Blue Ant International Sends Crime Series to Asia

Blue Ant International has secured multiple sales for its premium crime-themed content with broadcasters across Asia.

“The contemporary storytelling and universal appeal of our crime programming is resonating with buyers in Asia, who have incredibly high standards for this genre,” said Ludo Dufour, senior VP of international co-productions and sales at Blue Ant International. “This collection of crime-themed deals tops off a phenomenally successful year with Asian clients, in which we’ve strengthened relationships with linear broadcasters and streaming services across Asia. Our flexibility and diverse offering of premium content make Blue Ant International well positioned to work with emerging platforms across Asia, and we’re looking forward to securing additional deals in the months to come.”

The pan-Asian linear network A+E Networks Asia picked up season five of See No Evil (Arrow Media, Saloon Media), about how real crimes are solved with the help of surveillance cameras. In Thailand, broadcaster True Visions scooped up season one of Prison (Spring Films), a docuseries that tells the human story on both sides of the cell door and the real issues facing both staff and prisoners.

The Chinese SVOD service Huan Xi Shou Ying licensed multiple crime series including: seasons one and two of Prison, the second instalment of which shifts its focus to female offenders; BTK: A Killer Among Us (Cream Productions), a two-part docuseries that provides an in-depth look at notorious killer Dennis Rader’s horrible legacy; The Killer in My Family (Woodcut Media), which examines crimes through the lens of the killer’s family members; seasons one and two of Fraud Squad: The Hunt (Bob Brown Productions), about a team of investigators whose job is to catch and convict theft from public coffers; Our Toughest Cases (Woodcut Media), which explores criminal cases that devastated communities, defined careers and took their toll on experienced officers; How to Stay Out of Jail (Spring Films), which follows an elite police team whose mission is to give criminals a chance to reform and cancel out their crime by joining a tough 16-week scheme; Women on the Force (Flint TV & Lambent Productions), which follows the struggles of women in a U.K. police force; and season five of See No Evil.