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New York-based streaming operator FilmRise has acquired paranormal series Death Walker with Nick Groff for its branded AVoD services, YouTube and free ad-supported streaming TV channels.

The deal was sealed by US reality and documentary producer and distributor GRB Studios, which has also secured other sales ahead of next week’s MipTV in Cannes.

Canada’s CTV Life Channel has picked up the third season of 48×30’ home decoration series Living by Design, produced by Cleo TV, while Australian pay TV operator Foxtel has snapped up seasons one and two of rock documentary series Music’s Greatest Mysteries (28×30’).

Finally, Outdoor Entertainment Network has bought three shows for its pan-regional channels in Asia Pacific. They are celebrity-fronted travelogue series Down to Earth with Zac Efron, car racing docuseries Jet Truck, and Showdown of the Unbeatables, which sees entrepreneurs compete in a battle of inventions.

https://www.c21media.net/news/streaming-firm-filmrise-takes-a-stroll-with-supernatural-series-death-walker/

Hud Woodle, Executive Vice President, International Sales, and Operations of GRB Studios announced some key deals going into the MIPTV market where GRB Studios has a booth.

FilmRise premiered paranormal investigation series, Death Walker in the U.S. on their branded AVOD services, FAST and YouTube channels. Death Walker featuring Nick Groff (40×60’) a person that walks among the dead. Nick Groff investigates the origin of some of the most notorious hauntings in America.

In Canada, CTV Life Channel took home decoration series Living by Design Season 3.  A Cleo TV original production, Living By Design (48×30’ and 1×60’), features brother and sister duo Jake and Jazz Smollett transforming living, work, and play spaces from drab to fab. Whether it’s a new mom decorating a nursery on a tight budget, a fierce woman sprucing up her home office, or a couple moving into their first home, Jake and Jazz will turn houses into homes.

 

https://tva.onscreenasia.com/2023/04/grb-studios-announces-unscripted-sales-ahead-of-miptv/

GRB Studios has inked deals for a variety of series with Foxtel, FilmRise, CTV Life Channel and Outdoor Entertainment Network in territories around the world.

For Australia and New Zealand, Foxtel picked up seasons one and two of Music’s Greatest Mysteries, which explores topics that have altered the music world and highlights the people who have changed the course of music history.

FilmRise licensed Death Walker featuring Nick Groff in the U.S. and premiered it on its branded AVOD services, FAST and YouTube channels. The series sees Groff investigate the origin of some of the most notorious hauntings in the U.S.

 

https://worldscreen.com/tvreal/grb-studios-inks-global-deals-ahead-of-miptv/

Foxtel in Oz and CTV Life in Canada have picked up shows from GRB Studios ahead of MIPTV.

CTV Life Channel took home decoration series Living by Design S3, while Outdoor Entertainment Network acquired three programmes for its pan-regional channels in APAC: Down To Earth With Zac Efron, Jet Truck, and Showdown Of The Unbeatables.

Other deals have seen Foxtel licensing seasons one and two of Music’s Greatest Mysteries, while FilmRise has already premiered paranormal investigation series Death Walker in the US on its branded AVOD services, FAST and YouTube channels.

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GRB Studios has signed several deals with The Nacelle Company. GRB will distribute Nacelle’s first scripted animated series Robo Force, based on the 1980’s toy line with same name, and has already secured multiples sales for their unscripted doc series Icons Unearthed.

Nacelle is self-financing Robo Force, with Gavin Hignight (Star Wars: Resistance, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) and Tom Stern (Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, Sponge Bob Square Pants) joining to write and produce as show-runners. The pilot episode will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, and the first season is set to have six, 22-minute episodes.

This is the first time Nacelle has taken its existing model for stand-up comedy specials and documentaries and replicated it for scripted television. Once the six Robo Force episodes are finished, the company will pitch the series to the major streamers and broadcast networks worldwide, with the intent of securing regional-based license deals.

GRB is also distributing other Nacelle-produced, unscripted programming, including Down to Earth with Zac Efron, Craig Ferguson’s Hobo Fabulous, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek, and several of the Icons Unearthed docuseries.

Foxtel Australia/New Zealand, Seven.One Germany (7Maxx) and RTL Netherlands have licensed Icons Unearthed Star Wars, Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons, and Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious. AMC Channels Iberia also picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for La Historia; and YES Israel took Icons Unearthed: Star War and Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons.

https://www.videoageinternational.net/2023/03/07/news/grb-inks-deal-with-nacelle-for-robo-force/

GRB Studios has signed a deal with The Nacelle Company to distribute its first scripted animated series, Robo Force, based on the 1980s toy line of the same name.

The first season of Robo Force is set to have six episodes. Gavin Hignight (Star Wars: Resistance, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) and Tom Stern (Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, SpongeBob SquarePants) are on board to write and produce as showrunners. The pilot episode will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss. Nacelle has self-financed the series.

GRB Studios already distributes Nacelle-produced unscripted programming, including Down to Earth with Zac Efron, Craig Ferguson’s Hobo Fabulous, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek and several of the Icons Unearthed docuseries.

