{"id":1337,"date":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/2013\/07\/25\/passion-distribution-licenses-150-hours-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","slug":"passion-distribution-licenses-150-hours-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/passion-distribution-licenses-150-hours-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion Distribution Licenses 150 Hours in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Broadcasters in Africa have snapped up more than 150 hours of programming, including&nbsp;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Dynamo: Magician Impossible<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">, from Passion Distribution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Seed Entertainment took a number of shows for free-to-air broadcast throughout the continent. Titles include <em>Life&#8217;s Too Short<\/em>, a comedy; <em>Murder on Honeymoon<\/em>, a documentary; and the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network series <em>Iyanla Fix My Life<\/em> and <em>Beverly&#8217;s Full House<\/em>. The fifth season of <em>Rupaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/em> was acquired by MNet in a pan-Africa agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><font face=\"Verdana\">Ebony Life, which is set to launch in sub-Saharan Africa, went for the&nbsp;celebrity reality program&nbsp;<em>Life with La Toya<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>the sixth season of <em>The Newlywed Game<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Love Triangle<\/em> and <em>Addicted to Food<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana\">Also for the sub-Saharan region, Africa Business Channel licensed season 4 of <em>Cowboy Trap<\/em>, the third seasons of <em>Dear Genevieve <\/em>and<em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Over Your Head<\/em>, and seasons 3 and 4 of <em>Wasted Spaces<\/em>.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><font face=\"Verdana\">The first three seasons of <\/font><em><font face=\"Verdana\">Dynamo: Magician Impossible<\/font><\/em><font face=\"Verdana\"> were picked up by Viasat in Ghana and NTV in Kenya. In addition, South Africa&#8217;s Coal Stove Pictures signed an option deal for the <em>Worst Driver<\/em> format.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Nick Tanner, sales executive in the region for Passion Distribution, said: &quot;The dynamic TV market in Africa continues to grow apace. At Passion we are seeing particular demand for distinctive entertainment programming featuring relatable characters, aspirational lifestyle shows and opportunities to develop hit international formats.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Broadcasters in Africa have snapped up more than 150 hours of programming, including&nbsp;Dynamo: Magician Impossible, from Passion Distribution. Seed Entertainment took a number of shows for free-to-air broadcast throughout the continent. Titles include Life&#8217;s Too Short, a comedy; Murder on Honeymoon, a documentary; and the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network series Iyanla Fix My Life &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Passion Distribution Licenses 150 Hours in Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Passion Distribution Licenses 150 Hours in Africa. LONDON, July 25: Broadcasters in Africa have snapped up more than 150 hours of programming, including Dynamo: Magician Impossible, from Passion Distribution.. 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