Factual

All3Media International has signed a host of new SVOD and AVOD deals in the US and Canada, including 20+ hours of factual content heading to BBC Select, premium factual features to Documentary+ and Curiosity Stream, and epic adventure series to Earth X.

BBC Studios-owned BBC Select has acquired SVOD rights in the US and Canada to seven premium factual titles, including RAW’s critically acclaimed true crime series The Body Next Door (3 x 1 hr, for Sky Documentaries, UK), which explores the macabre discovery that thrust a sleepy village in the Welsh Valleys into the spotlight. Two titles from Two Rivers Media feature in the BBC Select deal: Keeping It Up (1 x 1½ hr, for BBC Storyville, UK) tells the astonishing story of the little blue pill that launched a sexual revolution 25 years ago, and Monster: The Mystery of Loch Ness (3 x 1 hr, for Paramount+, UK) traces the human stories at the heart of a monster mystery.

Also making their debut in the US and Canada on BBC Select are Secrets of Our Universe with Tim Peake (3 x 1 hr, Coming Up Roses for Channel 5, UK), Britain’s Most Beautiful Road (4 x 1 hr, Purple TV for Channel 4, UK), Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (1 hr, Lion TV for BBC Two, UK) and Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors (6 x 1 hr, Spun Gold for Channel 5, UK).

Streaming service Documentary+ has acquired AVOD rights to two feature-length documentaries. Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case, produced by the Emmy-winning 72 Films for the BBC, UK, follows the biggest criminal case against Donald Trump, and Paul Kemp Productions’ Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator delves into the mystery of what happened to the mastermind behind Bitcoin. Searching for Satoshi – produced for CBC, Canada – has also been acquired by SVOD platform Curiosity Stream.

Finally, AVOD and linear platform Earth X has secured rights to all four seasons of Coming up Roses’ epic travel series Big Adventures (for Channel 5, UK) and Betty TV’s two-part series Gino and Fred’s Emission Impossible (for ITV, UK). All series will be available for the platform’s US audience.

Sally Habbershaw, EVP Americas at All3Media International, commented, “The growth and success of VOD platforms in the American market is offering myriad opportunities for our diverse portfolio of content, and we’re delighted to see these fantastic titles travelling to audiences in the US and Canada via these premium AVOD and SVOD platforms. By partnering with channels that focus purely on high-quality unscripted titles, we are not only expanding the reach of our factual content through multiple digital windows but also ensuring these titles find the perfect home – and viewers – in these key territories.”