Outright Scores Volume Deal in Italy

LONDON, August 27: Fox
International Channels in Italy has acquired a collection of titles from
Outright Distribution, including properties from within the Shed Media Group as
well as from Touch Productions, Ricochet, Twenty Twenty, Screentime and Wall to
Wall.

The package includes Virgin
Memories from Touch Productions
and In the Wake of the Rainbow Warrior from Screentime in Australia. The 4×1-hour series Blood Sweat &
T-Shirts and The Crippendales, both produced by Ricochet, and Twenty Twenty’s Grandad’s
Back in Business will head to
Fox’s Cult channel.

Wall to Wall’s First
Columbus and Pope John
Paul—The War Years both will
air on Fox’s History Channel. The broadcaster has also extended its option on
Wall to Wall’s hit format Who Do You Think You Are?

Kelly Bordiuk, a sales
executive at Outright, commented: “The Wall to Wall style of historical drama
docs really suits History so the Columbus and Pope films are a
perfect fit for it and the Cult channel features high-quality contemporary
films, documentaries and series that show reality from non-conventional
perspectives—each of the titles in this package deliver this. To be able
to package so many hours for Fox is a real coup especially as it’s through a
new relationship and therefore new revenue stream.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski