Ovation Stocks Slate at NATPE

Ovation has picked up a slew of new titles from distributors at NATPE, including a deal with Sky Studios for the second season of Riviera and one with TVF International for Glamping Adventures.

Ovation TV acquired the U.S. broadcast rights for the second season of the Julia Stiles-led drama series Riviera from Sky Studios, from which it also licensed the first season of Hooten & the Lady to debut on its AVOD travel and culture channel JOURNY.

Also for JOURNY, Glamping Adventures explores eco-tourism experiences, while Vanishing Foods takes a look at disappearing traditional culinary recipes. Both titles hail from Singapore’s Mediacorp and were licensed by TVF International.

Ovation picked up the non-exclusive U.S. digital rights for two titles from Espresso Media International: JOURNY: Havana Curveball, a documentary about baseball, U.S.-Cuban relations and Holocaust history, and The New Creative India, a docuseries offering an insight to the world of contemporary Indian design, art, mixed-media, jewelry, fashion and body art.

From DCD Rights, Ovation licensed the non-exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for 11 mystery titles, among them two seasons of McCallum, the drama series Missing and films such as Bloodlines and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.