Radio-Canada Makes Worldwide Sales

October 5, 2011 World Screen
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MONTREAL: Radio-Canada has secured broadcast deals for its series, specials and documentaries around the world, including Behind the Miracle and Rwanda: A Horror Without End, among others.

 

Sales include the tenth episode of the series La Grande Soif (Blue Gold) by Vic Pelletier Productions to ORF in Austria; Ecclestone, La Verite De PouVoir, a Mathieu Roy documentary produced by A4/Nexus Factory, to Orange in France; Meltdown (Krach), a four-part series co-produced by CBC/Radio-Canada’s Englishand French Services, to ArtMedia in Russia; and Derriere Le Miracle (Behind the Miracle) by Pimiento Productions, to ArtMedia and SIC in Portugal. Canal Historia in Spain picked up Rwanda: Une Guerre Qui Ne Veut Pas Mourir (Rwanda: A Horror Without End) by François Bugingo. RTS in Switzerland and KTO in France opted for D’oka À Saint-Jean-De-Matha, a feature report by Jean-Robert Faucher. and La Grande Révolution De L’alimentation (The Great Food Revolution)a four-part series co-produced by CBC/Radio-Canada’s English and French Services, was picked up byBomanbridge Media in Singapore.
 
Five Frédéric Back animated films produced by Radio-Canada were picked up by Kino Lab in Poland and L’afrique En Marche (Africa On the Move), a four-part series co-producedby CBC/Radio-Canada’s English and French Services, was sold to CCTV English in Chinafor worldwide broadcast. L’arctique En Pleine Mutation (The Rapidly Changing Arctic), a three-part series produced by Mario Masson and Kristina von Hlatky, was picked up by Canal+ in Poland.
 
Robert Trempe, the senior executive director of the CBC/Radio-Canada French Services Revenue Group, said, “Festival after festival, interest in our archive sales team’s varied offering continues to grow. For Radio-Canada and our partners alike, it’s one more feather in our cap and an encouragement to keep on producing original programs that stand out in every field.”
 

Buyers can peruse the Radio-Canada slate at www.radio-canada.ca/ventesdarchives.