Hop! Channel renews SimsalaGrimm license for Israel
Israeli distributor Hop! Channel renewed the home video rights to Greenlight Media’s hit series SimsalaGrimm (this I and 2) for an additional two years.
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Japan purchases Deep Blue VOD demand rights
Avex Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of the Japanese entertainment group Avex Group Holding, purchased the video-on-demand rights to Greenlight Media’s bestseller Deep Blue. Within the group, Avex Entertainment Inc. is responsible for the production and planning of music and videos of artists. In addition, the company is responsible for the management of all artists. The…
Video and TV rights to Deep Blue sold to Sweden, Denmark and Norway
The licensing business of Greenlight Media’s box office hit documentary Deep Blue, produced in 2004 in cooperation with BBC Worldwide, continues to be very successful. Only recently producers Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten signed an agreement with the Swedish entertainment company Suntower Communications, selling the video and TV rights to Deep Blue for the next five years.
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group releases Earth on Disney Nature
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, formerly Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, acquired the rights to Earth for the next 15 years. Starting in 2009 the entertainment giant will bring the hit documentary of BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media to movie theaters in the United States and Canada under the label “Disney Nature.” In addition, the group acquired the…
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.
Lionsgate Strikes US, UK, and Australia Deal for BBC’s Earth
Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Lionsgate has acquired the US, UK and Australian distribution rights for BBC Worldwide’s documentary feature Earth. The 90-minute documentary project, shot in 35mm and HD, has been in the works for five years and is due for an autumn 2007 release. The film looks at the influence of the sun on…
Greenlight’s Game for First Feature
Germany’s Greenlight Media, the producer with BBC Worldwide of event docu pics “Deep Blue” and “Planet Earth”, has taken its first step into feature film production, boarding Gerardo Olivares’ ethnic soccer comedy “The Great Match”. Pic is produced by José Maria Morales’ Wanda Films in Spain. Greenlight has taken a 20% equity stake in the…
Screen Giants of Earth – The Year’s Biggest Film
Forget Depp and Maguire. Step aside Knightley and Dunst. Here are the big beasts tipped to transfix film fans later this year. Earth, the cinematic spin-off of the award-winning BBC television series Planet Earth, stars three families of polar bears, elephants and whales. The 90-minute film shows the extraordinary bond between mothers and their newborn…
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.
Cinema Jenin purchases movie theater, TV and video rights to Deep Blue for the Middle East
At the International Film Festival in Berlin Greenlight Media managing directors Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten sold the film rights to Deep Blue to Cinema Jenin, managed by successful director Marcus Vetter, until year 2016. “Movies for peace” – this is the claim made by the initiative Cinema Jenin. With help from numerous public and private…
“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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