TCB Unveils MIPCOM Slate, New Hires

TCB Media Rights is set to spotlight 40 new releases at MIPCOM, including 15 new installments of returning series, which account for 60 percent of the distributor’s catalog.

Among the titles leading TCB’s MIPCOM slate is the Curve Media-produced How Did They Build That?, which introduces viewers to the engineering of mind-boggling scale and complexity, the designers and architects who conceived of the structures and the builders who made them. How I Created A Cult is a three-part docuseries from Conscious Life that follows Andrew Cohen’s journey to becoming the head of a sinister cult with thousands of followers under his control and an empire worth millions.

The six-part series Shipwreck Secrets, produced by Like A Shot Entertainment, delivers a deep dive into sunken wrecks using cutting-edge underwater technology, a team of explorers, investors and maritime experts. Arcadia TV’s Lords of the Ocean follows Matt and Robin Lohnes and their family business Dominion Diving. Hitched in Vegas from Hunch Media tags along as couples from across the globe tie the knot in Sin City.

In addition to revealing its MIPCOM lineup, TCB has hired John Bentham and Royston Perera to bolster its legal and rights departments, as the company is on track to double its revenue over the last 24 months to £22 million ($27.5 million). Bentham has been appointed legal and business affairs manager while Perera will serve as rights executive, a newly created position for TCB.

Paul Heaney, CEO of TCB Media Rights, said: “We’ve doubled in size over the last two years and we’re incredibly proud of that. But the truth is, factual distributors have to keep moving in a market that’s hurtling towards the future. You have to be the first to spot new trends and finance models. Scale gives you a competitive edge and buys you the ability to focus on your strengths rather than just survival. With a surplus of content out there, just launching new shows is no longer enough. Those shows have to be fresh, surprising and above all different in their own way—and not just different creatively, but also in how they are financed, developed and distributed. Our MIPCOM slate offers all of that, we hope.”