{"id":12526,"date":"2019-04-04T11:04:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/viacom-international-studios-secures-sales-stephen-king-doc-raft-others\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:17:42","slug":"viacom-international-studios-secures-sales-for-stephen-king-doc-raft-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/viacom-international-studios-secures-sales-for-stephen-king-doc-raft-of-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Viacom International Studios Sells Stephen King Doc, Raft of Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of this year\u2019s MIPDoc, Viacom International Studios (VIS) has landed a raft of global sales for its factual titles produced by VIS UK, including <em>Stephen King: Master of Horror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long one-off\u2014which explores the life of the prolific author\u2014is headed to Reelz in the U.S., following its launch on Paramount Network in the U.K. It will also air on the Netherlands\u2019 RTL Z and RTL 5.<\/p>\n<p>Travelogue documentary series <em>Cruising with Jane McDonald<\/em>\u2019s latest seasons have sold to SBS Australia and Albania\u2019s DigitAlb. Denmark\u2019s TV2 Networks and Norway\u2019s NRK will also air the series, and the two broadcasters have additionally bought the show\u2019s spin-off <em>Jane McDonald: Down Under<\/em>, which sees the cruise singer head to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Australia, SBS\u2019s free-to-air digital channels SBS and SBS Viceland will broadcast biographical documentary series <em>The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition<\/em>. The show garnered over 1 million viewers when it aired on the U.K.\u2019s Channel 5, and has been picked up in Portugal by SIC network\u2019s entertainment channel SIC Caras.<\/p>\n<p>VIS UK\u2019s <em>Billionaire Kids on Holiday<\/em>, which explores the world of wealthy parents and their pampered progeny during their vacations, will air across Europe, having been picked up by four broadcasters in Poland (WP), Norway (TV2), Israel (Good Life, The Travel Channel and AVA) and Finland (SUB).<\/p>\n<p>Two-parter <em>Secrets of the Royal Servants<\/em>, featuring fly-on-the-wall interviews with royal household staff,\u00a0has been licensed by Israeli broadcaster Ananey Communications for Israel\u2019s lifestyle channels Good Life and The Travel Channel. Lastly, the <em>Inside\u2026<\/em> series has sold worldwide, including to U.S. broadcaster American Public Television, Australian network SBS (SBS1 and SBS Viceland) and to AMC Networks (Spektrum) across the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing an insatiable demand for all kinds of content, with factual entertainment at the top of the list for many of our clients,\u201d said Lauren Marriott, VP of international content sales at VIS. \u201cOur latest sales reflect an international appetite for high-quality escapist travel series and fly-on-the-wall biographical documentaries, which will always hold universal appeal for audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of this year\u2019s MIPDoc, Viacom International Studios (VIS) has landed a raft of global sales for its factual titles produced by VIS UK, including Stephen King: Master of Horror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":12527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2496,1842,1581,3597,3598,3599],"class_list":["post-12526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cruising-with-jane-mcdonald","tag-mipdoc","tag-sbs-australia","tag-stephen-king-master-of-horror","tag-the-kennedys-a-fatal-ambition","tag-viacom-international-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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