SimsalaGrimm licenses sold to Columbia
The Colombian film distributor Primetime Media acquired the free TV rights to the hit series SimsalaGrimm (seasons I and 2) by Greenlight Media for a term of three years.
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Greenlight Gives Go to Bigscreen Docs
Schlamberger-directed duo, ‘Vladimir’ toons upcoming Berlin-based Greenlight Media, producer with BBC Worldwide of theatrical documentary “Deep Blue,” is moving into production on two theatrical docs: the $6 million “Siberia: Discover the Unknown” and the $3 million “Between Heaven and Earth: The Alps.” It also is producing two animated features, both action-adventure pics mixing classical and…
The Great Match
A surprisingly enjoyable ethno-romp, The Great Match is both a celebration of the global reach of football mania and a sly send-up of worthy anthropological epics like Himalaya. The three interleaved stories – about tribal soccer fans in remote parts of the globe who are desperate to see the 2002 World Cup final – will…
SimsalaGrimm: all TV rights sold to Austria
The managing directors of Greenlight Media, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, reached a deal with ORF for the sale of the TV rights to seasons I and II of the animated series SimsalaGrimm for a term of four years.
Earth Producers Launch Online Campaign
Hollywood Reporter By Scott Roxborough SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Saturday’s world premiere of natural-history documentary “Earth” was just the first salvo in a global marketing onslaught planned by co-producers BBC Films and Greenlight Media. Starting Monday, ahead of the film’s European theatrical rollout, BBC/Greenlight will launch a co-coordinated multiterritory online campaign based around its “Earth”-themed…
Stansfield and Crook Join Quest for a Heart
UK singer Lisa Stansfield and actor Mackenzie Crook will lend their voices to Quest For A Heart, a $7.7m (Euros 6m) fully-animated feature shortly to wrap a five-year production schedule for Finland’s MRP Matila Rohr Productions. Stansfield will also perform the theme song. “It will be the jewel of the crown,” said Finnish producer Marko…
Super Ratings for SimsalaGrimm on Kika
The Greenlight Media animated series achieved a total market share of almost 40% for the target group of 3- to 13-year-olds when it aired in September and October 2011. According to AGF/GfK Television Research the 26 episodes of the first season were watched by 530,000 viewers, representing a 39.6% market share; the second season did even better,…
Greenlight Media: SimsalaGrimm licensed to Croatia
The German media production company Greenlight Media licensed its successful series SimsalaGrimm to the Croatian video distributor Blitz Film & Video Distribution Ltd. The deal included the pay TV, free TV, home video, PPV, VOD and NVOD rights to SimsalaGrimm seasons I and II for a total term of 11 years in the territory of Croatia.
The underwater classic swims to South Africa
Greenlight Media sold the video rights to its box office hit Deep Blue to the largest South African film distributor and movie theater operator Ster Kinekor until the year 2017. Previously, the film giant had already acquired the rights to the sequel production Earth.
Earth For Iceland
Iceland distributor Myndform Ehf acquired the movie theater, video and TV rights to Earth from Greenlight Media for the next nine years. Originally known as a manufacturer of video copies, the company is now one of the three largest film distributors in Iceland, after Samfilm and Sena.
“Film making is our passion! That’s why we are excited that for almost two decades, our film and television productions have thrilled people of all ages all over the world.”
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
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