TCB Secures Sales, Gears Up for MIPCOM with 30 New Titles

LONDON: In the run-up to MIPCOM, TCB Media Rights has secured sales for its factual and factual-entertainment titles, and the company is preparing to head to Cannes with a slate featuring 30 new shows, including Court Justice.

TCB Media Rights has sold the Like a Shot Entertainment-produced miniseries History’s Greatest Hoaxes to N24 in Germany. Meanwhile, Sky TV in New Zealand and Blue Ant in Canada picked up Crackit Productions’ Horror Homes.

The London-based company’s MIPCOM slate includes 20 brand-new titles, 10 returning series and fresh content from three new producer partnerships. At the market, TCB Media Rights will put a spotlight on SBS Australia’s factual catalog, for which it recently signed an exclusive representation agreement.

Among the new titles TCB will present at MIPCOM from Australian producer CJZ is Court Justice, which spotlights the inner workings of a busy local court. Another new CJZ title TCB will bring to MIPCOM is the four-part series Revolution School, about Australian kids at an underperforming school. TCB’s offering also includes Wild Pictures’ miniseries Mr vs Mrs: Call the Mediator. TCB’s catalog totals more than 2,000 hours of programming.

Paul Heaney, CEO of TCB Media Rights, said, “In today’s brutally competitive market, you need scale to compete effectively against the big players. We’re managing to retain that ‘boutique’ appeal but bolting on the necessary resources to keep growing at break-neck speed. That’s tough on small, specialist distributors, so I’m particularly proud of TCB’s achievements in the last year. Since MIPCOM 2015, we’ve strengthened our team and doubled the size of our catalog, both through acquisitions and, increasingly, straight commissions. Four years after it launched, TCB has really hit is stride. Long may it last.”