Factual Content Featuring Greek & Roman History Draws Buyers

LONDON: New sales have been secured with various global broadcasters for Greek and Roman classical history factual content from the all3media international catalogue.

Produced by Lion Television for BBC Two, Meet the Roman Empire has been presold to SBS (Australia), AMC (Central and Eastern Europe), TVO (Canada) and Top TV (New Zealand), alongside a global DVD deal with Discovery Communications. Brave New Media’s Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome heads to AMC (Czech Republic, Hungary), Foxtel (Australia, New Zealand), FTV Prima (Czech Republic), HRT (Croatia), MTG (Scandinavia and CEE), RTVE (Spain) and SBS (Australia). The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum was licensed to Discovery Networks Asia Pacific (China) and Discovery Communications Europe (Italy and Italian-speaking Europe), as well as AMC (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary), Foxtel (Australia), FTV Prima (Czech Republic), HRT (Croatia), IMC Vision (U.K. DVD), MTG (Scandinavia and CEE), SBS (Australia) and Latvian Television (Latvia).

Stephen Driscoll, the executive VP for EMEA and Canadian sales at all3media international, commented, “By approaching Greek and Roman classical history from a new and innovative perspective, these intelligent and ambitious documentaries continue to prove a stand-out hit in our factual portfolio. Professors Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace Hadrill really get under the skin of the people, communities and workings of these legendary civilizations, utilizing modern techniques to offer fascinating insight. From specialist factual channels to national broadcasters, this host of new deals is a fantastic example of their strong potential and versatility.”