Day: January 26, 2021

GRB Studios scored distribution deals for nearly 200 hours of content across genres.

MNET Africa picked up eight Comedy Dynamics stand-up specials, including Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me to Tell You; Jermaine Fowler: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid; Jesus Trejo: Stay Home, Son; and Marina Franklin: Single Black Female, among others.

U.K.-based SVoD platform NextUP secured a package of 10 comedy specials, such as Janeane Garofalo: If I May, Loni Love: America’s Sister, Margaret Cho: Psycho (pictured).

For the Middle East, Comedy Central obtained the stand-up comedy special Maz Jobrani: Pandemic Warrior.

For Scandinavia and CEE territories, ViaSat acquired action-packed docu-series Turquoise Fever. ProSieben Germany also picked up the series, as well as reality series Auction Kings.

AETN UK nabbed season three of Auction Kings and season 10 of On The Case.

In addition, the new AVoD platform You Look picked up seasons one and two of Eat Your Words, Recipe Rehab, and two seasons of Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s for Ireland and the U.K.

Hud Woodle, executive vice president of International Sales & Operations of GRB Studios, remarked, “GRB Studios starts the year with a lot of distribution activity, closing deals all over the world with several partners. In these challenging times, people are searching for more great content.  GRB has been delivering a variety of premium content from our 4,000+ portfolio to our global partners for years, so buyers come to use knowing we can deliver many hours of a variety of top programming. We are especially excited to offer stellar comedy specials from Comedy Dynamics (a Nacelle company) bringing much-needed laughter to global audiences at a crucial time.”

https://www.videoageinternational.net/2021/01/26/news/grb-studios-inks-multiple-international-sales/

American content studio and global distribution company GRB Studios has secured a number of distribution deals with broadcasters from Africa to Europe, and UK/Ireland to the Middle East.

The package totals nearly 200 hours of content across a variety of genres, including comedy specials, action docuseries, investigative programs and more.

Germany’s ProSieben has acquired the docuseries Turquoise Fever, chronicling a Nevada gem-mining family, and reality series Auction Kings, offering a behind-the-scenes look at eclectic auctioneers, for German-speaking Europe. ViaSat, meanwhile, has taken Turquoise Fever for its viewers across Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia.

In the UK, AETN picked up the third season of Auction Kings, as well as the 10th season of investigative series On the Case, while nascent AVOD platform You Look picked up three culinary series in Eat Your Words (seasons one and two), Recipe Rehab, and two seasons of soul food docuseries Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s for its viewers in Ireland and the UK.

Elsewhere, MNET in Africa, Comedy Central Middle East and NextUP, a UK-based SVOD service, secured 18 stand-up comedy specials from such comedians as Eddie Griffin, Finesse Mitchell, Jermaine Fowler, Michael Yo, Whitney Cummings, Margaret Cho, Mose Kasher, D.L. Hughley, Janeane Garofalo, Maz Jobrani and Maria Bamford.

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GRB Studios has secured several distribution deals, totaling nearly 200 hours of content, including comedy specials, action docuseries, investigative programs and more.

MNET Africa acquired eight Comedy Dynamics stand-up specials—Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma; Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me to Tell You; Jermaine Fowler: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid; Jesus Trejo: Stay Home, Son; Marina Franklin: Single Black Female; Michael Yo: Blasian; Tj: January 3rd; and Tone Bell: Can’t Cancel This.

The U.K.-based SVOD platform NextUP will broadcast ten comedy stand-up specials, including Celeste Barber: Challenge Accepted; D.L. Hughley: Clear; Danny Bhoy: Subject to Change; Janeane Garofalo: If I May; Loni Love: America’s Sister; Margaret Cho: Psycho; Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand; Marina Franklin: Single Black Female; Moshe Kasher: Live In Oakland; and Whitney Cummings: Money Shot.

Comedy Central Middle East took the stand-up comedy special Maz Jobrani: Pandemic Warrior.

In Germany, ProSieben picked up the docuseries Turquoise Fever, which follows a Nevada gem-mining family; and Auction Kings, a reality series that offers a behind-the-scenes look at eclectic auctioneers. ViaSat acquired Turquoise Fever for CEE and Scandinavia, while AETN UK acquired the third season of Auction Kings as well as the tenth season of the real-life investigative series On the Case.

You Look, a new AVOD platform in Ireland and the U.K., took three culinary series—seasons one and two of Eat Your Words, Recipe Rehab and two seasons of Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.

Hud Woodle, executive VP of international sales and operations at GRB Studios, said: “GRB Studios starts the year with a lot of distribution activity, closing deals all over the world with several partners. In these challenging times, people are searching for more great content. GRB has been delivering a variety of premium content from our 4,000+ portfolio to our global partners for years, so buyers come to us knowing we can deliver many hours of a variety of top programming. We are especially excited to offer stellar comedy specials from Comedy Dynamics (a Nacelle company) bringing much-needed laughter to global audiences at a crucial time.”

https://worldscreen.com/grb-studios-inks-global-sales-across-genres/

Hud Woodle, EVP de ventas y operaciones internacionales de GRB Studios (USA), anunció varios acuerdos de distribución, por un total de casi 200 horas de contenido, incluyendo especiales de comedia, docuseries de acción, investigación programas y más.