Foxtel Names ITV Studios as Distribution Partner

October 7, 2009 World Screen

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment will serve as the international distribution partner on several titles in the catalogue of Australia’s Foxtel.

 
ITV Studios takes all media rights, excluding Australia, for Foxtel’s portfolio of finished programming and formats that includes more than 30 hours from genres such as entertainment, comedy and reality. Titles include Football Superstar, The Merrick and Rosso Show and The Pam Ann Show. The new agreement also provides ITV Studios a first-look co-financing partnership option for future productions from Foxtel and its partners in Australia.
 
Brian Walsh, the executive director of television and marketing at Foxtel, said: “As our slate of locally-produced programming extends across a variety of entertainment genres, we are very pleased that our content is being sold through ITV Studios Global Entertainment. We are excited about their sales teams’ proven ability to get programs out into the international market and are also keen to be working with them on future co-productions, looking to their advice on the international prospects of potential programs which we can jointly fund.”
Lee Bartlett, the managing director of ITV Studios, commented: “We’ve been friends with Foxtel for many years now and we’re delighted to be announcing this new output deal today at MIPCOM. The agreement underlines the unique successes which our network of distribution and production centers are achieving worldwide, in partnering with the very best programming and production talent.”

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