D360 Inks Deals for Bryan Baeumler Franchises

Distribution360 has secured a raft of sales for 300 hours of series featuring lifestyle franchise star Bryan Baeumler and made a trio of new appointments.

In the U.K., UKTV licensed 104 hours across all of Leave it to Bryan, Bryan Inc. and Disaster DIY. BYUtv in the U.S. has picked up all episodes of Leave it to Bryan for a total of 65 hours, while three seasons of the series have gone to Viacom in Italy through a deal with GA&A. Russia’s U7 Group also acquired three seasons of Leave it to Bryan for Your Home Channel.

Bryan Inc. 2 sold to Blackstar TV in South Africa. Foxtel in Australia licensed Bryan Inc. 2 as well and also renewed seasons one and four of Leave it to Bryan and seasons one and three of House of Bryan.

Amid the sales deals, D360 has made some changes to its team, including the promotion of Jordan Cavallo to senior manager of acquisitions and operations. Smijlka Baljozovic was upped to director of sales, and Ali Spizarsky was hired on to be D360’s new sales manager overseeing Asia, English Canada, Africa, the Middle East and in-flight.

Diane Rankin, the senior VP of distribution for D360, said: “Bryan Baeumler has been entertaining audiences for over eight years and we’re thrilled to be going from strength to strength distributing these series internationally. Our growth in the fact-ent genre has driven the opportunities for promotions and new hires and I’m so excited to announce the promotions of Smiljka and Jordan and to bring Ali on board to join the team so we can continue on this great track!”