DRG Sells Titles to Globosat

MIAMI: Brazilian pay-TV programmer Globosat has acquired more than 120 hours of prime-time drama and documentaries from DRG.

The slate includes seasons one and two of BBC One’s Criminal Justice, the BBC period drama Wallis & Edward, Sky 1’s Skellig and BBC Productions adaption of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s best-selling novel Framed.

On the factual end, there’s ITV’s Kate & Wills: A Royal Love Story, Channel 4’s Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance, BBC’s Mad About the House, as well as Nigella Bites (Channel 4) and Nigella Feasts (BBC).

Rounding out the Globosat acquisitions are several Channel 4 doc commissions: Gaza – Children Under Seige, Hamas: The Untold Story and Falling Man.

Carolina den Baas, senior sales executive at DRG, commented, “We’re delighted to be starting another successful year with Globosat. Today’s deal will bring more than 120 hours of truly original, bold and compelling dramas and documentaries to millions of Brazilian households. Its thanks to our proven and trusted network of producers that we are able to provide our partners with programming deals of such scale.”