Distraction In French Deal for Sex-Themed Series

LONDON, August 2: Distraction has secured new broadcast
deals for its French-language series Sex Shop and titles from its Sex and Celebrity catalog with AB Droits Audiovisuels in France.

AB Droits Audiovisuels has picked up 82 episodes of Sex
Shop,
which showcases the global sex
industry, including dancers, actors, producers and its biggest aficionados.
Also included in the deal are 10 episodes of Sex Shop Extreme, the X-rated version of Sex Shop. AB Droits Audiovisuels will be broadcasting these
episodes—produced by Images Diffusion and first aired on TQS in
Canada—on both the NT1 and XXL channels.

Additionally, Distraction has also sold programming from its
Sex and Celebrity group, launched at
this year’s MIPTV, to AB Droits Audiovisuels. This includes 20 episodes of XXX
Culture
, a documentary series on the porn
industry that was previously broadcast on Canal D in French Canada, and 10
episodes of Star Culture, which
concentrates on the cult of celebrities.