New, exportable, Cancon on the way
TORONTO – Channel Zero’s broadcaster CHCH and investment and rights management company Motion Content Group today announced a new partnership to invest in the creation of new Canadian content, with international appeal.
The drama development partnership will see CHCH and Motion Content Group jointly select projects to be developed, produced and distributed worldwide. Together, the companies will work directly with writers as well as third party producers to secure premium returnable series, says the press release.
“The creative sensibilities and domestic relationships of CHCH, together with Motion Content Group’s global relationships and interest in supporting quality content creation will allow the companies to build international co-productions speeding up the process to get original series from development to air,” reads the announcement.
“Motion is committed to developing new funding models which bring premium content to the international market and which support our broadcast partner’s programming ambitions,” said Tony Moulsdale, global director of programming for Motion Content Group. “This deal builds on the success of our previous deals with CHCH on The Pinkertons and Wynonna Earp."
“This collaboration will unlock great opportunities for Canadian content-creators, and we’re looking to work with new talent as well as world-leading established writers,” added Jennifer Chen, CHCH’s VP of programming.
Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, Motion Content Group, owned by Group M, is a global content investment and rights management company which invests and partners with the talent, producers, and distributors around the world to fund, develop, produce, and distribute premium content for networks, platforms, and advertisers.
