Beyond Rights Sells Series to North America

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Beyond Rights has scored a raft of deals for more than 650 hours of unscripted content in North America, where it will debut on linear TV, AVOD platforms and FAST channels.

In the U.S., the Smithsonian Channel picked up the docuseries Elizabeth, detailing Queen Elizabeth II’s seven-decade rule. Using archival footage and interviews with prime ministers, royal household members and close friends, the series builds a personal and memorable picture of the monarch.

The Weather Channel acquired several titles featuring jobs often affected by the weather, including Lords of the Ocean, season ten of Highway Thru Hell and season six of Heavy Rescue, as well as renewals for earlier seasons of the latter two.

Blue Ant Media took World’s Scariest Hauntings for its new Haunt TV FAST channels in Canada and the U.S. and acquired packages for its Canadian and U.S. Crimetime channels. With a total of nearly 200 hours, the packages feature true-crime titles such as Confessions of a Serial Killer; Encounters with Evil; Murder, Lies and Alibis; and The Real Narcos.

In addition, Blue Ant Media signed separate deals for Massive Engineering Mistakes and Abandoned Engineering for its Cottage Life channel, as well as for All for One with Debbie Travis, Building La Dolce Vita, Moving the McGillivrays, Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds, Love It Or List It UK and Love It Or List It Australia.

Meanwhile, the environmentally-focused streaming service EarthxTV acquired Aussie Snake Wranglers, Saved and Remade and Money for Nothing.

Lastly, BYU picked up season three of the youth reality series Gym Stars.

Sherry Fynbo, Beyond Rights’ EVP sales for North America, said: “While it’s always satisfying to place standout titles and volume packages with broadcasters, these new deals speak to our ability to both maintain long-running relationships with established broadcasters in key territories and to seek out exciting new opportunities for our content –and, by extension, for our producer partners–in the rapidly changing TV landscape. The deals also demonstrate the breadth and depth of our factual catalog, from high-end modern history titles on iconic subjects and long-running reality and engineering series to popular lifestyle and a rich seam of in-demand true-crime content.”