{"id":3567,"date":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/2015\/10\/02\/itvs-ge-notches-up-sales-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"itvs-ge-notches-up-sales-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/itvs-ge-notches-up-sales-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"ITVS GE Notches Up Sales in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has licensed more than 1,000 hours of drama and entertainment programming to broadcasters and digital platforms in Japan, in addition to hiring a new senior sales manager for the Pacific Rim.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAround 700 hours of premium drama from the ITVS GE catalogue is headed to ITV Collection, the ITV-branded programming block that launched last year on satellite broadcaster IMAGICA TV&rsquo;s IMAGICA BS channel. The new content includes the first season of <em>Poldark<\/em>, <em>Arthur &amp; George<\/em>, <em>Mr Selfridge<\/em> season two, <em>Endeavour<\/em> season one and <em>The Doctor Blake Mysteries<\/em> season one.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAXN Mystery picked up ITVS GE&rsquo;s popular crime franchises for its pay-TV channel and SVOD service, including all eight seasons of <em>Lewis<\/em>, <em>Vera<\/em> season four and the first season of <em>Shetland<\/em>. Hulu has taken the rights for the acclaimed drama <em>Rectify <\/em>on a life-of-series basis, while Tohokushinsha acquired a 30-hour package of new drama and entertainment content, including the U.S. drama<em> Aquarius<\/em> and the <em>Thunderbirds<\/em> documentary <em>Filmed In Supermarionation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs for home entertainment, Talkie Magic acquired the rights for the whole run of <em>Inspector Morse<\/em>, while Fieldworks took on such titles as <em>The Prisoner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMeanwhile, ITVS GE has hired Carla Ferry as senior sales manager for the Pacific Rim. She will report to Augustus Dulgaro, the executive VP of sales for the Asia Pacific at ITVS GE. Ferry will be responsible for managing the Asia Pacific sales business and handling sales in Australia for ITVS GE. She joins the company from MGM, where she was sales manager for the Asia Pacific. Prior to this, she was an acquisitions manager for Foxtel Networks in Australia and XYZnetworks.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDulgaro said: &ldquo;With a portfolio boasting the finest British programming, in particular long-running crime franchises like <em>Lewis<\/em> and <em>Vera<\/em> and high-quality period drama like <em>Mr Selfridge<\/em>, we are well-placed to meet the on-going demand from Japanese broadcasters for these genres.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;I am also delighted to welcome Carla to the Asia Pacific sales team; her knowledge and experience of the region will be an asset as we head into MIPCOM.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has licensed more than 1,000 hours of drama and entertainment programming to broadcasters and digital platforms in Japan, in addition to hiring a new senior sales manager for the Pacific Rim. 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