D360 Adds to Factual Slate, Lands New Deals

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Distribution360 (D360) has added four new series from U.S. production company Accord Productions to its slate of lifestyle and factual programming, in addition to notching up deals from its unscripted portfolio.

Joining the catalog are tech series Tomorrow’s World Today, food show Jack of All Tastes, and motor enthusiast series It’s How You Get There and Volo: House of Cars. The company also picked up the second season of WW2 Treasure Hunters from Emporium Productions.

The first season of WW2 Treasure Hunters has been licensed to Spiegel TV (Germany), Kino TV (Ukraine) and CTS (Taiwan). Also from the history genre, Edge of War is going to Kino TV and Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble is headed to Ceska Televize in the Czech Republic.

In the way of science and tech, Serbia’s Prava i Prevodi licensed Innovation Nation and Countdown for the Future, while Tomorrow’s World Today is headed to SNTV in Serbia. Innovation Nation has also been picked up by AG Rubin Group in Bulgaria. Architecture series London’s Modern Buildings was also acquired by Kino TV. Prava i Prevodi additionally picked up two seasons of the cultural photography series Tales by Light.

Paranormal series Terror in the Woods went to Canada’s Blue Ant Media and Studio U-7 in the Ukraine, with the latter also renewing 26 episodes of Ghostly Encounters. True-crime series Crime Stories saw 41 episodes licensed to RTL Netherlands, with Justice TV in the U.S. renewing 33 episodes.

In the lifestyle space, Canada’s YesTV picked up Give and Random Acts. Family Travel and Inside Paradise is headed to KinoTV (Ukraine), and Russia’s Studio U-7 scooped up Tackle My Reno.

Diane Rankin, senior VP of international sales and acquisitions, said: “We are excited to bring these new factual entertainment series to MIPCOM to add to our growing library of premium content. Demand for this genre remains high as supported by our recent sales success, particularly in Eastern Europe, across our unscripted catalog.”