PASSION DISTRIBUTION KEEPS RETURNING!
October 29, 2009 - One year on from launching, Passion Distribution has closed a wealth of deals at MIPCOM 2009 for returning series with several deals signed on the stand in Cannes and many more in the pipe. ‘Tori & Dean’ Season 4 (12x60’) produced by World of Wonder and Life in the Bowl, has now sold into Foxtel ‘s Bio in Australia, MTV3 for Ava in Finland, NRJ in France, Yes TV in Israel, MBC in the Middle East, Fox Life Benelux in the Netherlands, Sky’s Vibe in New Zealand, TV Norge in Norway, Foxlife in Russia & CIS, MNET in South Africa, TV4 in Sweden and Digiturk in Turkey. Tori & Dean Season 5 has pre-sold into FoxLife Russia, FoxLife Benelux, MTV3 Finland and Sky Vibe New Zealand with more deals in the pipe. Another World of Wonder production ‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race’ Season 2 (12x60’) also drew in buyers and has now sold into Channel 4 in the UK for E4, Out TV in the Netherlands and TIMM in Germany . ‘Fantasy Factory’ Season 2 (9x30’)produced by Dickhouse Productions for MTV has sold into MTV in Australia & New Zealand and Pie Town produced ‘Diet Tribe’ Season 2 has sold into The Lifestyle Channel in Australia, Nelonen in Finland, ChelloZone in Hungary, Tel-ad in Israel, Lotus Pan Asia, Truevisions in Thailand and Sky Real Lives in the UK. Finally ‘Man Shops Globe’ Season 2 has sold to MTV3 for Ava TV in Finland. Tori & Dean Season 4 sees Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott celebrating three years of marriage and once again finding themselves with not much space and a growing family! Tori has booked a returning role in Beverly Hills 90210 and as the family try to find a balance between A-List glamour and everyday problems, comedy ensues, drama unfolds and sparks fly! Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 2 brings the world’s most famous drag queen back and boy is it with a bang! The formula is the same, 12 talented and overly dramatic beauties are pitted against each other to win the title of Next Drag Superstar. They have to be top models, fashion designers, sheer geniuses and American Idols all rolled into one and each week’s elimination sees the bottom two challenged to “Lip Synch for your life” in a battle that needs to be seen to be believed. Fantasy Factory Season 2 is packed with more inspiring entertaining and crazy schemes as Rob Dyrdek, now a capable entrepreneur spends his life turning fantasy into reality. Rob commands operations in a massive 25,000 sq ft industrial and fully skate-able warehouse and office complex in downtown Los Angeles. Rob’s employees try to keep up with the games but for some reason don’t always come out on top and ambulances are called for and sharks attack! Diet Tribe Season 2 raises the stakes as five new best friends embark on a weight-loss journey with the help of fitness trainer Jesse Pavelka. The goals have never been bigger (but then nor again have our best friends) to lose 50lbs in 120 days. They are also given the shock of their lives when they are told that at the end of this weight loss journey they will participate in the biggest fitness test a body could go through, a triathlon! At home they share their worst moments with video diaries set up to catch them cheating along the way! The series shows that losing weight doesn’t have to be a lonely experience. Passion Distribution was officially launched by its founder and CEO, Sally Miles, in 2008. This unique, boutique and intimate style international distribution business represents great content and formats on behalf of UK and North American producers and broadcasters. London and Sydney based Passion Distribution specialises in popular quality programming and formats in genres including Factual Entertainment, Reality, Documentaries, Lifestyle, Game-shows and Comedy.
