The Dog House Sells to HBO Max & Others

all3media international has signed a raft of deals for the non-scripted series The Dog House, which is headed to HBO Max in the U.S.

The Dog House follows the joy, comedy and pathos of the human-dog dating experience at a British dog rescue center. It was recently recommissioned Five Mile Films production for Channel 4.

The eight-part first season will be available on WarnerMedia’s upcoming SVOD service HBO Max in the U.S. Broadcast rights have also been picked up by VRT for Flemish Belgium, SVT in Sweden, Yleisradio Oy-TV1 in Finland, TV2 in Denmark and Sýn hf for Iceland. TVNZ in New Zealand and Network 10 in Australia also secured rights for the first series, while Canada’s CBC acquired the first season as well as the recently commissioned new season as a presale. Also in Canada, Société Radio-Canada signed digital rights for season one.

all3media international is also shopping format rights for The Dog House, and deals are under discussion in France, Sweden, Finland and Portugal.

Sally Habbershaw, executive VP for Americas at all3media international, commented, “Five Mile Films’ The Dog House offers the ultimate in feel-good television, exploring this heart-warming, and often heart-rending, experience from both sides by featuring the stories of the rescue dogs as well as their prospective owners, which proved to be a huge hit for co-viewing, earning ‘family-appointment-to-view’ status. The first series proved a huge hit on Channel 4 we’re very pleased to see this U.K. success now translating into sales on the global stage—with HBO Max in the U.S.A. embracing the story of how home-life can be transformed by the addition of the (right) hound! HBO Max was looking for a series that commanded positive emotional engagement from a family audience—and The Dog House, which is available for broadcast immediately, delivers this and so much more.”