TCB Media Rights Clinches Viasat World Deals

TCB Media Rights has struck a four-title deal, totaling 32 hours of content, with Viasat World.

Under the pact, Plane Reclaimers, Wild Tube, Mythical Beasts and Private Lives will air on the European pay-TV operator’s services across Central and Eastern Europe, CIS and the Nordic territories.

Plane Reclaimers is a TCB original produced by Monster Films. Also fully funded by TCB is Wild Tube, produced by Spark TV, which entered into a development deal with TCB last August. Mythical Beasts is produced by Windfall Films for Discovery Science and SBS. Like A Shot Entertainment’s Private Lives was originally commissioned by UKTV.

Holly Cowdery, TCB sales manager, said: “Viasat World is one of the key members of our ‘coalition of the willing,’ so a deal for 32 hours of programming with one of the most influential TV operators in Europe is a great start to MIPTV. Their choice of two TCB originals—Plane Reclaimers and Wild Tube—is particularly satisfying. It’s the clearest possible proof that our ‘mini-commissioner’ strategy is working and generating fresh, original content that broadcasters want to buy and viewers want to watch.”