TORONTO – Soon-to-be-launched SVOD service shomi continued to add to its library after inking a deal for exclusive content from BBC Worldwide North America.
The dark comedy A Young Doctor’s Notebook & Other Stories, (pictured), starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe, will make its Canadian premiere exclusively on shomi, as will comedy Way To Go, Irish sitcom Moone Boy, spy thriller The Honourable Woman, investigative drama Top Of The Lake, and comedy series The Wrong Mans. Also available through the deal are all previous seasons of the hit franchises A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Doctor Who, and Top Gear.
“Finally Canadians get to see the treasures from BBC Worldwide. They are some of the best comedies and dramas out of the UK, and Canadians will now get to enjoy them on shomi.” said shomi’s head of content & programming Marni Shulman, in the news release.
shomi also announced that it will be the exclusive SVOD home in Canada for Sony Pictures Television's hit crime drama The Blacklist, which stars James Spader (The Office) as Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives.