Recently, Foxtel in Australia/New Zealand, Seven.One in Germany and RTL in the Netherlands licensed Icons Unearthed: Star Wars, Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons and Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious. AMC Channels Iberia also picked up the Star Wars documentary, while YES in Israel took the Star Wars and The Simpsons documentaries.

“GRB is thrilled to be starting 2023 off with fantastic new programming and strong sales from our long-term partner, The Nacelle Company,” said Hud Woodle, executive VP of international sales and operations at GRB Studios. “Around the world from AsiaPac and Canada to Europe back to the U.S., GRB continues to offer its global partners a unique blend of programming, something for every viewer.”

https://worldscreen.com/grb-studios-inks-deal-nacelle-company/

Hud Woodle, Executive Vice President, International Sales, and Operations of GRB Studios announced several deals from their partnership with The Nacelle Company (Nacelle). GRB will distribute The Nacelle Company’s recently announced, first scripted animated series, Robo Force, based on the 1980’s toy line with same name; and has already secured multiples sales for their unscripted doc series Icons Unearthed.

Nacelle is the studio behind The Toys That Made Us, Behind the Attraction, Down to Earth With Zac Efron, 2019’s Mad About You reboot, Icons Unearthed and The Movies That Made Us, and is self-financing Robo Force (see attached photo), its first animated television series based on the 1980s property that they acquired in 2021. Gavin Hignight (Star Wars: Resistance, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) and Tom Stern (Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, Sponge Bob Square Pants) and have joined to write and produce as showrunners. The pilot episode will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, and the first season is set to have six, twenty-two-minute episodes.

This is the first time Nacelle has taken its existing model for stand-up comedy specials and documentaries and replicated it for scripted television. Similar to the way Nacelle has financed and distributed many of its docs, once the six Robo Force episodes are finished, the company will pitch the series to the major streamers and broadcast networks worldwide, with the intent of securing regional-based license deals.

GRB is also distributing other Nacelle-produced, unscripted programming, including Down to Earth with Zac Efron, Craig Ferguson’s Hobo Fabulous, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek and several of the Icons Unearthed docu-series. Icons Unearthed series cover a multitude of legendary television shows and movies that have become global entertainment brands, providing previously unknown and surprising details of the brands, and including exclusive interviews with writers, producers, directors, actors, and network executives.

Foxtel Australia/New Zealand, Seven.One Germany (7Maxx) and RTL Netherlands all licensed Icons Unearthed Star Wars, and Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons, and Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious. And AMC Channels Iberia also picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for La Historia Meanwhile, YES Israel took Icons Unearthed: Star War and Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons.  More sales are to be announced in the weeks leading up to MIPTV in April.

Woodle stated: “GRB is thrilled to be starting 2023 off with fantastic new programming and strong sales, from our long-term partner, The Nacelle Company.  Around the world from APAC and Canada to Europe back to the US, GRB continues to offer its global partners a unique blend of programming, something for every viewer.”

https://tva.onscreenasia.com/2023/03/grb-studios-announces-first-scripted-program-deal-with-the-nacelle-company-animated-series-robo-force/

Foxtel in Australia, 7Maxx in Germany, Yes in Israel and RTL Netherlands have struck deals for docs from the Icons Unearthed franchise and unveiled an expanded partnership with producer The Nacelle Company (Nacelle).

Foxtel, 7Maxx and RTL Netherlands have picked up Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons and Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious, along with Icons Unearthed: Star Wars.

The latter has also been acquired by AMC Iberia’s La Historia and Yes, which also bought Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons from distributor GRB Studios.

The US company has also unveiled a new pact with Nacelle that will see GRB distributing the production firm’s scripted animation Robo Force, which is based on the 1980’s toy line with same name.

Nacelle, which has been behind shows including The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction and Down To Earth With Zac Efron, has taken its existing model for stand-up comedy specials and documentaries and replicated it for scripted television with Robo Force: financing and producing, before distributing.

https://tbivision.com/2023/03/06/foxtel-7maxx-yes-buy-icons-unearthed-shows-as-grb-extends-nacelle-deal-with-robo-force/

US-based producer and distributor GRB Studios has picked up the distribution rights to The Nacelle Company’s first scripted animated series, Robo Force.

Robo Force is based on the 1980s toy line of the same name and is being self-financed by Nacelle, which acquired the property in 2021. The first season will comprise 6×22’ episodes.

Gavin Hignight (Star Wars: Resistance, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) and Tom Stern (Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, SpongeBob SquarePants) have joined to write and produce as showrunners, while the pilot episode will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Once the first season of Robo Force is finished, GRB will pitch it to the major streamers and broadcast networks worldwide, with the intention of securing regional-based licence deals.

Meanwhile, GRB has sold various iterations of Nacelle’s docuseries Icons Unearthed to broadcasters worldwide. Icons Unearthed provides previously unknown details of TV shows and movies that have become global entertainment brands, including exclusive interviews with writers, producers, directors, actors and network executives.

Foxtel in Australia and New Zealand, Seven.One in Germany’s 7Maxx and RTL Netherlands have all licensed Icons Unearthed: Star Wars, Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons and Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious.

