PASSION DISTRIBUTION BRINGS THE MAGIC TO LAT AM AHEAD OF NATPE
London, 16th January 2015 - Ahead of NATPE 2015, Passion Distribution is delighted to announce a number of large deals into Latin America from its entertainment and factual entertainment portfolio.
Over a hundred hours of programming has been sold into the region since MIPCOM in October including DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE (TV Azteca), and The Weather Channel’s SO YOU THINK YOU’D SURVIVE and TORNADO ALLEY (GloboSat).
TV Azteca has recently picked up DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE Seasons 1-3 and a 1 x 60’ special. The most original magician to emerge in decades, Dynamo has stunned audiences around the world with his genre-bending mix of large scale illusions, incredible sleight of hand and innovative street magic. DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE (a Phil McIntyre Television and Inner Circle Films production for Watch in the UK) has been licensed into over 214 territories and has been an international ratings success, being a number one hit in South Africa, Poland, Denmark and has smashed ratings in Australia.
In Brazil, Passion has also concluded a large package deal of finished programming with Globosat including The Weather Channel titles SO YOU THINK YOU’D SURVIVE (8 X 60’) and TORNADO ALLEY (20 x 60’). The deal also includes the WORLD’S WORST series of programmes from Mentorn Media. Originally produced for Channel 5 in the UK, the series features episodes NEAR MISSES, STORMS, JOURNEYS and DISASTERS featuring some of the most extreme footage ever caught on camera. and hearing from survivors of their terrifying ordeals. The series has already been sold into 123 territories worldwide.
Passion Distribution’s Elin Thomas, Head of Global Sales and Eliana Barbosa, Sales Manager, will be bringing a host of entertainment, factual and formats to Natpe including DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE S4 (including Spanish language version), MAN FINDS FOOD (14 x 30'), AIR PRESSURE (4 x 60' or 10 x 30') and WORLD’S WORST DRIVER.
DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE S4 is the final season of the magician’s show which sees him visit Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris and for the first time India, before heading to London and returning to the north of England, where his story began. Famous names featuring in Series 4 include One Direction, Coldplay and Indian actor and Bollywood star Irrfan Khan.
AIR PRESSURE (A Firecracker Films Production for Channel 4)is the dramatic and visually jaw-dropping new series that follows the intense high and lows in the lives of the young British pilots who work for Indonesian airline Susi Air as they fly and land their planes in some of the most breath-taking, remote and dangerous locations on earth... and for most of them it’s all in the hope of racking up enough flying hours to land them a job with a commercial airline back home. The series has been sold into over a 100 territories including SBS (Australia), National Geographic (Pacific Rim), N24 (Germany) and Viasat (Sweden).
In MAN FINDS FOOD (A Sharp Entertainment production for The Travel Channel) Adam Richman is on the ultimate hunt to uncover the most unique, surprising, and delicious hidden food treasures in every town. These are unique dishes that you find in the most unexpected places.
WORLD’S WORST DRIVER (A Mentorn Media production for Channel 5) is the primetime reality format that is the spectacular and hilarious search for the most appalling driver in the nation. The format has been a hit in over 20 territories with over 100 episodes produced.
