PBS International has sold space-race documentary series “Chasing the Moon” to a host of international broadcasters following a screening at Mipcom in Cannes, the company announced Wednesday. Among 13 broadcasters boarding the title are the BBC for the U.K., Arte for France and Germany, and Sbs in Australia.
The six-hour series, produced to commemorate next year’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, is expected to air around the world in the summer of 2019.
Directed by the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated Robert Stone, “Chasing the Moon” tells the behind-the-scenes story of Nasa’s mission to put a man on the moon. Through interviews with many of the key players in the historic events, including Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Bill Anders, and access to previously overlooked and lost archival material, the documentary looks to reveal the scientific innovation, political calculation,...
The six-hour series, produced to commemorate next year’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, is expected to air around the world in the summer of 2019.
Directed by the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated Robert Stone, “Chasing the Moon” tells the behind-the-scenes story of Nasa’s mission to put a man on the moon. Through interviews with many of the key players in the historic events, including Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Bill Anders, and access to previously overlooked and lost archival material, the documentary looks to reveal the scientific innovation, political calculation,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
“Today” Show Ambush NBC’s morning anchors got pranked by an employee hiding in a trashcan, armed with an airhorn. Duly Noted Tom Koch, anchor for Houston’s ABC13, came outside to find his car covered in stickies a day before April Fools’. “Stamos: A Human, Being.” Netflix released a trailer for the above John Stamos documentary. Of course, it will never go into production. Election Insurance Esurance debuted a commercial for voters forced to pack up their house for at least four years when the wrong president gets elected. John Krasinski, the brand’s spokesperson, voiced the commercial. Tom Hiddleston,...
- 4/1/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Cannes -- PBS International has signed a long-term distribution deal with Germany's Autentic for German-language rights to the public broadcaster's entire catalog.
Autentic, a joint venture between Jan Mojto's Beta Film and ex-Discovery Channel Germany head Patrick Horl, will be the exclusive distributor for new and library titles from PBS. New program highlights include Ark Media's upcoming doc "My Lai," an expose of the U.S. Army massacre in Vietnam in 1968, which airs on PBS April 22.
PBS titles already sold in Germany -- such as Ken Burns' World War II documentary series "The War" -- will revert to Autentic once their current licensing period expires.
PBS only has one similar international distribution deal in place -- with Polyvideo for Italy.
Tom Koch, vp of international at PBS Distribution, said the deal could also form the basis for future co-productions between PBS and Autentic. In addition to licensing programming for the German market,...
Autentic, a joint venture between Jan Mojto's Beta Film and ex-Discovery Channel Germany head Patrick Horl, will be the exclusive distributor for new and library titles from PBS. New program highlights include Ark Media's upcoming doc "My Lai," an expose of the U.S. Army massacre in Vietnam in 1968, which airs on PBS April 22.
PBS titles already sold in Germany -- such as Ken Burns' World War II documentary series "The War" -- will revert to Autentic once their current licensing period expires.
PBS only has one similar international distribution deal in place -- with Polyvideo for Italy.
Tom Koch, vp of international at PBS Distribution, said the deal could also form the basis for future co-productions between PBS and Autentic. In addition to licensing programming for the German market,...
- 4/12/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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