Industry

 Red Arrow Studios International has secured a raft of new volume deals and renewals with European broadcasters for its extensive portfolio of TV Movie titles, which totals over 500 films.

In France, M6 Group has renewed its long-running volume deal, which includes Red Arrow Studios International’s 2019 and upcoming 2020 US TV movie slate with titles such as Christmas at Dollywood (1 x 90’), a festive romance feature starring Dolly Parton and produced by Two 4 the Money Media for Hallmark (US); and the Island Doctor Movie Cycle (6 x 90’) produced by Tivoli Film for ARD Degeto (Germany).

Also from Red Arrow’s slate of US TV movies, ProSiebenSat.1 PayTV (Germany) has taken a package which includes Friend Request (1 x 90’) and Hearts on Fire (1 x 90’), both produced by Mediapool in association with Larry Levinson Productions for Hallmark; while RTL (Belgium) has picked up titles including Casa Vita (1 x 90’), The Right Girl (1 x 90’), and Win, Lose or Love (1 x 90’), from Domain Media in association with Larry Levinson Productions for Pixl.

Additionally, Sky Italia has acquired a number of movies including: All Summer Long (1 x 90), produced by Anchor Road Productions and Front Street Pictures for Hallmark; and SnowComing (1 x 90’) from Front Street Pictures for Hallmark.

In a further Italian deal, Dall’Angelo has relicensed the Dream Hotel Movie Cycle comprised of 10 movies, and Cattleya Italy has picked up theatrical action feature The Last Cop (1 x 90’), produced by Westside Filmproduktion and SevenPictures.

NBCUniversal International Networks has also acquired a Christmas movie package for DIVA in the Balkans including Christmas at Dollywood, SnowComing and Hearts of Winter.

Tim Gerhartz, SVP Global Sales, Red Arrow Studios International, said: “As we continue expanding our TV movie catalogue, which now consists of over 500 premium titles across a broad range of genres, we’re delighted to have signed this latest wave of deals with our partners in Europe. TV movies offer flexible scheduling and an effective way for broadcasters to draw large audiences, and we’re confident viewers will enjoy watching these new, feel-good movies together with their families.”

The deals were brokered by Maria Arroyo, Senior Sales Manager (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Israel); Shakira Hoffman, Senior Sales Manager (CEE, CIS, Greece); Tirzah Ander, Sales Coordinator (French & German-speaking territories, Iberia, Italy, Turkey & Israel) and Tobias Schulze, VP Sales (France & German-speaking territories).