Starz Worldwide Distribution Secures VH1 Scripted Series

LOS ANGELES: Starz Worldwide Distribution has picked up the rights for the upcoming VH1 series Hit the Floor, previously titled Bounce.

Starz Worldwide Distribution will represent the show for all markets outside the U.S. The series has ten episodes in its first season and launches for sales at MIPTV. Hit the Floor stars Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Kimberly Elise (John Q, Diary of a Mad Black Woman) and Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue, Days of Our Lives). The show follows the lives and loves of the Devil Girls, the premier dance troupe for Los Angeles’s basketball team.

“Starz Worldwide Distribution is extremely pleased to establish a distribution relationship with VH1 for this series. Hit the Floor is a fun ride and a perfect fit internationally alongside our content,” said Gene George, the executive VP of worldwide distribution for Starz. “Lining up a world-class partner in VH1 is an acknowledgment of our world class distribution capabilities and gives us another opportunity to build upon our successes in the marketplace.” 

“Hit the Floor is VH1’s biggest scripted effort to date, and should play extremely well to an international audience,” added Eddie Dalva, the executive VP of content and program enterprises, entertainment and music groups at Viacom Media Networks.

Starz Worldwide Distribution adds Hit the Floor to its catalogue alongside the Starz original series Spartacus, Magic City and The White Queen, as well as other content from across the Starz family of companies, including Dan Vs., an animated TV series from Film Roman, Anchor Bay Films, and an array of other licensed TV/movie properties.