AMC Channels Iberia has also picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for La Historia, while YES in Israel has bought Icons Unearthed: Star War and Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons.

https://www.c21media.net/news/grb-studios-to-send-the-nacelle-companys-robo-force-toon-around-the-world/

“Robo Force,” based on the 1980’s toy line; and has secured multiples sales for their unscripted docuseries “Icons Unearthed. https://www.cynopsis.com/03-07-23-netflix-sets-gary-glitter-doc/

 

 

GRB Studios finalized a slew of global program deals with broadcasters from Europe, MENA, Africa, and APAC, all in time for MIPCOM.

In a Pan-African deal, Canal+ secured a trio of romances: Downsized, For the Love of Ruth, and The Summoning. For Africa, Angola, Cape Verde, and Mozambique, My Channel struck a deal for seasons two through eight of Untold Stories.

In Japan, Nippon TV picked up wildlife program When Fish Attack II.

In Europe, Discovery UK acquired Death Walker featuring Nick Groff for the U.K. and Ireland, while AETN UK picked up season 11 of On the Case. AMC Iberia snapped up season three of Auction Kings for Spain and Portugal. Also in Portugal, SIC obtained five titles: travelogue and food series Down to Earth with Zac Efron, docu-series Pregnant & Dating, documentary Remembering Whitney, biographical movie Bobbi Kristina, and docu-series Cinderella Bride.

OSN grabbed factual series Down to Earth with Zac Efron and Lens of Culture for MENA.

Hud Woodle, executive vice president, International Sales, and Operations of GRB Studios, commented, “GRB is thrilled to be going into MIPCOM with such great deals on the table for many of our popular titles as well as some exciting new shows. We look forward to closing even more sales as this is the busiest MIPCOM in years and we are excited to see our long-standing partners in person again, and of course, to meet new colleagues.”

https://www.videoageinternational.net/2022/10/17/news/grb-studios-scores-global-sales-across-genres/

 

NEWS BRIEF: Californian production and distribution company GRB is bringing two new series from its Icons Unearthed franchise to Mipcom.

Icons Unearthed: Star Wars (6×60’) claims to be the definitive story of the creation and filming of George Lucas’s sci-fi franchise Star Wars, while another six-parter reveals surprising details about enduring animated series The Simpsons. GRB’s exec VP of international sales and operations Hud Woodle will also shop Music’s Greatest Mysteries in Cannes, a new docu series billed as featuring some of the most unique and enigmatic stories in the history of the record industry.

https://www.c21media.net/news/star-wars-and-simpsons-docs-head-grb-slate/

 

 

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Hud Woodle, Executive Vice President, International Sales, and Operations of GRB Studios announced a variety of global sales deals and also ambitious acquisition plans for the upcoming MIPTV market in Cannes. Deals closed include:

Europe – U.K.

• Auction Kings: Atlanta-based reality program goes to Romania via AETN UK
• The Bay: Emmy®-winning drama series travels to Slovenia, S1-6 to be broadcast by Planet TV d.o.o
• On The Case with Paula Zahn:  true-crime investigation program in France by M6 for S7 & S8
  

Australia & New Zealand

• Turquoise Fever: docuseries family mining show picked up by Foxtel Australia  
• Served: Harvey Weinstein: entertainment documentary also picked up by Foxtel Australia 
• Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird: stand-up comedy special was acquired by Channel 10 Australia and Discovery New Zealand 

North/South America:  Brazil & U.S.

• Untold Stories of the E.R.:   medical emergency reality docuseries was picked up by Pluto TV: U.S. — all available seasons in both English and Spanish; Pluto TV: Brazil also secured several seasons of the program in Portuguese.

Woodle stated, “GRB is thrilled to be going into MIPTV strong with a slate of distribution deals behind us and we are actively looking to acquire some great new programming from around the world in all genres scripted and unscripted.  We are also looking forward to meeting in person in Cannes with our current and new partners.”

https://tva.onscreenasia.com/2022/03/grb-studios-announces-global-deals-foxtel-australia-discovery-new-zealand-and-more/

GRB Studios announced a slew of global sales deals for its programming.

In Europe, reality series Auction Kings will head to Romania via AETN UK, and drama series The Bay (pictured) will broadcast in Slovenia on Planet TV. France’s M6 also picked up the true-crime investigation program On The Case with Paula Zahn for S7 and S8.

Foxtel Australia acquired docu-series Turquoise Fever and entertainment documentary Served: Harvey Weinstein. In addition, Channel 10 Australia and Discovery New Zealand snapped up stand-up comedy special Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird.

Pluto TV secured all available seasons of Untold Stories of the E.R. in English and Spanish for the U.S., while the platform also picked up several seasons in Portuguese for Brazil. 

Hud Woodle, executive vice president of International Sales and Operations at GRB Studios, remarked, “GRB is thrilled to be going into MIPTV strong with a slate of distribution deals behind us and we are actively looking to acquire some great new programming from around the world in all genres scripted and unscripted.  We are also looking forward to meeting in person in Cannes with our current and new partners.”

https://www.videoageinternational.net/2022/03/28/news/grb-studios-scores-global-deals/