the
president and CEO of CABLEready.

"Lionsgate’s reality and factual series are a perfect
fit for CABLEready,” added Amanda Cordner, the director of international sales
for Lionsgate. “Gary Lico and his team have phenomenal expertise in the area of
factual programming, and we’re thrilled to find a strategic partner in this
genre."