Flame Distribution Scores Deals with North American Broadcasters

Flame Distribution has signed deals with Blue Ant Media, CBC and BBC America for 109 hours of unscripted programming covering crime, history, biographies, lifestyle and more.

Blue Ant Media picked up several titles for its true-crime FAST channels CrimeTime (Canada) and TotalCrime (U.S.), including Unsolved, Family Court Murders, For Love or Money and Taken.

Additional titles picked up for its bouquet of FAST channels are ETOA—A Kokoda Track History, Titanic’s Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America, Fidel Castro: An Unauthorised Biography and Scotch! The Story of Whiskey.

Canadian public broadcaster CBC, meanwhile, licensed Outback Rabbis; A Girl’s Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking; and Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness for its streaming service CBC Gem. In addition, CBC acquired Hitler’s Secret Bomb for its documentary channel.

Flame Distribution also sold Life in Colour with David Attenborough to BBC America, marking its first deal with the network.

“Flame’s relationships across all media platforms celebrates the vibrant and growing North American marketplace,” said Anne Corsak, senior VP of content sales for North America and global digital strategy at Flame Distribution. “BBC America is respected in the U.S. for premium blue-chip wildlife, so I am thrilled Life in Colour with David Attenborough joins their stellar lineup. Our growing relationship with Blue Ant Media and their expanding FAST channel rollout is quite exciting, opening up new opportunities in the true-crime and history genre factual space beyond traditional linear options. CBC and their streaming service CBC Gem is a valued and important one to Flame also, offering new titles in history, adventure and culture that’s both entertaining and inspiring.”