Rainbow Media in International Co-Pro, Acquisition Deals

[Sean Mota]

Rainbow Media in International Co-Pro, Acquisition Deals


<META content=Word.Document name=ProgId><META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Generator><META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK href="rainbow21306_files/filelist.xml" rel=File-List><STYLE>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</STYLE><STYLE><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}span.SpellE {mso-style-name:""; mso-spl-e;}span.GramE {mso-style-name:""; mso-gram-e;}@page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1 {page:Section1;}--></STYLE>February 13: Rainbow Media Holdings has announced several international co-production and acquisition deals for its VOOM HD Networks suite of high-definition channels.
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"Rainbow Media has a commitment to the international marketplace to not only supply the best in HD, but to also seek out and identify international partners whose content truly complements our key brands," said Greg Moyer, the GM of Rainbow Media's VOOM HD Networks. "These agreements offered just that—programming with both incredible viewer appeal and a natural synergy with the VOOM HD Network suite of channels."<O></O>
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The co-productions include <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com /><st1:Street><st1:address style=Fashion Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>, for Ultra HD, which follows British supermodel Jodie Kidd to shops, boutiques restaurants and nightclubs on the most fashionable shopping streets in the world. The 13x30-minute series is a co-production with Electric Sky in the <st1:country-region><ST1lace>U.K.</ST1lace></st1:country-region><O></O>
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Cover Stories, with <st1:country-region><ST1lace>Canada</ST1lace></st1:country-region>'s Conceptual Films is also for Ultra HD. The half-hour documentary series looks into the world of fashion and publishing with Jeanne Beker, editor-in-chief of FQ: Fashion Quarterly Magazine. Six episodes will premiere this year. <O></O>
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Rainbow has also acquired The World Heritage from Defiance Distribution. Set for a March launch on the Equator HD channel,it features more than 100 episodes exploring unique cultural, religious and natural history locations around the world designated as "World Heritage" sites by UNESCO. From <st1:country-region><ST1lace>Ireland</ST1lace></st1:country-region>'s Monster Distributes, meanwhile, come PicMe and Jungle Beat, animated series for the Animania HD channel.<O></O>

 

[Sean Mota]

Some of these were already published like PicMe and Jungle Beat on Animania and Fashion Avenue on Ultra HD. The new stuff: Cover Stories and World Heritage.

World Heritage will start in March 2006. This one should be good.

Here are some samples:
World Heritage (Doc) Aachen Cathedral (West Germany); Temple of Borobudur (Indonesia).

World Heritage (Doc) The Galapagos Islands; Zaire's Virunga National Park. HDTV

 

[Sean Mota]

from multichannelnews...

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC's Voom HD Networks announced a series of co-production and acquisition agreements.
The suite of HD channels will co-produce two original HD series: Fashion Avenue, co-produced with Electric Sky for Ultra HD, a half-hour series that follows British supermodel Jodie Kidd to shops, boutiques, restaurants and nightclubs on the most fashionable shopping streets in the world, with 13 episodes set to debut this year; and Cover Stories, co-produced with Canada's Conceptual Films, also for Ultra HD, a half-hour documentary series looking into the world of fashion and publishing led by fashion-industry icon Jeanne Beker, editor in chief of FQ: Fashion Quarterly, with six episodes debuting this year.
Voom HD Networks also acquired: The World Heritage, licensed from Defiance Distribution and slated to debut on Equator HD in March, with more than 100 episodes exploring cultural, religious and natural history locations around the world designated as "World Heritage" sites by UNESCO; andPicMe and Jungle Beat, from Ireland's Monster Distributes, two animated series to air exclusively on Animania HD in the United States.

 

[Sean Mota]

from rainbow media

VOOM's Equator HD Acquires Tokyo Broadcasting Systems's The World Heritage From Defiance Distribution

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Half-Hour Documentary Series of the World's Most Important Natural and Architectural Monuments Slated to Premiere in March 2006
New York, NY - February 13, 2006 - Equator HD, the first high-definition channel dedicated to exploring the world's most intriguing people and places with intelligent travel, nature, and cultural programs, announced today a new half-hour documentary series, The World Heritage. The half-hour show explores the unique cultural, religious and natural historical locations from around the world designated as World Heritage sites by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Over 100 episodes were produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) in Japan. The deal was brokered by Defiance Distribution. The series will air on Equator HD beginning in March of 2006. Equator HD is one of the VOOM HD Networks, the largest and most diverse suite of high-definition channels nationwide and currently available on DISH Network.
Since its launch in early 2005, VOOM has gone on to produce compelling original HD content for a wide variety of consumer interests including the largest collection of HD horror films; a live auction of one-of-a-kind memorabilia; animation for kids of all ages and action-adventure sporting events. This new announcement for Equator HD confirms VOOM's commitment to growing and to investing in the brand's aggressive move into the marketplace.
"Equator HD looks to explore and document life in every corner of the world," said William Roberts, VP of Programming for Equator HD. "To be able to deliver unprecedented access to sites that have become international treasures due to the conservation efforts on behalf of UNESCO, is exciting for us. This is a great series that contributes to our ever growing library of HD content."
"The combination of TBS and Sony Corporation's HD production capabilities, and UNESCO's access to every part of the world makes The World Heritage series absolutely one-of-a-kind," said Jon Loew, President of Defiance. "VOOM's Equator HD is the perfect home for this prolific series." The World Heritage series captures the charm and wonder of the world's most precious sites and most important places. Each site is considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Places as unique as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis in Egypt and the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal are all visited.