{"id":2134,"date":"2021-08-09T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/beyond-rights-inks-deals-middle-east-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:49:08","slug":"beyond-rights-inks-deals-in-the-middle-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/beyond-rights-inks-deals-in-the-middle-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Rights Inks Deals in the Middle East &amp; Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond Rights has secured deals for over 270 hours of scripted and unscripted programming with broadcasters in the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In the Middle East, Beyond Rights and OSN inked a deal for a 190-hour package of factual programming. The deal includes <em>Hitched in Vegas<\/em>, <em>Maternity 24\/7<\/em> and seven seasons of <em>Love It or List It<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>AETN Africa acquired seasons seven and eight of <em>Love It or List It<\/em>, along with two seasons of <em>Filthy House<\/em> <em>SOS<\/em>. BBC Africa bought the U.K. version of <em>Pooch Perfect<\/em>, a competitive dog-grooming series produced by Beyond Productions. CBS acquired two true-crime series for Africa: <em>Murder in the Outback: The Falconio and Lees Mystery<\/em> and <em>Handsome Devils<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Africa, Azam Media acquired <em>Halifax: Retribution<\/em> for its international entertainment channel. The show, produced by Beyond Lonehand for Nine in Australia, stars Rebecca Gibney (<em>Wanted<\/em>, <em>Packed to the Rafters<\/em>) as forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax, who returns to work on a difficult case with Commander Tom Saracen, played by Antony La Paglia (<em>Riviera<\/em>, <em>Without a Trace<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>For both the Middle East and Africa, Discovery MENA bought the fifth season of <em>Abandoned Engineering<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u201cAs broadcasters and platforms across Africa and the Middle East expand their reach and broaden their offering, we are seeing a growing opportunity for a wide range of our content,\u201d said Holly Cowdery, VP of sales for the region at Beyond Rights. \u201cThese new deals demonstrate that top-quality programming, whether it\u2019s a lifestyle title like <em>Love It or List It<\/em>, entertainment series such as <em>Pooch Perfect<\/em> or engaging drama like <em>Halifax: Retribution<\/em>, can readily find homes all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond Rights has secured deals for over 270 hours of scripted and unscripted programming with broadcasters in the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":2135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[518,219,519,520,521,77],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-aetn-africa","tag-azam-media","tag-bbc-africa","tag-beyond-rights","tag-discovery-mena","tag-osn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beyond Rights Inks Deals in the Middle East &amp; 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