PASSION DISTRIBUTION HOTS UP ON SALES IN AFRICA
July 26th, 2012 - Independent distributor Passion Distribution announced a number of deals into Africa with sales totalling 170 hours of content over a wide variety of genres. The deals were concluded by Sales Manager for the region, Rebecca Thomas. South African broadcaster M-Net for Vuzu secured the first four seasons of World of Wonder’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE (50 x 60’ + 1 x 90’), which has been trending hugely on social networking sites following the shows premiere within the region. Other titles succeeding in South Africa include celebrity-focused shows such as VISIONARIES: INSIDE THE CREATIVE MIND (5 x 60’) from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Sundance Channel’s ICONOCLASTS (15 x 60’ – taken across 5 seasons), which were both licensed by Seed Entertainment. The African Business Channel for Home Channel South Africa finalised the deals into the territory with multiple home & property titles. The package consisted of Scripps Networks International’s HOME STRANGE HOME (1 x 60’), OWN’s EXTREME CLUTTER seasons 1 & 2 (8 x 60’ & 6 x 60’), UKTV’s WHAT THE NEIGHBOURS DID (10 x 60’), as well as Hotbed Media’s GARDEN E.R seasons 1 & 2 (8 x 30’ & 6 x 30’) and World of Wonder’s THE ARRANGEMENT (8 x 60’). Wananchi Programming Ltd. secured a host of titles to be aired on their Zuku-branded pay-TV channels. This included Scripps Networks International’s CELEBRITY MOTOR HOMES (4 x 30’), BATH CRASHERS season 1 (13 x 30’), GARDEN SENSE season 1 (13 x 30’) and DESIGN STAR seasons 6 & 7 (10 x 60’ & 9 x 60’). Also licenced OWN’s EXTRAORDINARY MOMS (1 x 90’), AMBUSH COOK (6 x 30’), BREAKING DOWN THE BARS (7 x 60’) and FINDING SARAH: FROM ROYALTY TO THE REAL WORLD (6 x 60’) and Reef Television’s MY FAVOURITE GARDEN (10 x 30’), which sees celebrities highlight gardens that have a much-loved and personal meaning to them, concluded the agreement.
