NBCU Global Networks Takes ITV Fare

SYDNEY: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold a package of drama and movies to NBC Universal Global Networks Asia Pacific’s 13th Street and Hallmark Channels in Australia via a four-year output deal.

The volume deal covers more than 500 hours of British drama and Hollywood television movies, including, for 13th Street, Agatha Christie’s Marple; Agatha Christie’s Poirot and the second series of The Murdoch Mysteries; and, for Hallmark Channel, Toxic Skies starring Anne Heche, Mrs Washington Goes to Smith starring Cybil Shepherd and Diverted starring Shawn Ashmore.