TVF International has signed a raft of sales from its catalog across Asia, including deals with Netflix, Discovery and Nat Geo.<\/p>\n
Netflix licensed the Aussie documentaries China Love<\/em>, produced by Media Stockade for the ABC, and The Mosque Next Door<\/em>, from Southern Pictures for SBS, for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n Discovery Asia picked up a package for Southeast Asia that includes the 4K aerial show UAE from Above<\/em>, from Navigation Films, and Frontier Sumatra<\/em>, a one-off from Beach House Pictures. Discovery also secured the rights to the Channel NewsAsia-commissioned Aerial Asia<\/em> and the PBS-commissioned Enemy of the Reich<\/em>, from Unity Productions Foundation, for its India regions and the underwater special Strange Creatures<\/em>, from Gran Angular Films, for Animal Planet.<\/p>\n National Geographic in Asia secured two underwater series for Nat Geo WILD: the Russell Crowe-narrated 4K HDR series Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure<\/em>, from RJ Media, and TVF-Tokyovision co-production Ocean Wild<\/em>.<\/p>\n TechStorm scooped up the rights to seasons 11 and 12 of the long-running, pop-science series Innovation Nation<\/em> and Alie Ward-presented Did I Mention Invention<\/em>, produced by Litton Entertainment. Pulse TV went for a package of titles that includes Greenwall Productions\u2019 The Beautiful People<\/em> and the ITV commission Freddie Flintoff Versus the World<\/em>, from Zig Zag Productions.<\/p>\n In Korea, Sign of the Times<\/em> has been picked up by Dream N Company and Channel A. Channel A also bagged a raft of lifestyle and gardening titles, including Zinc Media\u2019s Hidden Villages<\/em>, 291 Film Company\u2019s Ageless Gardens<\/em> and The Wave Productions’ surfing series Brilliant Corners<\/em>.<\/p>\n YNTV secured rights to In Search of Umami<\/em>, from Sitting In Pictures, and NATV secured the Animal Planet-commissioned Dog’s Best Friend<\/em>, from Summerhill International.<\/p>\n In Hong Kong, TVB licensed a package of titles that includes the short-form series 101 Easy Japanese<\/em>, from Tokyovision; Simply Delicious<\/em>, from the Basic Cook Company; and Little Big World<\/em>, from Spoonfilm, as well as the Active TV-produced The Food Files<\/em> and Documania\u2019s Grand Spaces: Thailand<\/em>. RTHK secured the rights to the Channel 4 commission Jimmy\u2019s Big Bee Rescue<\/em>, from Red Sky Productions; BBC Four\u2019s Eugenics: Science\u2019s Greatest Scandal<\/em>, from Furnace; and Venus: Death of a Planet<\/em>, from Thomas Lucas Productions. ViuTV in Hong Kong picked up such titles as the RTE-commissioned Vogue Williams Investigates<\/em> and The Healthy Food Guide<\/em>, from Top Shelf Productions for Choice TV.<\/p>\n In China, TVF International landed a package of almost 100 hours with Bili Bili, including MediaCorp\u2019s Real Deal: Auction Secrets<\/em> and a pair of science documentaries presented by physicist Jim Al-Khalili: The Secrets of Quantum Physics<\/em> and Everything and Nothing<\/em>, both produced by Furnace for the BBC. Elsewhere in China, Youku secured the online rights to In Search of Umami<\/em>, and LIC licensed the blue-chip wildlife series Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure<\/em>.<\/p>\n NHK in Japan picked up the rights to the feature doc The Six: Titanic\u2019s Last Secret<\/em>, exec produced by James Cameron, for its World Document slot.<\/p>\n TKL in Vietnam acquired a large package for Hanoi TV. The 97-hour selection includes the Attitude Pictures\u2019 Being Me<\/em> and Hidden Italy<\/em>, from Elephant Italia for Sky Italia.<\/p>\n In Thailand, Thairath TV licensed the rights to the twin series Spring at Jimmy’s Farm<\/em> and Autumn at Jimmy’s Farm<\/em>, both of which were produced by Red Sky Productions for Channel 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TVF International has signed a raft of sales from its catalog across Asia, including deals with Netflix, Discovery and Nat Geo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":16225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3195],"class_list":["post-16224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-tvf-international","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n